I Say No To Perfect Memory

Hello everyone, it's another edition of the Hive learners prompt , and you know something Interesting about this particular prompt? It is that it is something that I have actually thought about this days and somehow I just look at it like why??? Okay let me just dive straight to the topic.

So if you ask me whether I would like to get a chip in my brain just to improve my memory ,Omo, my answer is a very big Capital NO, as how na , me I don’t think I want any longer memory or super photographic mind because, truthfully as I am right now, I am actually trying to forget some things like happenings of the past and I don't mean that small small things like where I kept my pen or who I owe ₦200 , I mean some real happenings that I just don’t even want to remember anymore sef again.

See people like to talk about memory as if it is always a blessing okay I know some part that it is , but let’s be honest, sometimes it can also be a burden you get?, there are some moments, some experiences, some heartbreaks, and even some embarrassing moments that I wish my brain would just delete like pressing "shift + delete" on a laptop, lol.... but no, the brain will hold onto it like a precious file, bringing it back to your mind when you are trying to sleep at night or when you are just trying to have a peaceful day.

So now imagine adding a chip to make that memory even sharper, Abeg o , I say No thank you, I don’t need to remember what somebody said to me in 2015 with crystal clarity, I do not want to recall every single detail of the day something painful happened, in fact, if there was a chip to help me forget things faster, I think I will be more interested in that one, to aid me forget some kind of particular happenings.

And then there is the whole idea of people poking around in my brain, that one alone is enough reason for me to say no, me that don't like anything needles or even meds or hospital, and you see my brain is like my personal control center, my HQ, the place where all my thoughts, feelings, and ideas live, and just the thought of someone inserting a chip there feels very invasive, Omo what if it malfunctions? Hehe.... it would be funny I swear, What if it starts storing things I do not even want? What if, one day, it starts mixing my memories up, and I start calling people by the wrong names? It will now be a case of what I call KOLOMENTAL CASE ...lol...

See I have also thought about how very strange it would feel if my memory suddenly became perfect, imagine meeting someone today and still remembering their exact outfit, the smell of their perfume, the shade of blue in the sky that day , ten years later, It sounds nice in theory, but in reality, I think it would be really exhausting, See just know that memories fade for a reason, forgetting is part of healing, It is part of moving forward, If we do hold onto every detail forever, the fact that some wounds might never close is there and not okay at all.

And let us not even talk about privacy, a chip in the brain could also mean someone else can have access to my thoughts or experiences someday, and that is not something I want, Even if they say “it is completely secure,” Omo I still don’t trust it, We know that technology fails.

So for me, I am very okay with my brain the way it is, remembering some things, forgetting others, sometimes even mixing up a few details here and there is fine for me, that is part of being a human, that is part of life, we are not robots, and I do not want to start acting like one.

If anything, I am learning that not everything is worth holding onto, Some kind of memories are best left blurry, some are meant to also fade away slowly, and I am fine with that.

So chip in my brain for Improved memory? No, Me I will pass, I will take my imperfect memory, my blurry moments, and even my occasional forgetfulness over anything artificial, after all, I do not want to remember everything , I just want to live.

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