Posted by Wittgensteinz on December 7, 2008, at 15:59:15
In reply to Re: Memories (triggers) » Wittgensteinz, posted by muffled on December 6, 2008, at 20:10:21
Thank you Muffled,
Your reply was full of wise perceptions - you're right memory is a can of worms (that is a funny expression isn't it!?). It's strange how something doesn't really matter for a long while, or at least isn't in mind and then something triggers it and then you can't escape from it.
When I studied psychology, one thing I came across was 'childhood amnesia' - the phenomenon of not retaining ones earliest memories. Before a certain age we are blank or at the most very sketchy. I guess because the brain hasn't quite developed enough by that point. Of course without language, memory is also inhibited. The relationship between thought and language is complex and interesting. It's also interesting how the adult mind interprets the childhood memories - of course a memory can be seen and experienced from different perspectives.
I'm sorry you're struggling with this too, and I hope you weren't too triggered to post.
Thank you Muffled and sorry I didn't reply earlier.
Witti
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