Ask Anything on Yik Yak | is it normal to have chunks of memory missing? like when i try to remember its all black & thats basically my whole life. if u ask me what happened when i was 20 or 7 or 15 or any other age i literally could not tell u. is anybody else like this😭

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is it normal to have chunks of memory missing? like when i try to remember its all black & thats basically my whole life. if u ask me what happened when i was 20 or 7 or 15 or any other age i literally could not tell u. is anybody else like this😭

Anonymous 4w

you said in another comment that you have a lot of trauma. you also said “it’s not amnesia because i know who i am.” i have complex ptsd and dissociative identity disorder, and can confidently say that amnesia doesn’t always make you forget who you are. i would seriously recommend seeking out a trauma specialist and taking a closer look at why this is happening to you. it’s absolutely not normal to be missing that much of your life

Anonymous 4w

not remembering every detail is pretty normal, especially when you were really young, but you should definitely be able to remember like SOME things throughout your life

Anonymous 4w

I had a brain injury when I was 17 and honestly anything before that injury and like half a year after kinda shows up weird when I try to remember it. Like black or pixelated, depending on the memory. But the weird thing is, if someone describes a particular memory they know I have, I can see it/remember it

Anonymous 4w

It’s not normal but same

Anonymous 4w

I don't remember middle school or the beginning of high school but that's cause I had a lot of trauma

Anonymous 4w

Anonymous

#1 4w

its all black🥲 like i have a feeewww memories i can access immediately from throughout my whole life but idk when they happened or like how old i was or what year other than one from when my younger brother was born. other than that its black like what happened to me in 2018? not a single clue. i could have literally not existed for all ik😭

Anonymous

OP 4w

did you perhaps have some serious traumatic event at some point

Anonymous

#1 4w

i mean my whole life was a bit traumatic like my mom was abusive but not in a way where it would cause me to forget my whole life i dont think??? like other ppl have abusive parents & they can remember their lives😭

Anonymous

OP 4w

everyone processes trauma differently. is there anything physical it could be? did you get in a car accident? play football? because what you're describing is definitely not normal

Anonymous

#1 4w

i did get a lot of concussions throughout my life. like 6 at least. can that make u just have no ability to remember stuff🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 like its not amnesia bc ik who i am & it wasnt like i got a concussion & all of a sudden forgot things it just feels like this is how things have been for me & it feels normal to not have knowledge of my life & what i did or what happened IDK MAN

Anonymous

OP 4w

& i can kinda be reminded of stuff like remember when this happened & ill be like ohhh yah but tell me to think of when i was a certain age or certain year or anything like that & theres nothing there

Anonymous

OP 4w

the concussions are probably related. that + trauma could be a nasty combo. if you're in a situation where you have healthcare, I'd bring this up to a doctor if you have a chance, because yeah, most people can... remember

Anonymous

#1 4w

ty for ur insight kind stranger it is much appreciated🥲🫶

Anonymous

#3 4w

and i’m not at all saying you have dissociative identity disorder. what i’m saying is that you could potentially have a trauma disorder that is causing these massive memory gaps. you don’t need identity confusion to have amnesia, and this definitely meets criteria for amnesia