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I remember several times putting my eldest son to bed when he was a few months old and having this intrusive thought that maybe the reason why he was yelling wa
by wmwmwm 4y ago
I remember several times putting my eldest son to bed when he was a few months old and having this intrusive thought that maybe the reason why he was yelling was because he knew he wouldn’t remember today when he woke up the next day and that every day was like being reborn! Darker than a Black Mirror episode for sure! It only went away when he started developing more of his own personality
(This stuff + sleep deprivation is a heady cocktail!)
- jessermeyer 4y agoThis is some approximation of what half the globe already believes to occur with reincarnation, but it is not felt exclusively as a dark terror. More like the setting and rising of the sun. The nights are dark and full of terror, but it is cast away with the coming rays.
- eatbitseveryday 4y agoBetter yet: do not feel as bad because kids won't remember. If you are sleep-training them and they cry for hours, they won't remember the next day anyway. Edit: this is what a pediatrician said to help console a parent who was hesitant to try sleep training
- treeman79 4y agohttps://hyperioncantos.fandom.com/wiki/Merlin_Sickness https://hyperioncantos.fandom.com/wiki/Merlin_Sickness A variation on Merlin Sickness.
- Pigalowda 4y agoKind of like object permanence though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence
- comboy 4y ago> he knew he wouldn’t remember today when he woke up the next day How can he be afraid of the thing that happened yesterday if he doesn't remember yesterday?