Specifically, as in having memories from being younger than 3 years old and even further

I orient myself’s own timeline upon some early-childhood memories, but some people have questioned it as false memory… which, understandable

But I can draw the layout of every house I’ve lived in, who’s room was who’s, where furniture was, certain events (like having gum melt in my diaper, crying in my crib about not trick-or-treating, seeing my first “flying-leaf” insect) and a lot of other random tidbits

A lot of it I’ve been able to confirm as true, which is what has always intrigued me. How far back is average? I think the furthest I can grasp is around 2 years old or maybe a little less

Maybe some of it has to do with trauma-ish things or something? But I can literally remember the potpourri on my mom’s dresser when she was holding me, who was at my 3rd birthday… and just, kinda far back

What’s everyone else’s memory like here? I feel like my early pre-teens was kinda a blur, but my early childhood seems more vibrant sometimes. I dunno, I was just curious

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I have very small flashes of my life from when I was very small. I can’t say if any of them are false memories. I certainly don’t experience them in a way I can think about what the furniture looked like or anything.

    Youngest is when I was at my grandparents house. I was crawling past the door to the bedroom I slept in. It wasn’t a scary place for me but it was dark and I couldn’t see I in and I was scared and crawled past it fast. I think I was old enough to walk, but I wasn’t for some reason.

    I remember moving out of an old house we lived in and it had a tire swing. I was definitely younger than kindergarten, but I don’t know exactly how old. I probably wouldn’t recognize the place if I drive past it, but maybe I would.

    I remember sitting in a high chair at my grandparents cottage being fed bananas by a young girl with dark hair. I don’t remember her face at all. It might’ve been the granddaughter of my grandparents neighbor, or there’s a small chance it was my bio-mom. But if it was her that would have to be from the first few months of my life.

    That’s all I have from before I was school age.