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Originally Posted by Nemo39122
The other day I was unpacking my apartment because I recently moved again, and looked in the side door of a TV cabinet that used to belong to my parents. It was full of VHS tapes, and as I was putting them in a box to bring back to my parents I saw the label of one that caught my eye. The label said "For [my dad's name]," "[Me] pre - 5-23-93," and said stuff like me and my brother at certain points in late 1993 and 1994.
Me pre - 5-23-93 refers to me before a day when I was 3 months old, when my dad threw me and I landed on my head. For awhile I thought I was told the whole story but over the past few years the story has changed so many times that I have no idea what really happened. Because of my age at the time I have no memory of any of this, I have to depend on liars for the truth. Now I don't have to...but do I really want to know the truth?
I know the video isn't going to tell the whole story in detail or anything, but maybe it'll help me piece things together. Who was there, who wasn't, what months/years this was...and how I was. Although I don't know if that's something I want to see, knowing what I know now. The weird thing is I've seen parts of this video before. But it was before I knew what really happened back then, and I don't think it was all of the video...plus it was a very long time ago, so I don't remember it very clearly.
I feel like I NEED to watch it. I know it's probably going to really mess me up for a little while, but if I don't watch it I know I'll always wonder, and never get past this.
I just don't know if this will help, or if its a really bad (even dangerous) idea and I should just let it go. 
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Im guessing it is just one of those normal parents video taping their new baby kinds of stuff.. three months and under will probably just show you as a baby cooing, sitting up, laughing about something and maybe some crawling, or turning over attempting to crawl., it may show you the clothing styles of those in the film, and possibly you as a naked baby in or out of getting a bath..
but to be on the safe side I would like to suggest maybe watching it with your therapist or other mental health treatment provider. that way on the odd chance they were video taping normal childhood events and something happened to happen at that moment you have your treatment provider righ there with you to process the thoughts and possible triggered memories that you may have forgotten.