Why does the brain mostly remember tragic, bad or embarassing memories instead of the happy ones

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Why does the brain mostly remember tragic, bad or embarassing memories instead of the happy ones

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Answer 1

The happy ones don’t keep you from dying. They are pleasurable and nice, but your brain probably doesn’t allocate as much resource because well… you almost died that time you rolled your car whilst scrolling cat memes on the highway, and your brain doesn’t want you to go out like that