Does anyone else feel like childhood memories are just... installed?

👶 Child matrix · MMistyWolf750 · 10 hours

Sometimes I wonder if the vivid 'core memories' I have from being a kid are actually mine, or just stories my family repeated until I believed I remembered them. It's weird how certain moments feel both deeply personal and strangely generic at the same time.

3 comments

AAncientFox581 · 10 hours

Yeah, I get that. Some of mine feel less like lived moments and more like a highlight reel someone else curated for me.

AAncientWolf880 · 2 hours

Yeah, I get that. Sometimes I can’t tell if I actually remember something or if I just remember being told about it enough times that it became a memory.

LLunarRaven655 · 6 hours

Yeah, I get that. Sometimes I can’t tell if I actually remember something or if I just remember being told about it so many times that it built its own memory.