Unless there was allot of drama in your youth ; and not the routinre of childhood very little is actually recalled by all. It the traumatic things that we tend to recall, no matter if it was very good or bad. The fact your were not abused makes life events unless there was something about the things standout ae not very easily recalled. It not that unusal ; and nothing to be concerned about. yes sometimes ADD?ADHD rember thing out of sequence or can't remeber years , dates ; I can recall some events that stand out; but I will be dammed if I remeber what age I was when some things occured. However major thing likes birthdays, Marriages , graduations, deaths I never forget one. So it really matter what impact the event has on your life.

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I would have to agree. Certain events stand out with vivid clarity but they feel like snapshots. The rest of the time just seems to have disappeared somewhere.

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That is exactly how I feel. I can remember things as snapshots, but as whole events.

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wow, I am SO glad that someone mentioned this! I am 34, and always wondered why I have almost NO memory of growing up, not teachers names, friends, places I went, nothing... Just a few scattered memories here and there. ..And I too am sure I was never abused.. I always thought this was so strange!

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Even relatively recent, significant events, like my wedding and my daughter's birth, that have happened in the last 5-10 years are fading. :( I wonder all the time what is wrong with me, it makes me so incredibly sad.

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It's so nice to know that I'm not crazy. I can't remember anything about my childhood either . . . . actually, I have a hard time remembering the past at all . . . past marriages, when my kids were small, etc. It's maddening . . . .

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LOL That is my own private joke. I am 28 now but even in high school when most of my friends could still remember their childhood quite clearly, I had little to nno recollection. I would joke that I had a swiss cheese childhood because there were more holes and gaps than substance :) Now that I am 28 I remember little to nothing at all, not even events that should stand out. At times I will get flashes, sometimes in a dream that is eerily vivid and I have to question whether it actually happened or if it is something my overactive mind made up. I don't stress about it too much anymore but it really bothered me as a teen. At the time I went through hypnotherapy to try to get some memories back, I kept journals of what I could remember, etc. Now if I read through the journals, it's like they are written by someone else entirely, even reading them does not prompt a memory, it's like reading a story by another person, no personal connection.

Another troubling thing is I will run into peeple I haven't seen in a long time and they will mention some of my outrageous behavior(PreDiagnosis) when I was younger, and I get angry thinking I didn't do that! In reality I probably did and simply cannot remember it now.

As for now, I take LOTS of pictures and force myself to get them into a digital scrapbook with notes within a month so I wont forget what to write. This has helped quite a bitin preserving my kids childhoods for them and for myself :)

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It seems to me it's more of a matter of recalling the information.

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Basically, think of the mind as a filing cabinet. Everything goes in, but unless it has a specific "handle" to pull it back with (a trigger of some sort) you won't easily remember it.

One thing that I have been told about ADD/ADHD is that we tend to have trouble more with short-term memory. For example, a friend is asking you for a series of things, and you're trying to remember them. If seven things are listed, you'll be lucky to remember more than the last two or three. And yes, I do have this problem and every so often I want to sing "There's a whole in my bucket" (referring to my memory...)

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I'm not crazy. I am 40 and recently diagnosed and since my 20's and 30's I could not recall any names, places - the things others would spit out in a heartbeat. I thought I was just going nuts.

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