"The Brain’s Gossip Squad"

In biology we learned that long term memories basically our core memories are stored in a part of the brain called ‘hippocampus.’ It is part of the limbic system which contains hypothalamus as well as amygdala. Now I don’t wanna get too technical but personally it was fascinating for me and I did my research. And then I had to do my thing-connect philosophy with it and here I am presenting it to y’all.

See, the hippocampus doesn’t just store memories; it decides what stays. Your brain is highly selective, keeping the impactful, the emotional, the ones that “made you feel something”—whether it’s the memory of eating a samosa on a rainy day, tumhare dost ki chudailo vali hassi, or those times jab tumne apni lagvayi hoti hai but you don’t wanna remember it or think about it ever again.

Amygdala is the tharki with emotions. Your sexual desires?  Your anger?  Your fear? Your feelings that you wanna bottle up cause bhai me toh hu jvalamukhi, all these things are amygdala’s breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is the dramatic part in your brain jo chorahe pe gossip me aag daalne vali aunty ko bhi piche chhod de. It plays a huge role in how memories are stored.  Because the amygdala stamps them with emotional significance, like "URGENT! NEVER FORGET!". It's almost poetic, isn’t it? The more an event shakes us emotionally, the deeper it imprints on our brain.

Hypothalamus is the overachiever whose checklist is bigger than my mom’s radio cassette on my 16 years of being a disappointment. It is basically the one that is running your internal to do list. The hypothalamus regulates everything from hunger to thirst to sleep, your emotions too. It’s the reason why you crave momos at 2 AM and what you feel before a big exam.

Basically, hippocampus is maintaining your yaaden, amygdala emotional tag laga raha hai, and hypothalamus physical reactions ko coordinate kar raha hai. So to brief it up these three are the devils in disguise you didn’t even know existed and here’s the kicker: this system isn’t perfect. The brain doesn’t prioritize what’s useful; it prioritizes what’s emotional.

 Now onto the philosophical part, These three parts are like life itself: the hippocampus gives you the past (memories), the hypothalamus manages the present (balancing your needs), and the amygdala drives your future actions (emotion and instinct). Together, they keep you grounded, alive, and dramatic enough to make life interesting.

So, while the brain sounds technical in biology, in real life, it’s like that perfectly balanced thali—one section for memory, one for survival, and one for emotions. And guess what? All three are needed. Take one out, and you’ll be left with a tasteless plate—much like life without memories, instincts, or balance.

Fascinating, isn’t it? So, next time you blame your emotions for overreacting or forget why you entered a room (hippocampus, bro!), just smile and remind yourself—your brain’s just doing its thing, keeping you alive and full of stories to tell. Everyone’s too busy building their own core memories, so stop worrying about those small embarrassing incidents that probably everyone will eventually forgot about and get out there and live it. Cliché but be yourself cause the ones that matter have those memories stored with an emotional tag not an embarrassing one.