Much of my childhood is completely blacked out. Like a memory wipe. I spent years in therapy trying to find some of it, but it just never wanted its stories told. There are some ugly snippets, so as I've grown older, I've decided the memory wipe is probably for the best.
I am missing many memories of my piss-poor childhood and that's a good thing.
A blessing, of sorts.
Now, I don't know if that's due to the fact that it was a horrible way to grow up or if my memory banks were damaged by having a Mack truck drive into and kill me in 1984. I didn't stay dead for long...about 20 minutes, and I did get to visit the Other Side, but now I have major memory gaps.
Entire years are no longer available. My brother will mention an event from our childhood and when I reach into my mind "to check out that book from my mental library" - so to speak, that shelf is empty. There is absolutely nothing there in my mind. It's as if it never happened. Or, as you said, that data has been wiped.
How did anyone ever manage to escape childhood alive?
Much of my childhood is completely blacked out. Like a memory wipe. I spent years in therapy trying to find some of it, but it just never wanted its stories told. There are some ugly snippets, so as I've grown older, I've decided the memory wipe is probably for the best.
I am missing many memories of my piss-poor childhood and that's a good thing.
A blessing, of sorts.
Now, I don't know if that's due to the fact that it was a horrible way to grow up or if my memory banks were damaged by having a Mack truck drive into and kill me in 1984. I didn't stay dead for long...about 20 minutes, and I did get to visit the Other Side, but now I have major memory gaps.
Entire years are no longer available. My brother will mention an event from our childhood and when I reach into my mind "to check out that book from my mental library" - so to speak, that shelf is empty. There is absolutely nothing there in my mind. It's as if it never happened. Or, as you said, that data has been wiped.
Wow, a Mack truck! What an amazing tale of survival you must be. And I have so many questions now.