Mental health
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13 hours agoPsychology says the reason your aging parent keeps telling the same stories isn't memory loss it's that those stories are the last place where they still felt like the main character in their own life and repeating them is the closest thing they have to being seen again - Silicon Canals
Repeated stories from aging parents often reflect identity preservation rather than cognitive decline, anchoring them to meaningful moments when they were protagonists of their own lives.