These might seem like there memories but more often then not there incidents that people have repeatedly told you about, they become so real that you believe you actually remember these times, some of you may genuinely have these memories but most of you are being tricked by your brain. Generally other than very short snapshots true story like memories will not be permanently stored till your about 4.
See, that's just it. The memories people are describing aren't generally big events; they're tiny, isolated snapshot images of random things. Who would choose to remember puking chocolate milk or a talking T-rex in the wallpaper? You're right that memories can shift, and hearing about something often enough can make you mislabel it as an experienced memory when you really only remember hearing about it, but that doesn't mean it's the case with most of the people posting here. Plenty of people retain tiny shards of very old memories.
You might find this article in Psychology Today interesting:
Is it normal to have such an early memory?
← View full post
These might seem like there memories but more often then not there incidents that people have repeatedly told you about, they become so real that you believe you actually remember these times, some of you may genuinely have these memories but most of you are being tricked by your brain. Generally other than very short snapshots true story like memories will not be permanently stored till your about 4.
--
ProseAthlete
10 years ago
|
pl
Comment Hidden (
show
)
Report
2
2
See, that's just it. The memories people are describing aren't generally big events; they're tiny, isolated snapshot images of random things. Who would choose to remember puking chocolate milk or a talking T-rex in the wallpaper? You're right that memories can shift, and hearing about something often enough can make you mislabel it as an experienced memory when you really only remember hearing about it, but that doesn't mean it's the case with most of the people posting here. Plenty of people retain tiny shards of very old memories.
You might find this article in Psychology Today interesting:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-child-in-time/201012/the-shifting-boundary-childhood-amnesia