Failures take on a life of their own because the brain remembers
incomplete tasks or failures longer than any success or completed
activity. It's technically referred to as the "Zeigarnik effect."
When a project or a thought is completed, the brain places it in
a special memory. The brain no longer gives the project priority
or active working status, and bits and pieces of the achieved
situation begin to decay.
But failures have no closure. The brain continues to spin the
memory, trying to come up with ways to fix the mess and move it
from active to inactive status.
Perry Buffington, licensed psychologist, author, columnist;
"Forgive or Forget," Universal Press Syndicate 8/29/99
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