in general no one is that perfect human that remembers every single thing from their childhood. most people normally only remember little snippets and normal people do have the normal memory loss of not remembering their childhood. All kinds of things come in to play with the brain and how it works - genetics, a persons own chemical make up, a persons own reactions to life, medications and their environment, what is important to that person at the moment that they experience events, type of medications they are on, type of trauma they go through and also the persons age when trying to remember things, along with things like physical health problems can cause memory problems as can just about every single mental disorder there is out there.

I have a few different kinds of memory loss. memory loss that you describe fit each one of my problems. my medication prevents me from remembering every single detail of my life, my physical health problems also prevent me from remembering every single detail of my life as does my bipolar disorder and many dissociative disorders and so does my PTSD.

I deal with it by informing my treatment providers of any problems. they then evaluate my health, age, medications and mental status, run tests. then they tell me what the problem is and how I can best recover.

Yes I have recovered lost memories... some with the integration of my alters, some through trauma work / therapy with my therapist. Some through medication changes and adjustments and some through just living my life and the memories came back.

I deal with what I cant remember by reminding myself that no one is the perfect human that can remember everything. that normal people do not always remember their childhoods, I inform my treatment providers when there is a problem that is concerning me and I go on with my life just like normal people do, by not worrying that every time I cant remember something that it may mean its my dissociative problems. I just take it one day at a time.

my suggestion to any one that may be having memory problems - consult your treatment providers so that they can do their jobs making sure the problem is indeed just a dissociation problem. they can also tell you the best way for you to recover those lost memories. everyone remembers repressed memories in their own ways and not every ones way is physically or mentally right for another person. only a treatment provider can tell you which way is right for you.