<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Personal history is partly a narrative... > Personal history is partly a narrative reconstruction. Memory preserves fragments, emotion, and interpretation rather than an untouched recording. Reexamination can change the story's authority without denying that the experience occurred. **Source:** [[livestreams/Releasing Anxiety by Reexamining the Stories We Carry - Workbook|Releasing Anxiety by Reexamining the Stories We Carry]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Personal history is partly a narrative reconstruction. Memory preserves fragments, emotion, and interpretation rather than an untouched recording. Reexamination can change the story's authority without denying that the experience occurred.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-personal-history-partly-denying-experience-occurred ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->