Patience, patience and more patience. Memory is a strange and poorly understood phenom. My own memory loss has taught me more about memory than most doctors ever need to know. That is not saying much. Mostly I have learned a deeper appreciation for mystery, and patience, patience and more patience.

How long has it been since the fall? How long have you been in treatment? Have you tried letting those precious children tell you their tales about those pictures?

Welcome to the forum, sunnyfan.

Welcome.

I repressed memories of my childhood.
I pushed aside what hurt so I couldn't feel it.
That said, i can't remember 1996 due to a medication issue---and while I'm not traumatized, I'm unsettled when my husband or family or friends say things like "Oh we did that!" and I do NOT know that....
I fially did come to accept it---with patience, patience, patience....

Memory involves so much complexity in the brain that even experts aren't too expert.

In any case, big gentle hugs and do not beat yourself up, okay? be kind to you. be patient with you.

Purrs,
leo

Memory is the most mysterious and wonderful thing about being human, if you ask me. Frustrating and awesome by turns. Of all the five senses, smell is said to be the most connected to memory in the brain. Hence the perfume industry.

I get hit with memories from smells from time to time, memories I could never access through my own effort. And at times, just like my emotions go numb and dissociate from PTSD from time to time, I also entirely lose my sense of smell for an hour or two.

Yeah, patience, like arfie said. I can say one thing for sure: despite the fact that it isn't punctual at all, memory is persistent, one way or another.

Hi sunnyfan,

I definitely agree it will take time to remember everything but here are some things I have read in my studies of PTSD. I have had some medium level success with acupuncture, reiki and even hypnosis. Things that would normally stimulate memories like Ginko or anti-dementia meds are a no go with trauma and PTSD. Overall welcome to the forum, and we are all here for you!

I'm with Muji on that one. I just left a PM session with a friend. I miss good memories, but he triggered one with car talk, then we went to videos, I am happy to say I am smiling remembering how much fun my first car was. My escape mobile was '68 mustang. In it I went where I couldn't be found. It was the video that did it.

But sometimes you can get some back with a photobook of your kids. If you can repeat the movements of what that photo was about. like, pushing them on swings, the body movement memory may kick in the actual memory. Worth a try, but depending on age, don't hurt yourself.