We often talk about healing as if it’s fixing something broken.
We label, diagnose, and sometimes reduce people to symptoms.
But what if healing is not repair?
What if it’s remembrance?
The Question
What if mental illness isn’t brokenness, but remembrance?
The Reframe
Anxiety can be the soul remembering a time it wasn’t safe.
Depression can be the memory of carrying too much for too long.
Grief can be the echo of love that had nowhere else to go.
Through psychology, we learn that memory isn’t just stored in the brain—it lives in the body, in the nervous system, in the quiet spaces we don’t always notice. Trauma leaves imprints, yes, but those imprints are not signs of weakness. They are reminders of survival.
The Shift
When we view mental illness only as brokenness, we miss the deeper story. But when we view it as remembrance, we begin to ask different questions:
- What is my mind or body remembering?
- What story is this feeling asking me to hear?
- What would it mean to honor it, instead of silence it?
The Clean Mind
The clean mind doesn’t erase pain.
It listens to what pain carries.
It remembers—not to stay stuck, but to release.
The Invitation
This is the third post in The Clean Mind series—reflections at the intersection of psychology, technology, and healing.
I’ll leave you with this:
When you think of your own healing, what has felt like remembrance instead of brokenness?
About the Author
Jasmine Ayse Evans is a Project Manager in the tech industry and a Master’s student in Psychology. She writes and speaks at the intersection of technology, healing, and human potential.
Ms. Evans is a writer, speaker, and soul-led creator who believes clarity is a birthright and healing is a return, not a destination.
