the-tainted-memory
CommunityExplain why good memories hurt to revisit.
Education & Research#wisdom traditions#explain#scenario testing#felt experience#memory grief#relational loss
Authorwojons
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
It helps AI articulate the felt experience of memories that were genuinely good but become painful to access after how things ended, especially when looking back feels like being exiled from a version of yourself you can no longer reach.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Felt vs. hollow explanation contrast: Produces emotionally precise language that understands the pain as foreclosure, not “corrupted” memory.
- Situation-based recognition tests: Guides answers using concrete scenarios (photos, songs, gifts, places, letters) where mechanism-only explanations feel wrong.
- Failure-mode detection: Helps avoid clinical/pathologizing phrasing and instead describe what changed in access, meaning, and permissions.
- Use cases: Explaining grief-like pain that is specifically tied to endings; turning a “why does looking back hurt?” question into a lived, believable account.
Quick Start
Use the tainted-memory skill to explain why looking at a wedding photo after a divorce feels unbearable even though the day was real.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
je-ne-sais-quoi
Components
Standard package💻 Claude Code Installation
Recommended: Let Claude install automatically. Simply copy and paste the text below to Claude Code.
Please help me install this Skill: Name: the-tainted-memory Download link: https://github.com/wojons/je-ne-sais-quoi/archive/main.zip#the-tainted-memory Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
Agent Skills Search Helper
Install a tiny helper to your Agent, search and equip skill from 471,000+ vetted skills library on demand.