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Emotional Comfort?
It’s a weird thing, isn’t it? Sometimes someone from your past will just keep popping up in your mind right when things are feeling messy and overwhelming. You might find yourself wondering if it’s some kind of sign that you should reach out, but your brain isn’t necessarily trying to tell you to reconnect. Maybe it’s doing something much simpler and surprisingly clever. Your brain remembers the feeling of safety that person gave you, and it’s using that to help you through what’s going on in your life right now. It’s like your brain is reaching into your memory closet and pulling out a little patch of emotional calm to steady you in that particular moment.
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