First childhood memory
They say that we only use a tiny percentage of our brain power - imagine the potential that is locked away in there. Would it not be great to remember every detail of everything? (well maybe not as much as that! I am sure we all have things that we would like to forget!)
I would love to remember being a baby, taking my first step and saying my first word. Sometimes when I look back I shut my eyes really hard and try to remember, but there are just times when everything is dark and nothing will come. I think maybe if I could remember things as a child I would be able to become a better adult.
My first memory I have is going for my tonsils out. According to my mom I was nearly two. I remember the cot that I was in with its tall wooden sides that my little hands clasped onto to pull myself up. I remember the ward I was in with all the other kids. Across from me was a boy who lay with his leg and both of his arms in plaster. I remember the nurse coming around with my medication. And I remember my father coming to fetch me, swinging me high onto his shoulders and bouncing as we walked through the doors. Well I don`t remember him actually, I just remember him being there.
Maybe I should just stop trying to looking to the past for answers to the future!
I would love to remember being a baby, taking my first step and saying my first word. Sometimes when I look back I shut my eyes really hard and try to remember, but there are just times when everything is dark and nothing will come. I think maybe if I could remember things as a child I would be able to become a better adult.
Maybe I should just stop trying to looking to the past for answers to the future!
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I think people with amazing memories are generally dysfunctional -- both in fiction and in real life...
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Probably has something to do with it - the more you remember the more it will affect your life later on. Your early years shape who you become as an adult - interesting to see how people decide to use those experiences to shape them though!
Ash