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Re:Crazy Conclusions in Early Childhood by josephg on Sunday June 27, 2021 @02:08AM (#27649025)
The specifics all sound borderline traumatic for the child, so if he remembers anything at all he'll remember these events in particular.

I've got plenty of memories from about the age of 5 - almost all of them scary or embarrassing for little me. And I'm nearing 40. When I was 16 could I still remember stuff from the age of 3? I wouldn't be surprised.

I remember loving ducks and trains for some reason when I was about that age. But I don't have a lot of specifics.

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Re:Crazy Conclusions in Early Childhood by philipswood on Sunday June 27, 2021 @03:18AM (#27649357)
Yeah, fear-tinged memories seem to stand out:

I can remember being in my parent's bed on a moonlit night, them asleep, being scared at the shadows of the trees on the windows. The shadows looked like monsters.

This happened in a small town we moved from when I was 4 or 5.

Strangely a lot of these memories were "un-indexed". I had no association to recall them with until my son was about that age and when he had similar experiences I recalled mine.

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