Comments on: Memory is a Funny Thing

By: Terri Fischer

Terri Fischer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:11:08 +0000

what a lovely blog!

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:09:20 +0000

Hi. I found you via Susannah’s blog. I think we remember things that make a deep impression on us as children because it’s the first time a particlar thing happened to us. Losing a doll’s shoe may seem insignigicant now, but at the time you learnt lots of lessons to do with the nature of the universe: that nothing stays the same forever, nothing is perfect, and that you can’t control what happens. That’s pretty big stuff, and sucking something up the vacuum cleaner triggered the memory of losing your doll’s shoe and all the feelings you experienced back then. I don’t think we can eradicate those bits of our memory, although scientists are working on creating amnesia drugs, to help people not develop PTSD after traumatic episodes. I doubt that losing a doll’s shoe would qualify as quite traumatic enough though.

By: WrightStuff

WrightStuff — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:29:30 +0000

I remember losing my Sindy’s shoe too. These things obviously affected us very deeply. I think I may be a bit older than you. My Sindy had bell bottom trousers…

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:54:49 +0000

One of my vivid memories is getting a glow in the dark Barbie. Again, she was perfect, and new (and being the youngest of three girls, very few of my things were brand new and perfect!!). I remember so vividly going in our cold room because it had no windows after holding her dress up to our basement lamp to see the stars on her dress glow. I can remember it like yesterday, almost feel it, yet without this post I would have never thought of it. Thanks for the memory nudge. xoxo Happy Thanksgiving my pal. xoxo