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- becomeme@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- neat@lemmy.world
- becomeme@sh.itjust.works
The mystery of “infantile amnesia” suggests memory works differently in the developing brain
The mystery of “infantile amnesia” suggests memory works differently in the developing brain
My memory is terrible, I have trouble with long-term memory. I have a few memories of when I was younger than 5. One of them I believe was from when I was still in the crib(definitely less than 2), but I have no means to verify it as a genuine memory or a false memory. I think it was suppressed for years until I unintentionally unlocked it. I can “remember” the picture of the room in the direction I was looking, vague knowledge of what was happening, and memory of the feelings I had at the time. I feel it was an important part of my life that, for better or worse, that has had an effect on who I am and has shaped my relationship with my parents. It is my earliest memory and it haunts me, persisting like a scar on my self. I would give anything to forget it or to confirm it as false.