Childhood amnesia/gaps in memory

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I can't remember a lot of my childhood and there are some memory gaps in my adult life. If my current age matters I just turned 30. I can't remember anything before age 5, but I'm sure that's normal. Ages 6-10 I remember bits and pieces but it's mostly a blur. Preteen and teenage years I remember clearly. 2011-2015 I mostly remember but there are periods of a few months here and there that when I try to remember my mind draws a blank. I've considered the possibility that I may have a repressed memory. In my early 20s I got more in touch with my spiritual side, and I feel that I've always been spiritually aware but repressed any spiritual experiences I had when I was young for fear nobody would believe me. That's just a theory. I also know psychological stress can affect the memory. Hope this makes sense.

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  • Anonquestionsduh
    2 years ago

    I always thought it was normal to not remember my childhood. Because I was so young, why would I remember? But when my peers started telling stories from their childhood, or old grade school friends started telling me stories I was a part of but had no recollection of, or my brothers recalled vivid parts of our childhood that I had no idea about, I started to wonder. I remember *that* I did this or that as a child, but I don’t have memories of the actual event if that makes sense. Like I have blanketed and fuzzy memories, but nothing specific. So I’ve always wondered this too

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  • harkosv
    2 years ago

    30 is old enough where it's not unusual to get your years mixed up when recalling memories. For example, you might remember something happening when you were 17 but it actually happened when you were 13 or something like that. Do you think that might be the case?

    I highly doubt that this is the case, but what you wrote reminds me of Frankie Muniz (the main character from Malcolm in the Middle). He's got some condition that causes him to forget huge gaps of his life--he literally doesn't even remember filming most episodes of Malcolm in the Middle

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