The brain remembers negative incidents more than positive ones due to negativity bias, an evolutionary survival mechanism that prioritizes threats for quicker processing and future avoidance. This happens because negative events are perceived as potential dangers, so the brain dedicates more cognitive resources to encoding and storing them vividly. 

Evolutionary and survival reasons

Threat assessment: In early human history, paying attention to threats was a matter of life and death. The brain evolved to quickly remember dangerous situations to help individuals avoid them in the future.

Learning from mistakes: By strengthening the memory of negative experiences, the brain is better equipped to prevent making the same mistakes again. 

Cognitive and psychological reasons

Prioritization: The brain prioritizes negative information, giving it more cognitive resources when it's first experienced.

Emotional impact: Highly emotional memories are stored longer than neutral ones, and negative events often have a stronger emotional impact, according to ScienceABC.

Vivid details: Negative memories can be remembered with more vivid and detailed recollections compared to positive ones, say NIH researchers. 

How to manage this bias

Challenge negative self-talk: Be mindful of your internal narrative and challenge harsh or overly critical thoughts.

Reframe situations: Consciously look for positive aspects or lessons learned from a negative event.

Create new patterns: Deliberately build new, positive experiences and habits to create a stronger counter-narrative to the negative ones, notes Verywell Mind. 

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