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250 - Friday Fix: What the Sentimental Items You Keep Say About You

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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The Importance of Memories

Research shows the more emotionally charged memories an object carries, the harder it is for us to let go of it. A 2011 study found that people struggle most to part with possessions that lack monetary and functional value. People who lose their possessions to burglaries or fires are likely to report psychological damage worse than financial loss.

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