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Post by constanz22 on May 12, 2014 14:45:58 GMT -5
I don't have any memories prior to Kindergarten, so, like 5 I remember sitting on the front porch at my grandparents house coloring with the neighbor girl (they baby sat us while parents worked, and my school for KG was about a block from their house). A couple actual memories in KG. I always thought it was kind of weird I had no earlier memories...
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Post by Jaguar on May 12, 2014 14:48:38 GMT -5
My first memory in this life was a OBE, an out of body experience.
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Post by Phoenix84 on May 12, 2014 14:49:19 GMT -5
Interesting. While I don't believe it, I do believe that you believe it, so thanks for sharing.
It is kind of a bleak and depressing idea though, going through an endless cyclce of birth, hardship, and death.
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Post by Phoenix84 on May 12, 2014 14:54:09 GMT -5
I don't have any memories prior to Kindergarten, so, like 5 I remember sitting on the front porch at my grandparents house coloring with the neighbor girl (they baby sat us while parents worked, and my school for KG was about a block from their house). A couple actual memories in KG. I always thought it was kind of weird I had no earlier memories... I wouldn't owrry too much about it. I only have a handful of memories from before kindergarden, and none of them are particularly vivid. I remember my first day of kindergarden and being terrified about getting off the bus and finding my classroom.
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Post by Phoenix84 on May 12, 2014 14:55:07 GMT -5
I don't have any memories prior to Kindergarten, so, like 5 I remember sitting on the front porch at my grandparents house coloring with the neighbor girl (they baby sat us while parents worked, and my school for KG was about a block from their house). A couple actual memories in KG. I always thought it was kind of weird I had no earlier memories... I wouldn't owrry too much about it. I only have a handful of memories from before kindergarden, and none of them are particularly vivid. I remember my first day of kindergarden and being terrified about getting off the bus and finding my classroom.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2014 17:25:26 GMT -5
My daughter has insisted since she could talk that her great great grandma (who died when she was a few months old and for whom she is named) didn't die, but turned into a baby... That was interesting!
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Post by Phoenix84 on May 12, 2014 18:13:46 GMT -5
@lonewolf - I don't know if you read my post about the "dream" I had that has stayed with me. I've considered that it may actually be a memory of a past life because of the type of cars in the dream and because it is something that has stayed with me. I haven't had any other experiences to make me think I've experienced past lives but I don't discount that they are possible. Well, I don't think it's uncommon to have vague or disturbing memories, especially from when we were really young. I don't know how old you are, but I wouldn't be surprised to find a fair number of people driving 40's or 50's model cars well into the 70's. I guess it might be odd if you were born in the 80's or 90's. When I was about 10 or so, my Dad took my sister and I camping. I remember, quite vividly actually, some sort of (for lack of a better term) creature making strange noises and walking around the tent. All I know is it was two legged and short. I guess the best description I might give it is like E.T from the movie, but it was strange. It was so strange in fact to this day, like you, I'm not sure if it's even really a memory or just a vivid dream.
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Post by truthbound on May 13, 2014 1:18:52 GMT -5
You can expound upon previous lives if you so desire. Been there, done that and get teased for mistaking my memories for having a vivid imagination. Would never do that. If you have something there will be links in the past to prove it was you.
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Post by milee on May 13, 2014 6:12:27 GMT -5
lonewolf - just sent you a PM. Please read before posting. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2014 23:16:30 GMT -5
@lonewolf - I don't know if you read my post about the "dream" I had that has stayed with me. I've considered that it may actually be a memory of a past life because of the type of cars in the dream and because it is something that has stayed with me. I haven't had any other experiences to make me think I've experienced past lives but I don't discount that they are possible. Well, I don't think it's uncommon to have vague or disturbing memories, especially from when we were really young. I don't know how old you are, but I wouldn't be surprised to find a fair number of people driving 40's or 50's model cars well into the 70's. I guess it might be odd if you were born in the 80's or 90's. When I was about 10 or so, my Dad took my sister and I camping. I remember, quite vividly actually, some sort of (for lack of a better term) creature making strange noises and walking around the tent. All I know is it was two legged and short. I guess the best description I might give it is like E.T from the movie, but it was strange. It was so strange in fact to this day, like you, I'm not sure if it's even really a memory or just a vivid dream. Have you ever heard music that you listened to when young and for a second or two you could actually feel yourself transferred back to that earlier time? Or smelled a perfume you once wore when young and the same thing happened? It's kind of like that. Triggers will happen that ignite the memory. Every time I see a picture of these trees, (Picture didn't post for some reason, but they are those weeping type of trees that grow in the Southern states like Georgia-I think) I am overcome with a sad longing for wanting to be there again. But where? I've never in this life been near trees like this. We now live in an arid region here in California and after we built our house, the first tree I planted was a weeping willow because it was the only tree that I could grow that resembled these trees, the ones that I had memories of. Our house was painted white for many years, until I realized that I was longing for the same white house in my last life. Once I realized why I was insisting on white, I had it repainted grey. I really don't think we are suppose to remember other lives because it can really mess up the one we're living now. I know that remembering has really cause a lot of confusion for me in this life. It seems like so many people are yearning for something that they can not describe or put their finger on. We've all felt it. Walking in the sunshine, listening to just the right kind of music. Floating in a boat, watching the clouds...It's not money or a lover or fame that we are yearning for. It's deeper than that and it can't be described and it can never be reached. We want something, but what? I believe what we are yearning for is what we had on the other side. I have no memories of the other side, only of a couple of past lives.
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Post by dcmetrocrab on May 14, 2014 20:14:13 GMT -5
For everyone who can remember things at a certain age, especially before pre-school, how do you know you were 2.5 or 2 or whatever? Is it because you asked a relative about the memory and they confirmed that you were that age? I seriously can't remember what my earliest memory would even be, and the ones that I do have and remember, I only do because my parents keep retelling them. I would guess preschool, which is what, 3-4? 5? And other memories, I have no idea if they preceded preschool or not or how old I was at the time. NO IDEA.
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Post by CarolinaKat on May 15, 2014 9:15:21 GMT -5
For everyone who can remember things at a certain age, especially before pre-school, how do you know you were 2.5 or 2 or whatever? Is it because you asked a relative about the memory and they confirmed that you were that age? I seriously can't remember what my earliest memory would even be, and the ones that I do have and remember, I only do because my parents keep retelling them. I would guess preschool, which is what, 3-4? 5? And other memories, I have no idea if they preceded preschool or not or how old I was at the time. NO IDEA. My mother got really really sick (almost died) around my 4th birthday. Therefore i know that my memory of her happy and healthy on our disneyworld trip was before that. After she got sick, she couldn't pick me up anymore. It seems that most people are aware of changes (moving to a new house, prior to a sibling being born) and use those to place the memories
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Post by Abby Normal on May 15, 2014 10:59:14 GMT -5
For everyone who can remember things at a certain age, especially before pre-school, how do you know you were 2.5 or 2 or whatever? Is it because you asked a relative about the memory and they confirmed that you were that age? I seriously can't remember what my earliest memory would even be, and the ones that I do have and remember, I only do because my parents keep retelling them. I would guess preschool, which is what, 3-4? 5? And other memories, I have no idea if they preceded preschool or not or how old I was at the time. NO IDEA. Mine was only because I found the picture and my mother knew when we took the trip.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 15, 2014 11:05:57 GMT -5
2 of my memories are in my crib. I was out of the crib around 3or so, so I know they had to be prior to that.
In another one I remember swinging my feet while sititng on a travel trailer step and not touching the ground, so short legs. Pictures from 5+ show me (and my sisters) with long legs for our height. So I extrapolate based on that.
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Post by jeffreymo on May 15, 2014 11:07:12 GMT -5
I was hospitalized with a respiratory infection of some type that caused or was when they determined I had asthma. I was a toddler - younger than 2 - and they had me in one of those oxygen tents. I remember the nurses unzipping the tent to pass liquid medicine for me to drink. It was a topic that was occasionally brought up by family and I always would tell them that I remembered it and they didn't believe me. I used to have a recurring dream centered around that event. It would pop into my dreams from as far back as I can remember all the way up until I was in my 20's. I haven't had that dream for a while now.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on May 15, 2014 11:13:01 GMT -5
I have a few.
Breaking my mother's pearl necklace and pearls going all over the floor. About sitting up age.
Rolling a kitten in a throw which turned out badly.
Crying, flopping on the bed then older brother makes it worse because it's his bed.
All this was before age 4 years.
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Post by jeffreymo on May 15, 2014 11:27:25 GMT -5
I also have quite a few from kindergarten. I can remember which kids used to always bounce the big balls before class each morning, and which girl pressed extra hard on the crayon when she colored, and which kid accidentally took my favorite art project home with him and never brought it back to school for me.
One unique thing about my kindergarten experience was that I went off to private school for grades 1-8, then back to public for HS. During the entire 8 years I never saw nor interacted with those kids, so it was really cool to see most of them 8 years later - kind of like a kindergarten class reunion.
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