What's the most earliest memory you can remember?

[Cheesicle]

I don't exactly know how old I was, but I remember way back in the late 90's, when I was still living in LA, my mom walked into my room, picked me up from my cradle and rocked me back and forth.

My mom remembers that too, but forgot exactly how long ago it was.

I was still sleeping in a cradle, so I suppose it was a really REALLY long time ago.

[StartedBullet]

Playing with my dog whle I was still crawling. I could describe the room in detail.
I was likely under 1 month old.

[Captain Communism]

Getting stuck with about 15 needles in each leg due to them not able to find the vein in my arm.
I was around five months old, I think.
I had pneumonia.

[Devie]

I remember as a stupid baby.
I had one of these things but it was all baby colored and cute.



I sat in my crib and basically just spent a good amount of time trying to get the ball out...
Dunno how long but.. I remember sitting there in my crib trying to get it out.

[[Valor]iPounce]

When i was born, i can remember the room details and the faces of doctors

Srsly

[StartedBullet]

Valour, I don't doubt it.
I mean isn't it true we all have early memories, if by different degrees?

[Deacon]

I remember taking my dads chewing tobacco and stuffing in in my mouth. All of it. Wintergreen Skoal. I remember the taste.

[Loke]

I remember taking my dads chewing tobacco and stuffing in in my mouth. All of it. Wintergreen Skoal. I remember the taste.

Not fun eh?

[Rocket50]

I remember chewing on a pacifier as a baby. It was chewie

[[Valor]iPounce]

Valour, I don't doubt it.
I mean isn't it true we all have early memories, if by different degrees?

Well
if you dont believe it

I was in the sink thingy and getting showered by water so the bloods will be removed in my face.

And I saw my mother taking cared by a doctor.

[Jman]

Sorry to be a giant faggot and burst your bubbles, but I just happen to be learning about this in Psychology right now.

Infantile amnesia is the loss of memories before the age of five. The development of the limbic system, which is involved in the storage of memories does not develop until about the age of two, brain pathways are also incomplete for the first few years. Also infants are not concerned with remembering certain events, they more take many events to help form their lives. When someone comes to the age of eighteen their memory begins to decline and they can not recall very many memories that happened before the age of six. If you are not reminded of specific childhood memories from time to time you are unlikely to remember them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia

Pretty much what this means is that you actually don't remember anything even close to when you were less than one month old. What you're all "remembering" is actually just things your brain absorbed/learned subconsciously throughout your life possibly by seeing pictures of the event and/or hearing stories about the event told by your parents or someone else who experienced it. This phenomenon actually shows you can create artificial memories which make you think you really do remember them, which is kind of cool.


Also, sorry iPounce, but I have to do this:

Well
if you dont believe it

I was in the sink thingy and getting showered by water so the bloods will be removed in my face.

And I saw my mother taking cared by a doctor.

How would any of those things prove to us you really do remember it? Last time I checked all mothers are taken care of by a doctor during childbirth and all babies have the "bloods" washed off of them. Otherwise, we'd have a lot of bloody babies and dead mothers. Just sayin' this makes no sense lol.

[[Valor]iPounce]

Well i can still remember it but idk, my mother said how did i know buy heres another thing

I was 1-2 yrs old i ruined my ear with an earbud, shit was bloody but i didnt cry or suffered pain
Btw this sound crazy but, i was laughing while bleeding, well most o the time

[Cable]

Sorry to be a giant faggot and burst your bubbles, but I just happen to be learning about this in Psychology right now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia

Pretty much what this means is that you actually don't remember anything even close to when you were less than one month old. What you're all "remembering" is actually just things your brain absorbed/learned subconsciously throughout your life possibly by seeing pictures of the event and/or hearing stories about the event told by your parents or someone else who experienced it. This phenomenon actually shows you can create artificial memories which make you think you really do remember them, which is kind of cool.


Also, sorry iPounce, but I have to do this:
How would any of those things prove to us you really do remember it? Last time I checked all mothers are taken care of by a doctor during childbirth and all babies have the "bloods" washed off of them. Otherwise, we'd have a lot of bloody babies and dead mothers. Just sayin' this makes no sense lol.

Hes right.

No fuckin way people remember things from being a baby.

The earliest memory I have is me in my living room jumping around on the couch.

Probably 4-5 years old.

[Cathedron]

I remember exploring an abandoned apartment. It was empty inside, there were spiral stairs. It was leading up to the top floor circularly. The middle was empty, so you could fall off the stairs easily. I was too scared to go up, so I went back outside. I was like 1 year old back then. I might go there this week and take pictures for nostalgia.

[Prox]

My earliest memory is something like 1 second long it's about how I was laying in the bed, I was probably younger then 5 or 4 years. I also remember some thing like a several memories going from when I was probably seeing or doing something(including the memory that I have already told about), it was like 5 second long memories and then I suddenly became 4 or 5 years old.