Until now I had never thought about any ratio between positive or negative childhood memories, but negative ones are about all that show up whenever I think back over my childhood and even though I often say I was generally a happy and contented (oblivious to what was actually going on) child. I am curious to know what you mean when saying having only bad memories "doesn't sit very well with me." Having since put my own past in perspective while learning to live life as I know it, past memories are nothing greater or less than just what they are: past memories.