To chat informally; in psychology, to unconsciously create false memories to fill gaps, believing them to be true.
From Latin 'confabulari' — 'con-' (together) + 'fabulari' (to talk), from 'fabula' (story/fable). The psychology sense emerged because the brain literally TELLS ITSELF stories to fill memory gaps.
Your brain MAKES UP memories and believes them! It's called confabulation — your mind writes fan-fiction about your own life and files it as fact! We ALL do this more than we think. Memory is creative! 🧠📖
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