Chester
September 23rd, 2011, 11:29 PM
Is this normal for a 16 year old to have such a bad memory?
I just turned 16 this month, but I am a really forgetful person. And this has been going for many years. I cannot recall my days back before 5th grader. All I remember are just some sherds of unclear memories, especially the sad and extraordinary ones. But I am pretty sure they happened.
I tried to ask my mom about it, about how often she got mad at me when I was young, how I used to cried a lot under the desk in her office, and how she used to clip and pull my ears between her fingers, while dragging me out of the room and I was crying and more more more... But she denied them. She told me that those things did not happen. I can't believe it. I am really sure they did happen, the scenes are like vivid images in my head. However I can never tell the details or reasons and causes of how those things happened.
So, I tried confirming it to my younger sister, and she said that she had no idea about it, she said she didn't remember those!! She did say that our mom pressed down our ears whenever she's angry though.. but that's it! Seriously, Am I going crazy?!
At the first place our family situation is kinda wrecked, messed up, between one another. Our personalities are natural enemies. There's nothing we can do about it. And my parents had always cared about my little sister a lot more since we're kids. And this is probably why my sister admitted that her old days with our parents are mostly of good memories.
Not only about old memories, I forget recent things too. Like "where did I place the key?" And I'll go crazy cluelessly searching all over the place. This doesn't just happen twice or thrice, you should really know how many keys I have ever lost. It happens frequently, to my books, USB, pencils, comb.. Sometimes I even forget whether I've taken my morning bath or no!! What's worse, no matter how I tried to flashback, IT'S ALL BLANK, there's nothing for me to recall! as if I had been doing my stuff absent-mindedly. It doesn't come back in a trice, also not after a day or two. No matter how long I waited, I can't retrieve anything, it doesn't help me to remember!
Trust me, if you asked me what I were doing at school in the past 3 days, I won't be able to tell you.
Please help me, does this mean anything? Should I see a doctor or a psychologist?
I just turned 16 this month, but I am a really forgetful person. And this has been going for many years. I cannot recall my days back before 5th grader. All I remember are just some sherds of unclear memories, especially the sad and extraordinary ones. But I am pretty sure they happened.
I tried to ask my mom about it, about how often she got mad at me when I was young, how I used to cried a lot under the desk in her office, and how she used to clip and pull my ears between her fingers, while dragging me out of the room and I was crying and more more more... But she denied them. She told me that those things did not happen. I can't believe it. I am really sure they did happen, the scenes are like vivid images in my head. However I can never tell the details or reasons and causes of how those things happened.
So, I tried confirming it to my younger sister, and she said that she had no idea about it, she said she didn't remember those!! She did say that our mom pressed down our ears whenever she's angry though.. but that's it! Seriously, Am I going crazy?!
At the first place our family situation is kinda wrecked, messed up, between one another. Our personalities are natural enemies. There's nothing we can do about it. And my parents had always cared about my little sister a lot more since we're kids. And this is probably why my sister admitted that her old days with our parents are mostly of good memories.
Not only about old memories, I forget recent things too. Like "where did I place the key?" And I'll go crazy cluelessly searching all over the place. This doesn't just happen twice or thrice, you should really know how many keys I have ever lost. It happens frequently, to my books, USB, pencils, comb.. Sometimes I even forget whether I've taken my morning bath or no!! What's worse, no matter how I tried to flashback, IT'S ALL BLANK, there's nothing for me to recall! as if I had been doing my stuff absent-mindedly. It doesn't come back in a trice, also not after a day or two. No matter how long I waited, I can't retrieve anything, it doesn't help me to remember!
Trust me, if you asked me what I were doing at school in the past 3 days, I won't be able to tell you.
Please help me, does this mean anything? Should I see a doctor or a psychologist?