Why do people keep telling the same stories about themselves?
People remember events, but they live inside stories.
The same childhood memory.\n\nThe same travel story.\n\nThe same joke for years.\n\nThe hidden mechanism is personal myths.\n\nHumans create stories to explain themselves.\n\nStories simplify identity.\n\nRepetition strengthens belief.\n\nPeople think they tell stories to others.\n\nVery often, they tell them to themselves.
