Thank you for validating memory loss in childhood trauma survivors. I cannot remember most of my childhood, huge chunks of memory is missing from my childhood timeline. And, unfortunately, the memories that I do have, and are the clearest, are traumatic ones. I also have Dyslexia and thought that could be playing a role in my memory disfunction, but I've no doubt that childhood trauma is the main reason. Thank you for the 5 recommendations to retrain the brain, I appreciate them and will be applying them. I'm 52 and am only just now realizing how deeply I've been effected by the traumas I experienced as a child, and teenager.
I'm glad you found this video. I hope it brings you some peace of mind knowing that its a natural part of how the human brain deals with traumatic stress. The good news it's never too late to retrain the brain and recover from trauma. Be gentle with yourself. 🙂
@@DrPamelaSeraphine Thank you, I'm grateful for your response, I'll be watching your videos and practicing some of the very helpful actions for self healing you offer.
Yeah, I just turned 45. I think after thirty two years of trying to heal. My brains finally starting to heal. I recently celebrated christmas and had my birthday Can actually remember what I did in detail. I did eight years of counseling.. I had e m b r therapy for a year three times a week. inner healing and deliverance were pretty helpful, too If it wasn't for my faith and Christ. I don't think I could have made it Prayer is real helpful and dealing with stress. I found a lot of addictive tendencies that sprung up when I was twenty five Honestly they were just destroyed. I still deal with chronic fatigue in pain. Some of the symptoms for the c p t s d still affect my life. I can honestly say it's not nearly as bad as it has been I just moved back to california after living in another country for twenty years So i'm hoping to be able to get some more e m d r therapy I found a job but offers health insurance. It's a good job that has a pretty stress free environment. I don't know if I can work forty hours a week i've never had to. I think it'll be okay. It's strange being back in america It's a very different culture and I have no experience working in companies here Thankfully it's a japanese company so I might have some better understanding. My manager is not japanese but the way they run it is pretty asian. Put my managers a real nice man because he started from the beginning like me I think it's gonna be okay.. I can even think about getting married now. I put it off for a long time. Because I never felt healthy enough are strong enough. Really in any way.
I feel validated that my sister and I are not the only ones missing chunks of our childhood. I have always wondered though why our brains wiped out the happy memories, too?
It is so comforting to me to come across videos like yours that let me know that I wasn’t crazy when I felt like I didn’t have many memories of my childhood. I “ know” and have certain “body memories “ re my abuse as a child and I am an intimate anorexic in my 44 yr old marriage due to the damage done to me. It saddens me to think of the life I could have had, as an adolescent, wife and mother had my “ hippocampus not been flooded”. I am to the point that I am ready to do the work of healing , now I just have to find a therapist to work with me. I look forward to watching more of your videos too. Thank you for educating me and so many other traumatized adults.🙂 10:46
This has so few views, but is so useful! My memory has always been a problem for me, and this helps to explain one potential cause. I also only have a few memories before about 15 years old. Even in adulthood, I can't remember huge chunks of my life and easily forget important events and old friends. Thank you for making this video.
How do you know what's a normal amount of not remembering childhood in comparison to others. I thought I was normal. I would sometimes realise I had gaps like when I forgot a classmate who had been away and I had no idea I ever knew him even though he knew me well. Nothing happened in that scenario, I just realised something was not right about my memory. It's actually happened with many people I've come across who say they knew me during these childhood years and they are very detailed in their memories of me and I just don't recall any of those things. I always thought that's just how it worked that no one really remembers a lot of childhood
I liked the description of the damage to the hippocampus. I'm curious what your take is on dissasociative memories? Like , alot of my memories, even a few "good" memories, are as if I'm standing outside the situation looking on, like I'm watching the situation. What is that? Is that from the hippocampus too? Thankyou, im over 50, no memories of childhood hardly at all, no Xmas no birthdays, huge slots all through life like you. Thankyou. Your experience gives me trust in your experience 😇❤️🙏✊️
OMG never could figure it out, why i can't remember my younger year and also along the way thank you,my brother beat me for years,i think now I can start to change
Thank you. It was only in recent years that I realised that my memory and concentration was affected by childhood trauma (decades later); until then, I just thought I had a bad memory naturally. I even thought I mustn't be very smart as a result. In any case, I worked out your techniques and some others starting in my late teens and early 20s, and have been practicing for many years, e.g., mediation, and it's like being a completely different person: I've gone on to do many complex tasks that require a strong focus with a high demand on memory. It's just a shame that there was zero support and understanding about that when I was young, which I'm sure is common.
i have had memory problems since l was in my 20s and still do l told my GP, and she said that i have to accept that's life. I am 54 and going to be 55 this year and it is unbearable. i cannot functiuon properly because l cannot remember. what a waste f a life.
Memory has always been an issue for me, even now. With kids it's discouraging. I don't remember a lot of their milestones. Hopefully some of these tips will help. Wonder if these also help regain some memories or just help with new ones?
These tips with definitely help! You can always build a stronger more resilient integrated brain. Sometimes memories can return, but memories are malleable.
I work in the medical field and all through school and now in practice I have had more than a few run ins with myself. In that I have to recall and I just can’t find that file sometimes even things with in an hour
Ib feel so lost, I experienced seeing domestic abuse form age 3, infact its my first memory, along with parent gone to prison and abandonement. Then i met a person that abuse dme for 7 years and then narcissistic abuse happened after covid leaving me a single mum with a toddler while my ex moved in within weeks with his new partner. at times i feel like i will never live a real life, so whats the point
i am no expert, so please do not take offence but your baby needs you take comfort knowing that you will protect your baby and keep them safe that is the point. It will hurt like hell you have a child depending on you and get help, for your mental well-being don't let it vesture
I'm almost completely bedridden now. I'm only 64 but I have an incurable neuromuscular disease. I want to heal from physical abuse (sa) as a young child, before I die. I have a lot of memory loss from childhood. I cannot move/exercise, so can i still recover?
Almost 16 years that I'm suffering on it after a motorcycle accident. I was on my kindergarten year when I'd been having a large scar on my face cause of the accident. As of now, everytime important happens, I wrote it on my notebook or cellphone cause after 2 days or onward I can't remember exactly what I'm doing, whose with me and other details. My siblings and parents talked about our childhood but to that, I want to go outside or somewhere else cause I wanna cry cause I can't remember and say anything about my past. That's why until now, I want to be alone cause nobody understands my situation. What I might do Dr.? Thank you and God bless.
I had childhood trauma for sure! An abusive step dad and a lack of parents(left alone a fair amount) . Thank goodness for my grandparents....But i can remember everything clear back to 5 yrs old. My memory problems are showing signs now at the age of 54. Any help? thx
Thank you for validating memory loss in childhood trauma survivors. I cannot remember most of my childhood, huge chunks of memory is missing from my childhood timeline. And, unfortunately, the memories that I do have, and are the clearest, are traumatic ones. I also have Dyslexia and thought that could be playing a role in my memory disfunction, but I've no doubt that childhood trauma is the main reason. Thank you for the 5 recommendations to retrain the brain, I appreciate them and will be applying them. I'm 52 and am only just now realizing how deeply I've been effected by the traumas I experienced as a child, and teenager.
I'm glad you found this video. I hope it brings you some peace of mind knowing that its a natural part of how the human brain deals with traumatic stress. The good news it's never too late to retrain the brain and recover from trauma. Be gentle with yourself. 🙂
@@DrPamelaSeraphine Thank you, I'm grateful for your response, I'll be watching your videos and practicing some of the very helpful actions for self healing you offer.
Yeah, I just turned 45.
I think after thirty two years of trying to heal. My brains finally starting to heal.
I recently celebrated christmas and had my birthday
Can actually remember what I did in detail.
I did eight years of counseling.. I had e m b r therapy for a year three times a week.
inner healing and deliverance were pretty helpful, too
If it wasn't for my faith and Christ. I don't think I could have made it
Prayer is real helpful and dealing with stress.
I found a lot of addictive tendencies that sprung up when I was twenty five
Honestly they were just destroyed.
I still deal with chronic fatigue in pain.
Some of the symptoms for the c p t s d still affect my life. I can honestly say it's not nearly as bad as it has been
I just moved back to california after living in another country for twenty years
So i'm hoping to be able to get some more e m d r therapy
I found a job but offers health insurance.
It's a good job that has a pretty stress free environment.
I don't know if I can work forty hours a week i've never had to.
I think it'll be okay. It's strange being back in america
It's a very different culture and I have no experience working in companies here
Thankfully it's a japanese company so I might have some better understanding.
My manager is not japanese but the way they run it is pretty asian.
Put my managers a real nice man because he started from the beginning like me
I think it's gonna be okay..
I can even think about getting married now.
I put it off for a long time. Because I never felt healthy enough are strong enough.
Really in any way.
I feel validated that my sister and I are not the only ones missing chunks of our childhood. I have always wondered though why our brains wiped out the happy memories, too?
Thank you so much for sharing. I lost most of my childhood memories and glad to know that i don’t need to remember those to start the healing.
My first thought here is that I do not want to remember any of that childhood. I am happy having forgotten.
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Literally!!! I don't want to remember it I'm good
Right. Gift from God. Thank you Lord!
It is so comforting to me to come across videos like yours that let me know that I wasn’t crazy when I felt like I didn’t have many memories of my childhood.
I “ know” and have certain “body memories “ re my abuse as a child and I am an intimate anorexic in my 44 yr old marriage due to the damage done to me.
It saddens me to think of the life I could have had, as an adolescent, wife and mother had my “ hippocampus not been flooded”.
I am to the point that I am ready to do the work of healing , now I just have to find a therapist to work with me.
I look forward to watching more of your videos too.
Thank you for educating me and so many other traumatized adults.🙂 10:46
I'm not alone praise God. I honestly thought it was my imagination❤
THANK YOU! Newly subscribed. No one else seems to be addressing this!
I wondered why I had such a hard time remembering things. Thank you!
My pleasure. Happy to help :-)
This has so few views, but is so useful! My memory has always been a problem for me, and this helps to explain one potential cause. I also only have a few memories before about 15 years old. Even in adulthood, I can't remember huge chunks of my life and easily forget important events and old friends. Thank you for making this video.
I'm glad you found this video helpful!
How do you know what's a normal amount of not remembering childhood in comparison to others. I thought I was normal. I would sometimes realise I had gaps like when I forgot a classmate who had been away and I had no idea I ever knew him even though he knew me well. Nothing happened in that scenario, I just realised something was not right about my memory. It's actually happened with many people I've come across who say they knew me during these childhood years and they are very detailed in their memories of me and I just don't recall any of those things. I always thought that's just how it worked that no one really remembers a lot of childhood
Thank you thank you for this video. I’ve always been a curious learner it’s been so frustrating that I can barely remember anything I learn:(
I liked the description of the damage to the hippocampus. I'm curious what your take is on dissasociative memories? Like , alot of my memories, even a few "good" memories, are as if I'm standing outside the situation looking on, like I'm watching the situation. What is that? Is that from the hippocampus too? Thankyou, im over 50, no memories of childhood hardly at all, no Xmas no birthdays, huge slots all through life like you. Thankyou. Your experience gives me trust in your experience 😇❤️🙏✊️
OMG never could figure it out, why i can't remember my younger year and also along the way thank you,my brother beat me for years,i think now I can start to change
Thank you. It was only in recent years that I realised that my memory and concentration was affected by childhood trauma (decades later); until then, I just thought I had a bad memory naturally. I even thought I mustn't be very smart as a result. In any case, I worked out your techniques and some others starting in my late teens and early 20s, and have been practicing for many years, e.g., mediation, and it's like being a completely different person: I've gone on to do many complex tasks that require a strong focus with a high demand on memory. It's just a shame that there was zero support and understanding about that when I was young, which I'm sure is common.
Thank you for your feedback. I'm happy to hear you found it helpful and that you are making progress!
i have had memory problems since l was in my 20s and still do l told my GP, and she said that i have to accept that's life. I am 54 and going to be 55 this year and it is unbearable. i cannot functiuon properly because l cannot remember. what a waste f a life.
Memory has always been an issue for me, even now. With kids it's discouraging. I don't remember a lot of their milestones. Hopefully some of these tips will help.
Wonder if these also help regain some memories or just help with new ones?
These tips with definitely help! You can always build a stronger more resilient integrated brain. Sometimes memories can return, but memories are malleable.
Thank you so much for this.
My pleasure 🙂
Would any of these memories be possible to remember through hypnotherapy? Might be a stupid question, but thought I'd ask.
Do you do private consulting? Please let me know
I work in the medical field and all through school and now in practice I have had more than a few run ins with myself. In that I have to recall and I just can’t find that file sometimes even things with in an hour
This is me exactly.
Appreciate ⭕️
How do I recover those memories please??
Ib feel so lost, I experienced seeing domestic abuse form age 3, infact its my first memory, along with parent gone to prison and abandonement. Then i met a person that abuse dme for 7 years and then narcissistic abuse happened after covid leaving me a single mum with a toddler while my ex moved in within weeks with his new partner. at times i feel like i will never live a real life, so whats the point
i am no expert, so please do not take offence but your baby needs you take comfort knowing that you will protect your baby and keep them safe that is the point. It will hurt like hell you have a child depending on you and get help, for your mental well-being don't let it vesture
@@pauldeckard7102 thank you Paul, I was having a dark day , I can say 1 year after things are so much better, i am stronger phisiclaly and mentally!
I'm almost completely bedridden now. I'm only 64 but I have an incurable neuromuscular disease. I want to heal from physical abuse (sa) as a young child, before I die. I have a lot of memory loss from childhood. I cannot move/exercise, so can i still recover?
Almost 16 years that I'm suffering on it after a motorcycle accident. I was on my kindergarten year when I'd been having a large scar on my face cause of the accident. As of now, everytime important happens, I wrote it on my notebook or cellphone cause after 2 days or onward I can't remember exactly what I'm doing, whose with me and other details. My siblings and parents talked about our childhood but to that, I want to go outside or somewhere else cause I wanna cry cause I can't remember and say anything about my past. That's why until now, I want to be alone cause nobody understands my situation. What I might do Dr.? Thank you and God bless.
We both share quite same story 😢
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I had childhood trauma for sure! An abusive step dad and a lack of parents(left alone a fair amount) . Thank goodness for my grandparents....But i can remember everything clear back to 5 yrs old. My memory problems are showing signs now at the age of 54. Any help? thx
i was sexually abused for years as a child in 28 now my brain doesn't remember anything anymore