How many times have you found yourself recollecting a bad memory? It doesn't even have to be a very bad memory, it could be a sad moment, a moment which angered you or even an embarrassing moment. B ut it is definitely prominent in your mind. All of these things could have happened years ago and you don't want to remember them but they still come back and haunt you from time to time. But the question is why do we remember these bad memories more than good ones? Time to think out of the box By Frits Ahlefeldt Bad outweighs the good It turns out that negative memories are more likely to be remembered over positive ones in the brain because negative events pose a chance of "danger". This makes the body more alert to negative thoughts because they are treated as a lesson to the person to help them prevent harm. Therefore we become extremely focused on the negative thoughts and it becomes much more difficult to recall the positive thoughts/memorie...