I have a memory of a memory that I used to have. Maybe someday I'll "tell all" (it's not abuse of any sort) and I'll generally share in a private setting (it's part of what makes me an oddity). But for right now I'm going to be very vague.
This "thing" happened to me when I was a kid. For years it "just was" - and I found out as an adult that my parents had a similar experience and that my youngest sister did also. About a year ago I spent an "all nighter" talking about it, remembering and (basically) reliving it.
After that night, I no longer own the memory.
It's a weird thing; I can remember remembering. But I can't remember the experience. And I want to know why.
There's this other "thing" about me. I am "anosmic" - I have no sense of smell. Zero - I had a gas leak in my basement and didn't know. But I can remember what certain things smell like.
I even had an MRI to rule out a brain tumor
That's sort of what this is like - I know what I should be remembering, but I don't remember.
Last week I started seeing a psychologist who uses hypnotherapy and I had my third session today. This is going to be an interesting trip through my brain.
Moonshadow
I can't speak to your memory ... it sounds so personal.
But, I too cannot smell since I was pregnant with my 2 1/2 yr old. My husband has long been telling me to "get my head examined" and I probably really should.
But a few weeks ago, I had a kitchen window open as I used the gas stove top and a breeze blew out the burner. When I checked on the meal after ten minutes, I think I was steaming clams, the water wasn't boiling and I knew I was in trouble.
I opened a few more windows. Coincidentally, my husband arrived home just at that moment and smelled the gas immediately and told me to open even more windows.
Carrie
Please don't tell me you were abducted by aliens.
Ellen
No, I was not abducted by aliens...I do sort of like Worf, though
Carrie
Phew.
You scared me there for a minute 😉
Gretchen Lavender
I am anosmic since birth. I have personally met only 2 others like me, although I hear that Bill Paxton (the actor) is also anosmic. If you want to, send me an email with what you've learned about it and I will reciprocate.
Gretchen