AFAIK depression is associated with impaired memory [0][1], and sufferers tend to remember more negative experiences [2]. Also, memories are in effect changed

AFAIK depression is associated with impaired memory [0][1], and sufferers tend to remember more negative experiences [2]. Also, memories are in effect changed by recall [3][4]. This combined with the cognitive distortions [5] linked to depression would seem to suggest even worse performance with regard to memory (i.e. looking for and finding fault that may not have been present, etc.) BTW, "natural" is not really a useful distinction regarding this issue [6]. [0]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18266496 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18266496 [1]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571468 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571468 [2]: https://www.google.no/books?hl=en&lr=&id=TemvZpgA6uoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA186&dq=Memory+for+emotional+and+nonemotional+events+in+depression:+A+question+of+habit%3F&ots=wVruFRGAjC&sig=mjP0CoUc-syJ0jk-nbTSj3wZw_w&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Memory%20for%20emotional%20and%20nonemotional%20events%20in%20depression%3A%20A%20question%20of%20habit%3F&f=false https://www.google.no/books?hl=en&lr=&id=TemvZpgA6uoC&oi=fnd... [3]: http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/02/how-your-memory-rewrites-the-past.html http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/02/how-y... [4]: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/35/12144.short http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/35/12144.short [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion#Main_types http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion#Main_types [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature