Discussion Say a memory from your childhood that you cherish

[Versailles]

I start

How divine that day in Caracas, cool and cold, I was in my school days, seeing that chain of landscapes that sometimes we don't appreciate because we see it every day, and I looked at the El Avila hill, which looked like a venerable old man sitting , and the gray clouds, and the atmosphere felt nice and cool, I was having my coffee, my breakfast. Beautiful people around, what beautiful days, suddenly it sounds from the megaphones:

"Everyone go home because there is a coup d'état"

What beautiful days! What fun! What memories! And everyone running and screaming, people crying and locking themselves in their houses, what fun! no?

And I remember that I was running calling from the phone: "Dad! There's a coup." I remember that everyone ran away, leaving the shopping malls and cafeterias empty.

 

[FuneralCry]

I do not even have any, I have never wanted to be alive. I struggle to remember a lot of what it was like when I was really young. I can only think of painful memories, things that I would like to forget.

 

[TakeMeBack07]

I do not even have any, I have never wanted to be alive. I struggle to remember a lot of what it was like when I was really young. I can only think of painful memories, things that I would like to forget.

There is no way someone's life can be that sad.

 

[Foresight]

There is no way someone's life can be that sad.

Memory suppression can get pretty extreme. I have the blackout issue as well. In my hardest times I couldn't retrieve anything.

I have a memory of when I was kind of an outcast and I had this one friend. She was beautiful and she looked out for me. I have this memory of a night after a sleepover. We slept in the same bed. I woke up before her and watched her sleep. Everything felt so peaceful. Her home was safer than mine and I had her. I just felt like I belonged. I don't have a lot of other memories from my time being friends with her because of how I block out my memories. I just have a few flashes.

 

[olkf]

I just remember eating those double stuffed oeros. Not a particular memory

 

[whatevs]

I do not even have any, I have never wanted to be alive. I struggle to remember a lot of what it was like when I was really young. I can only think of painful memories, things that I would like to forget.

I hope this doesn't look dismissive but I can't believe you. Everyone has had a pleasant period in their lives, even if brief.

 

[jimmy7754]

Playing sega genesis and watching mtv in the 90s.

 

[toseeyousmile]

Playing Persona 4 Golden after school and having the door to my backyard partially open, letting a nice breeze in and spending time with my mom. Most of my other memories are just me enjoying the breeze from a walk back home from school tbh, it's chill.

 

[TakeMeBack07]

Memory suppression can get pretty extreme. I have the blackout issue as well. In my hardest times I couldn't retrieve anything.

I have a memory of when I was kind of an outcast and I had this one friend. She was beautiful and she looked out for me. I have this memory of a night after a sleepover. We slept in the same bed. I woke up before her and watched her sleep. Everything felt so peaceful. Her home was safer than mine and I had her. I just felt like I belonged. I don't have a lot of other memories from my time being friends with her because of how I block out my memories. I just have a few flashes.

Hm. I understand why you would want to repress memories to hard to handle,like trauma, but why pleasant ones? It's just a perspective thing,even on whether something is good or not, i guess. But everyone has to find at least one thing pleasurable, especially as a child.

 

[Foresight]

Hm. I understand why you would want to repress memories to hard to handle,like trauma, but why pleasant ones? It's just a perspective thing, i guess. But everyone has to find at least one thing pleasurable, especially as a child.

I can only speak for myself, but the reason why is because they're mixed together. There tends to be much more trauma than good memories. Like with my childhood the trauma overpowers any goodness so my mind blacks it all out. No matter how good of a day I had I went home to a nightmare every single night. It's probably why I remember the sleepover away from home. Same issue with adulthood from a different trauma. I end up with nothing. Any period that was more stable than bad I can pull more memories from.

 

[LivideLamb]

Being at my grandparents' apartment, I just finished eating something delicious, traditional polish cuisine that my grandmother was a master at. I'm watching vhs in another room. All the adults are speaking and I'm sitting on the yellow couch watching scooby-doo (vhs format).

 

[Versailles]

"Everyone go home because there is a coup d'état"

Man, I tried to get a nice memory from my childhood and this came out, I don't know whether to laugh or cry, lol

I hope this doesn't look dismissive but I can't believe you. Everyone has had a pleasant period in their lives, even if brief.

There will always be exceptions and those exceptions will always have their exceptions, I am also in that line

 

[davidgeorge]

I remember eating strawberries from the garden. I'm addicted to them.

 

[gottago222]

my grandpa taking me to the beach everyday in croatia in the summer, my grandpa saving me from my dad hitting me, digging up potatoes in the garden with my grandpa. i miss him so much.

 

[Ligottian]

Creeping up the hallway one Christmas Eve with my sister to see if Santa had arrived yet.

 

[fox_wannabe]

I was teenager, I remember being hugged by my gf from behind. Not technically a childhood, but It was so warm and loving.

 

[°Celsuis_Caesar]

Playing Zombi, dying survivor after survivor

 

[noname223]

That day my mom beat me up and then I started crying. And then I got hit because I cried too much.
Wait this was not the question. This wasn't one moment this happened all the time on a daily basis. Lol.

 

[tieiwi]

None because ever since I was a kid I think I've been disassociating. I can't remember anything. Even if there is a "good" memory that I remember, I don't truly cherish it. I don't care for any part of past in that way.

 

[Cheza_mus]

The first was after my primary education results came .. I was the best student in my school..I was allover news papers my parents were so happy and I really made them proud....
The second though here I was already at University is when a very beautiful girl have me a chance to be his boy friend. It was a miracle because I was and still so poor. Definitely she was not my class..she showed me what love is that is what I can say ..we broke up after she realised my poverty was not taking her anywhere..I was hurt but I understood her ,she wanted to have kids and I could not provide care to them ...
The third may be is when I won a language competition for Chinese and I was given a free trip to China..it was my first and I guess the last time on a plane and also to be in another country

These are the best things that have happened in my life...Looking back I see I tried to make my life better but like one quote I saw here, Fate plays chess with two queens..my life has not been any better.... I can't find employment worse still my university results were so poor , I am now leaving on one meal a day..my parents are poor and they can't give me a lifestyle I would want..
I have set my ctb date in easter , I hope all plans go well

 

[TakeMeBack07]

I can only speak for myself, but the reason why is because they're mixed together. There tends to be much more trauma than good memories. Like with my childhood the trauma overpowers any goodness so my mind blacks it all out. No matter how good of a day I had I went home to a nightmare every single night. It's probably why I remember the sleepover away from home. Same issue with adulthood from a different trauma. I end up with nothing. Any period that was more stable than bad I can pull more memories from.

oh I see
I also loved staying away from my parents' home

 

[Al Cappella]

I was 8, flying back to Hamburg by myself—it was a Lufthansa 747 and they let me see the cockpit. I've been addicted to flight and airplanes ever since. Can't fly in real life—blind as a bat. Well, I could fly—just wouldn't be able to land…

 

[Unicornsrnot4dislife]

I don't really remember much from young childhood, but I remember being at the beach on a school trip and just being free to run around

 

[stevieu]

I often reminisce about the happier parts of my childhood...

• My sense of wonder and awe at all the things there were to learn.
• The summer holidays and going out early with friends on our bicycles.
• Sleeping over at my Nan's house (Grandad died when I was 5).
• Watching cartoons at the weekends.
• My innocence and falling in love for the first time.

This movie (one of my all-time favs) always evokes the feelings from my childhood:



All before being tainted and further ruined by what was to come...

 

[Of The Universe]

I start

How divine that day in Caracas, cool and cold, I was in my school days, seeing that chain of landscapes that sometimes we don't appreciate because we see it every day, and I looked at the El Avila hill, which looked like a venerable old man sitting , and the gray clouds, and the atmosphere felt nice and cool, I was having my coffee, my breakfast. Beautiful people around, what beautiful days, suddenly it sounds from the megaphones:

"Everyone go home because there is a coup d'état"

What beautiful days! What fun! What memories! And everyone running and screaming, people crying and locking themselves in their houses, what fun! no?

And I remember that I was running calling from the phone: "Dad! There's a coup." I remember that everyone ran away, leaving the shopping malls and cafeterias empty.

Yes,life in Latin America can be...interesting.

 

[Versailles]

Yes,life in Latin America can be...interesting.

The worst of all is that at that time I went to live in Caracas because my parents said that in Caracas I would never get bored, somehow they were right.

 

[Rob1984]

Hearing that final bell on a Friday during elementary school, knowing the weekend has arrived. Just watching the last 5 minutes of the clock countdown until I could burst out of the classroom. Also, once a week my elementary school had pizza day. That shit made the whole day worth it. Ohhh, the silly things that make children happy :)

 

[OrcWitch]

Playing pokemon ruby in 5th grade with my friend on the playground. I was very attached to many of mine and considered them pets.

 

[Chinaski]

My father, recently deceased, with whom l didn't have an easy relationship, driving us to the nearby seaside resort in his rusty car, his sixties music tapes on the way, past the lighthouse, ice cream, the ominous cloud presenting a constant threat of rain, finding the only spot on the beach without any dogshit to play in, l was a bright child with a big smile and he was a rough man with a soft heart and l wish l could go back.

 

[mandyjohnuk]

Always waking up in our council house with no heating or boiler other than a coal fire. The cold was unbelievable it used to make you feel dizzy.