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Who can remember their entire life?
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:10 am
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:10 am
I read about people watching a short video clip of their entire life during near death incidents but I really can remember just about everything right now. One example. I can walk into my old first grade classroom and show you exactly where I sat and who sat around me. I can recall many of our conversations and funny things that happen. I can remember what I was thinking when I was taking tests or what I was thinking about when the teacher was talking or questions I got wrong on tests. I can recall word for word conversations.Etc etc etc..
Can anyone here remember most of their life in detail?
Can anyone here remember most of their life in detail?
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Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:12 am to CoyoteSong
Not even close, no
But I do remember segments
But I do remember segments
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:12 am to CoyoteSong
I can think back to about 3-4 years old
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:12 am to CoyoteSong
I barely remember last Thursday.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:12 am to CoyoteSong
I cannot. That’s impressive. It sounds a little like some of the impressive memorization of some autists that I have seen. (And I don’t intend that as any sort of jab)
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:13 am to CoyoteSong
I am trying to remember what I had for breakfast.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:13 am to S
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I can think back to about 3-4 years ago
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:15 am to CoyoteSong
If it weren’t for photographs, I would have forgotten most of what happened before 10 years old.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:15 am to CoyoteSong
Minds are amazing. I can recall a ton of events and how folks were acting and how I was feeling and how they were likely feeling. I have a friend that I played football with for six years, and to this day he can remember just about every play, every practice, every game, things that happened throughout ever grade, etc. it's crazy. His mind is a trap.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:17 am to CoyoteSong
How old are you? That is a lot easier at 20 than at 60.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:20 am to CoyoteSong
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I can remember what I was thinking when I was taking tests or what I was thinking about when the teacher was talking or questions I got wrong on tests. I can recall word for word conversations.Etc etc etc..
Actually you cannot.
Being serious, you just remember what you think you remember. Memories always tend to distort over time.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:20 am to CoyoteSong
Snippets.
Some things, all the way back to being 4 or so are crystal clear. Like specific memories of a particular event. But most of the time frames are just fuzzy feelings.
And the specific events are unremarkable in most cases. Like hearing a song for the first time, and remembering when it was, in what vehicle I was in, who was with me, where we were on the road, etc. Or specific word for word conversations that were not important at all but for some reason stuck. Or a particular moment in a baseball game, etc.
Then others that I'd like to recall are just feelings of that time period with no specifics at all.
Completely weird.
Some things, all the way back to being 4 or so are crystal clear. Like specific memories of a particular event. But most of the time frames are just fuzzy feelings.
And the specific events are unremarkable in most cases. Like hearing a song for the first time, and remembering when it was, in what vehicle I was in, who was with me, where we were on the road, etc. Or specific word for word conversations that were not important at all but for some reason stuck. Or a particular moment in a baseball game, etc.
Then others that I'd like to recall are just feelings of that time period with no specifics at all.
Completely weird.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:20 am to chryso
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How old are you? That is a lot easier at 20 than at 60.
I remember a few things from when I was 3-4 years old but not much. I don't remember much from being 17 years old either though
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:21 am to CoyoteSong
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Who can remember their entire life?
Wouldn't it take a time span mostly equal to your age to actually do that? If you remember EVERYTHING, then that would take that same time to do so. If you include dreams, it would take you until you're twice as old as you are now to do it.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:21 am to CoyoteSong
Marilu Henner can remember every detail of her life.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:21 am to CoyoteSong
I was born in ‘81, and it feels like I don’t remember as much as I should about that entire decade. I don’t even remember every teacher I had throughout my entire school years.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:23 am to CoyoteSong
Minds are weird like that. I was able to show my wife the trailer we used to live in when I was like 6.
I didn't remember any sort of street names, etc. But I drove directly to it. In my mind I could vividly picture sitting in the backseat watching my dad drive us home in our old blue volkswagon.
I say this, meanwhile I will walk downstairs to get something, and once I get there, I completely forget what I'm even doing there.
I didn't remember any sort of street names, etc. But I drove directly to it. In my mind I could vividly picture sitting in the backseat watching my dad drive us home in our old blue volkswagon.
I say this, meanwhile I will walk downstairs to get something, and once I get there, I completely forget what I'm even doing there.
This post was edited on 3/21/23 at 10:25 am
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:23 am to upgrade
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I don’t even remember every teacher I had throughout my entire school years.
I could probably only name about 7-8 teachers that I had from kindergarten through college.
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:23 am to CoyoteSong
I still remember my mom waking me up for my first day in 1st grade and what she said and a few vague memories from when I was 5 but it's very hit and miss that far back
Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:23 am to DarthRebel
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Memories always tend to distort over time.
That's another really fun topic...experiencing self versus remembering self.
Like, going on vacation and while you're on it you're bitching that it's too hot, there are gnats on the beach, the restaurant was crowded and sucked, etc. This is what you REALLY felt.
When you look back, that gets Nerfed into usually a more palatable happy memory...which is why you go again.
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