All Discussions Tagged 'childhood' - Wild Minds network2024-03-29T12:08:55Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=childhood&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHow many of us have fake memories?tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-11-18:4661400:Topic:1634322013-11-18T22:34:23.346ZAquariushttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Aquarius
<p>My sibling and I were arguing over a childhood memory. She then went on to call me a liar. I didn't mind, because I read in an article that siblings in childhood fight over parents attention, in adulthood they fight over memories. Each member of the family can have a different memory of the same event.</p>
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<p>Now this research…</p>
<p>My sibling and I were arguing over a childhood memory. She then went on to call me a liar. I didn't mind, because I read in an article that siblings in childhood fight over parents attention, in adulthood they fight over memories. Each member of the family can have a different memory of the same event.</p>
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<p>Now this research <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/how-many-of-your-memories-are-fake/281558/">http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/how-many-of-your-memories-are-fake/281558/</a></p>
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<p>I'm taken aback. So some of the terrible memories aren't real?! What about the happy ones? What of those memories in which only two people were there- me and a deceased parent, I can't even have someone corroborate them.</p>
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<p>What do you guys make of this research?</p> Confused, need opinionstag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-01-03:4661400:Topic:1207642013-01-03T16:54:02.791ZLeAnn Marcumhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/LeAnnMarcum
<p> I have certainly gotten my MD under control. I usually just DD when I'm listening to music now. I can't really tell you why it stopped, but I can tell you how it happened. And it makes me question if it was really MD at all.</p>
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<p> When I was in middle school, I would always dream about doing something that nobody had done before. One of them was writing a book about going on an adventure that was totally unrealistic. I wanted to awe people and make them think, "Wow, this really…</p>
<p> I have certainly gotten my MD under control. I usually just DD when I'm listening to music now. I can't really tell you why it stopped, but I can tell you how it happened. And it makes me question if it was really MD at all.</p>
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<p> When I was in middle school, I would always dream about doing something that nobody had done before. One of them was writing a book about going on an adventure that was totally unrealistic. I wanted to awe people and make them think, "Wow, this really happened? I thought it was fiction!"</p>
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<p> So I picked a story plot to use that was from an anime I watched, and picked people from my reality (classmates) to use in my fantasy. But I didn't just want to DD about them, I wanted to make it real. I wanted to make this happen, and write a book and say it actually happened.</p>
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<p> Then when I reached high school, I realized that it wasn't going to happen because it was totally unrealistic. But I was still emotionally attached to one of the characters (which was also a person in real life) from my fantasy. I was obsessed with her until I realized that I was emotionally attached to the fantasy version of her and not the real version of her.</p>
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<p> So was it all just the last of my childhood dreams before I grew up? Or was it actually MD?</p> Your childhood and levels of social interactiontag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-10-15:4661400:Topic:1042762012-10-15T13:09:00.661ZEretaiahttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Eretaia
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<p>Hey guys. In terms of social interaction, how would you describe your childhood? Did you spend a lot of time playing alone? Were you lonely? Socially awkward? Or a normal kid who had a lot of friends and liked to engage with other children?</p>
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<p>When I was a kid, I adored being socially involved but my parents brought me up as if I'd been a <span class="st">Buddhist hermit, lmao. Other kids never came over and I'd always end up playing alone and watching <em>lots</em> of…</span></p>
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<p>Hey guys. In terms of social interaction, how would you describe your childhood? Did you spend a lot of time playing alone? Were you lonely? Socially awkward? Or a normal kid who had a lot of friends and liked to engage with other children?</p>
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<p>When I was a kid, I adored being socially involved but my parents brought me up as if I'd been a <span class="st">Buddhist hermit, lmao. Other kids never came over and I'd always end up playing alone and watching <em>lots</em> of cartoons because there wasn't anyone else around - later, it was precisely cartoons that triggered my MD. I don't remember feeling lonely but I know I did long for social interaction back then. When I entered puberty, I started noticing social awkwardness and it's when my MD appeared.<br/></span></p>
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<p><span class="st">Also, do you think that partial deprivation of social interaction could play a role in onset of MD?<br/></span></p>
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