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This is super common. It’s very normal to remember the “bad” stuff (and turn them into worse memories than they really were) because of how our brains are wire
by sharkweek 4y ago
This is super common.
It’s very normal to remember the “bad” stuff (and turn them into worse memories than they really were) because of how our brains are wired to try and avoid said “bad stuff.”
All my earliest memories are traumatic in the sense that it was something bad that happened in a very visceral way, e.g., being stung by a bee in my back yard, falling off of a tire swing, the basement door closing behind me and being locked in it for maybe 30 seconds (but my memory is that it was forever).
I had the same feelings as you but then in therapy learned how normal it is and that helped a lot.