Originally Posted by deafbajagal

I had to have counseling/therapy when I became an adult because my childhood memories were jigsawed and basically all mixed up... and I wanted to know what was that all about. She had suggested that a lot of the blurry/jigsawed memory problems occured because I didn't really understand a lot of what was going on around me, thus the memories that I did manage to retain were only part of the whole picture. There are so many incidents that I remember - and really wish I could ask people in the memories - such as asking one cousin, "Why were you laughing when you sat in that rocking chair?" Weird things like that. I actually have very strong memory skills- I can remember very detailed things such as the exact wood pattern on my parents' sofa - from 15 years ago. But important events in my life such as birthday parties - there are only bits and pieces. Weird, huh?