Was listening to radio the other day. Radio folks talk about the most random stuff to fill the airtime. This time they were discussing a memory from their childhood. Specifically, when, as a child, they returned to home from their school, who was the first person that would look for they asked. Someone called in and said they wanted to see their mother the most and now that they have children, the children do the same thing.

I was thinking about myself and I have no idea what I did in this situation as a child. I know both my parents worked, so maybe they weren’t there when I returned. I had some nannies take care of me but I don’t recall much about them other than their names or faces. Or maybe my parents were done with work by then. Maybe I didn’t look for anyone and wanted to do something else, but I have no concrete recollection of that either.

I wonder if this is normal.

  • rando895
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    14 days ago

    My memories started coming back once I finished grad school, got diagnosed with ADHD, and had some time away from being employed. So stress, anxiety, depression, being too busy, not sleeping, etc., definitely affects memory formation and retrieval.