Memory Hoarding?

@Meg Johnson What is it like for you?

@Newb82 Ah okay. I write down a lot of random stuff (facts / things people say / jokes etc) but mainly because I’m scared I’ll never have the thought again / won’t remember it otherwise. What compels you to fact hoard?

@Bailey101 That sounds really exhausting. My kind of memory hoarding is quite different. Rather than actually fixating on memories, I believe my brain blocks them out. So for me it’s more that I am distressed by the desire to have all my memories accessible at once, if that makes sense?

@InkJoy123 Ok ok I get you. I don’t believe I suffer with false memories but I’m not sure - can you tell me more about your experience with it? I often feel like a lot of my childhood is planted memories because I can’t remember most of it first hand. Makes me feel very disconnected / disassociated from some family members.

@scarlz123 So when I started having my real events and feeling guilty over them, I started to question if I have more real events I don't remember much about. My mind started to create these scenarios, some not as intense as others, and some seeming so believable and possible that they feel real. I have no way of knowing if its real or not or if I'm in denial. So when these come up, I try my best to remember or write down my actual ones cause I believe if I did do what my false memories are showing me, I would have known from the beginning. This is when I started to hoard memories and thoughts for proof/comparing. I do not want to forget those and even now I'm afraid I have forgotten some. Alot of the memories I started to hoard or remember have started to be questioned as well which changed how they are so I don't remember how they were initially. I don't remember what my real events are really, if all I have written down is or if I'm forgetting. I don't know if memory hoarding is making it worse creating memories (most likely) or again I'm in denial. Hope I explained it well 🫂💕

I do the same