Posted by littleone on May 2, 2005, at 22:32:13
In reply to Re: T. Referred to My Younger Self?! (extrememly long) » Dinah, posted by 10derHeart on May 2, 2005, at 13:41:11
> The puzzling thing to me in this is all about memories in general. On some scale of normalcy (not that there there is one, but let's pretend...) where do I fall as far as remembering childhood anyway? This has bugged me for years. No T. has ever given a good answer. They all shrug or babble on about how the way the brain deals with memory is still largely unknown. I have maybe 3 or 4 memories from age five. None before that at all. The rest of my elementary school years are so spotty. I have to have other people or photo albums to really recall much of anything. Is everyone like this? Because when other adults my age tell stories, I always feel like the odd one out, shaking my head and saying I don't get how you remember any of that stuff. Even high school - though it's better - is so fuzzy.
I have a lot of trouble with memories. I have two memories of things before age 7, but when I've mentioned them to my parents, I was assured that they've never ever happened. So I really have no idea what to think about them.
I have maybe 3 memories of around age 7 to 8 and then I have nothing until maybe 11 years old. But even stuff after then is very patchy.
I have written out a complete autobiography for my T and my complete pre-high school memories would fit into just a page or two.
Even memories since then are very very patchy. I certainly don't feel like I have a life behind me. Just choppy time fragments.
I've also noticed that I recall hardly no interactions with people. Most of my memories are of things. eg I remember the hopscotch grid and the rock, but not actually playing with other kids. I remember our lounge chair and carpet, but not actually talking as a family. That sort of thing.
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