[Magdalen] Awareness/Memories.

Judy Fleener fleenerj at gmail.com
Fri Mar 20 21:51:03 UTC 2015


I remember 2 red and white striped chairs from an apartment we left when I
was not yet 2.  Not a significant memory but very present visually.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> The baby was unconscious when she was taken out of the water and may have
> been knocked unconscious before they hit the water, so who knows.
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > I have a memory from when I was 18 months old, like Jay.  We were in a
> very
> > sunny place, standing outside a long, green wooden building -- looked a
> > little like a summer camp dorm.  Someone fed me something very sour.  My
> > mom says we were at my uncle's in Arizona, and he fed me a lemon from the
> > tree in the back yard.
> >
> > I also believe that just because we don't remember something consciously,
> > it lives on in our brain and our body.  Sometimes phobias, more or less
> > severe, are a result of these kinds of things -- panicking when one's
> face
> > is covered, for instance, or getting a little claustrophobic, or extreme
> > fear of fire.  Wonder if that baby will be afraid of water?  The memories
> > don't go away, they just go underground -- especially the traumatic ones.
> >
> > Ann
> >
> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > Buffalo, NY
> > ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> > blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:43 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > It varies. I know people whose first memories are from around
> > > age five. Others who remember being infants.
> > >
> > > There are very interesting conversations to be had with friends
> > > around this issue. I love hearing about people's first memories,
> > > especially because very young children have so little context.
> > > -M
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > There were other recent reports of bad events for children as young
> > > > as 1 year of age.  Will they remember?
> > > >
> > >
> >
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan


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