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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23
Thank you for your replies Velcro and WOWY 
Yeah I think this too. It makes me worry about having kids one day that I will inadvertently mess them up too. If I'm not too sensitive or not resilient enough (i.e. the problem is not with me, though I suspect it is) and had a 'normal-enough' childhood (i.e. the problem is not my environment/family), then how do parents ever manage to raise happy & healthy children/adults?!
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YES. i feel crazy because i feel like "why am i so afraid of change, or of intimacy if my childhood was 'normal?" Its just ME. That is just who I am. I tend towards depression, i am an introvert so i LOVE my alone time, and i just suck and am afraid of intimacy.
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Originally Posted by KazzaX
My childhood (in my opinion) was pretty normal. I remember some things that I didn't like at the time but I'm pretty sure they were the typical things that kids/teens complain about, like not being able to stay out later, etc. Nothing horrible that I can remember really. However my therapists believe I was emotionally abused big time, but I don't recall being traumatized by anything really. So I don't really know if I agree that there was emotional abuse. In other words, I don't remember anything happening that was bad enough that it would lead me to become so messed up in the head like I am now! 
I suppose it is possible to have blocked things out ofcourse. I think its possible but unlikely (however I haven't researched it or anything so I dunno). |
yes too!! yeah there were a few crap memories, but no one's childhood was perfect. everyone was mad at their parents at one time or another. my T has never used the words "emotional abuse," (and im glad because if she even tried to use 'abuse' on me, i'd flip), but she does think there are valid reasons why i keep my family at arm's length and 500 miles away. Even though i can't remember from ages 3-8 or 9, i don't think i am blocking things out.
Is it normal to not remember Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and most of 4th (i have about 2 memories of 4th grade) grade? I vaguely remember waiting outside while my mom signed me up for kindergarten...or i was just waiting outside for a completely different reason
I truly do not remember one single thing from K-3rd grade, schoolwise. Was it because we moved a few times?
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Originally Posted by with or without you
Ha, I remember your username and I think we have met a few times in some other threads talking about things like this. Happy birthday
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when i wrote that i was like "Oh yeah! i remember thinking this about WOWY before! (btw, i loveeeeeeeee U2)