Posted on 11/03/2018 4:41:13 PM PDT by EveningStar
It would be a curse to some. The distance of time helps people heal from unpleasant events in their life. Happy moments don’t seem to fade like the unpleasant ones do.
I also decline to tell my family members that I remember everything they did to me.
60 Minutes Australia covers some sketchy topics. Very tabloid style. I am not saying this report is false, but it should be viewed with some skepticism.
The series ‘House’ had an episode about this condition. Never knew it existed, then again, I can’t remember anything.
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I used to know about this condition. But I forgot about it. ;-)
“My memory is just crazy clear. “
I wish I had that problem. It’s always easier to dumb down the memory with medication or booze if it’s too onerous or persisting ;) My memory is damn near a tabla rasa.
#MeToo
I have always been curious about the apparently random and inconsequential things that somehow stick in the memory. I always figure that there’s some reason why I remember, say, a particular bird flying from a particular tree when I was about ten years old; and other very prosaic memories for which no reason that would cause them to stick in memory seems apparent.
Maybe something else important happened at the time, and I only remember the bird; or maybe everything we experience and observe really does have meaning - we just don’t consciously grasp it all.
Sounds more like a curse. And, some things I certainly do not want to remember.
^ This + 1
Operation Linebacker II ?
I do not remember at age about 3 sticking the water hose into Dad's Ford sedan or turning on the water when my brother said "Fill 'er up!" (can't remember who stuck the hose in the gas nozzle and who turned the water on - we co-operated on that one), but have been reminded by those who did.
I remember around age 4-5 as an old Chinese woman at the medical clinic standing at the receptionist window and suddenly began coughing up a LOT of blood because she had tuberculosis (did not know that at the time). Next thing I know, my mom had grabbed me by the wrist and I was literally flying through the air as she ran out of the office with me.
I do remember being bitten by a friend's dog on the elbow around the age of 5-6. Probably was because he bit it, and then shook it...really hard. I do remember that.
I remember climbing over the back fence when living overseas when around age 7 and going with my brother where the basement of a large building had been constructed prior to the building being built and going down in there after a monsoon rain. It was flooded and we were looking for a way to float back in there. Fortunately, we didn't find anything on which to float. Sometimes when you don't get your way, you're really lucky.
I remember about age 8-9 hanging on to my dad's muscular arm on one side while he carried my brother and I out into the ocean. I thought I was gonna die.
I remember around age 10 about an electrical AC wire which rang the gate doorbell being broken in two and using it to try and keep our dog from getting out of a gap in the fence. Worked fine until I held the dog and then stuck the hot wire to the dog. That one didn't end well either. Can't believe I lived through that one.
After having written that, I will say that I remember a LOT of things in detail. Some of them were stupid, some funny, some sad, some joyful, some nostalgic, but I do remember. Sometimes, as someone mentioned, it is better not to remember certain things. I do remember a lot of scripture because my wonderful dad taught me to remember those verses. And, I remember huge portions of my marriage to the woman to whom I am still married after all of these years. I have no better friend.
I am going to remember when the Democrats get stomped in the elections Tuesday. I believe with all faith that God is going to help us against them if for nothing else their arrogance in thinking they have elections won just because they say so.
I’m not sure I’d want that *gift*.
I would not consider that a blessing.
The Bible tells us that everyone has a “book” of their life that is reviewed at the White Throne Judgement. Your brain can access this record in a more or less accurate way. These people have their “radios” tuned to their “channel” precisely all the time. You can access your ancestor’s records. This is how “Reincarnation” works.
There was a study done where a schizophrenic who heard “voices” was driven slowly through a neighborhood and what he “heard” was recorded. The researchers then canvased the houses in the neighborhood to find out what was going on at the time they had driven by. The correlation with what the schizo “heard” was amazing.
I would love a link or reference to that story.
"...stick in the memory..."
The real ‘final frontier’ is an interior one. We have a lot of exciting stuff to discover on the psychological/spiritual front.
Yes, it is healthy to forget details that are not important to us anymore. I spent 25 years working in a crime ridden city and saw a lot of truly awful situations that are better not remembered in detail on a daily basis. When someone brings up a situation I usually have a fairly detailed memory but not necessarily more than other people. I have always been able to reach a very good understanding of most technical material by reading.
My wife actually does have a “photographic memory”. It was sharper when she was younger. Her mother who was a teacher recognized that it often hindered her actual learning. She was able to easily memorize pages from a book without absorbing the information. When she took a test she could get high grades by visualizing the pages without actually having a deep understanding of the material.
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