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What's your earliest traumatic memory?

 
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I was about 4 or 5 year old little girl. I was out walking the neighborhood by myself as usual in my white undies, because that was normal in the mid 50s. Two boys about 6 or 7 came over and pulled my undies down and pointed at my crotch and said, “See, I told ya, she doesn’t have one.”, then ran off. I ran home traumatized and told my Mom, who laughed.

True story and it so embarrassed me so badly and I was so ashamed that I no longer wanted to go out and play for years. I also hated boys for years, but by the time I was a teen, I got even with the boys by making them like me and suddenly breaking up with them for no reason.

Simple shit done to kids stay with them forever.
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so thats how things like this happen.

person A gets hurt by person B and gets revenge on person C.

i hope things are different these days. <3


very interesting thread!
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Traveling with my parents, 7 yo brother, 11 yo sister. I was 9.

1963 Valiant. Raining. Ran off the road by man from Florida. Apparently he fell asleep at the wheel. I remember my dad running off the road to avoid a collision, but it was too late. Slammed into a telephone pole on the door where my sister was sitting

I watched my 11 yo sister die on the ambulance with massive internal injuries.
The truth is easy to remember.
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4 yo My brother threw gas in my eyes, while running to find the house I hit the garden shed which had a yellow jacket nest and they attacked. I woke up in a hospital under a net like contraption to keep me restrained.

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has your luck been good or bad since then?
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My first ban.
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really?, was it not the Cia stealing your Mountain Dew 6 pack?

I could have sworn
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Everyone knows Austria is world famous for its sarcastic humour.
And Nazis.
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Cool and also heavenly music and composition, arent we all proud of our bloody histories?

deflection, keep yourself small if you must by being indentified with the history of your country and or family tree

and there is no sarcasm when I say that

i am just saddened for you
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Hit by a car crossing the street at aged 3 and went to the hospital, but my memory was of a boy in the waiting room with me whose skin had been burned off from putting a fork into an outlet
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It is indeed fascinating the trauma. I applaud all of you that got out of or through painful situations. We can all wallow in our A1 together.
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i've had way worse traumas but the first i can remember is getting some kind of parasite worms in my feet while in flkorida and having a doctor burn them dead with dry ice. i was around 3 or 4 at the time. i know i was screaming like never before.
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Traveling with my parents, 7 yo brother, 11 yo sister. I was 9.

1963 Valiant. Raining. Ran off the road by man from Florida. Apparently he fell asleep at the wheel. I remember my dad running off the road to avoid a collision, but it was too late. Slammed into a telephone pole on the door where my sister was sitting

I watched my 11 yo sister die on the ambulance with massive internal injuries.
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wow. this is so sad. prayers
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I’ll never forget this shit, it has messed me up. I got a flu shot when I was a young kid 4-6. Had a Tetris me reaction and had a extended fever upwards of 105-106. I was tripping and having an acid like freak out, large spiders were attacking me and talking to me from my bed, they found me in living room in dark shaking and crying. Whatever they gave me it was no joke.
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Traveling with my parents, 7 yo brother, 11 yo sister. I was 9.

1963 Valiant. Raining. Ran off the road by man from Florida. Apparently he fell asleep at the wheel. I remember my dad running off the road to avoid a collision, but it was too late. Slammed into a telephone pole on the door where my sister was sitting

I watched my 11 yo sister die on the ambulance with massive internal injuries.
 Quoting: Mr. Lee


wow. this is so sad. prayers
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That is terrible and I’m sorry and rip to you’re sister
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I was 3. Had an ear tag. I remember being held down on the hospital bed, lime green walls, and the med team shoving a black mask over my face to put me out.

They say mental illness is spawned from trauma.
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First shot at 2 yo
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not sure
but i remember last christmas i was looking forward to some food a friends mom had prepared and before even tasting it i saw there was a hair in it and i threw it all away

:(
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lol, at least you caught it before it was in you mouth.
you would have to pull it out slowly and try to not gag.

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That's a tough one since there were so many in my dysfunctional childhood back in the 1950's.

Here are 4 distinct memories that all happened when I was 4-6:

1. Being chased by a Bullsnake before my Dad killed it with a hoe. That same spring I saw my first tornado from about a mile away as we all dashed to a neighbor's house for shelter... and everybody just yelled to "keep up!" instead of helping me. I've never been so terrified since.

2. Watching my parents/brothers brutally slaughtering Chickens and laughing/joking as they sprayed the blood everywhere. My Brother was especially sadistic that day as he put the bird's necks under a pipe, stood on it and jerked their body up, entrails dangling as the head was ripped from the body... and my Mom cackled at his creativity. Innocence lost.

3. Crying when I didn't want to go to church one Sunday and having my Mother yell, "shut up or I'll really give you something to bawl about!" -and then slamming a car door on my hand to prove her point... a few minutes later she was singing hymns and acting like nothing had ever happened as I whimpered in the pew next to her. That was the day I learned to hate not only church but also religion. And I have a crooked little finger to this day as a constant reminder of when I first understood how close cruelty and hypocrisy really are.

4. Having my brother [who was ten years older] walk up to me one day holding a single-edged razor blade and saying, "I think I'll cut you" before he sliced open a gash on my leg. I still have a 3" scar to prove it. Oddly,I don't remember the pain, only the anger I felt as he walked away laughing, leaving me bleeding on the floor.


And you'd better believe I have several more memories just like those.

Meanwhile, while all this was happening I'd watch TV shows like LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, see very different families and wondering what I had done so wrong to end up in my own.

And it wasn't until I was in my 50's -and after a couple of years of therapy- that I was finally able to shed that notion.
 Quoting: GSB/LTD


god damn some people have psychopaths are siblings... so sorry

also slashes dont hurt so maybe thats why you dont remember pain.
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The years have taught me that physical pain usually hurts far less than the emotional kind because nerve endings will eventually heal leaving only visible scars. It's those hidden ones that do the long-term damage.

Perhaps I should offer a coda to all that early ugliness: after that kind of childhood, I didn't speak to my brother for the next 40 years and even today we are barely cordial [he's 82, I turn 72 on September 11]... I finally stopped extending an olive branch two decades ago. My Mom remained mean and vindictive until she died at 93, which is why today I say that not all Mothers are named Theresa. But life -and sometimes sanity- still goes on.
 Quoting: GSB/LTD


Wow man, a psychopath brother is one thing (horrible) but for your mother to be like that...
I have so many questions and assumptions.. but lets just keep at how it is. I hope her death gave you some more freedom and peace and your brother being a methhead hopefully shows you as well that it was never your fault or anything you could have done to change it.
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The decades have brought me not only solace and understanding, but also hopefully a little bit more compassion for others. By my 30's I realized the source of my Mother's own dysfunction was an abusive childhood during an impoverished 1930's at the hands of my alcoholic Grandfather -and I'm pretty sure that was the reason for all the prescription bottles overflowing the Rubbermaid turntable in her kitchen cabinet during the 1960's when uppers/downers were far more accepted than today. And then there were the beatings she'd sometimes get from my normally placid Father. A man who taught me the meaning of the word, "patience" even as he distanced himself from the rest of us. And I do regret never really knowing him more fully.

Today, understanding all that makes it easier to forgive but even so I'll never forget it.

As for my brother: he's a staunch non-drinker who's intolerant of all drugs; and he's a proud Deacon in his church. I sometimes wonder if he remembers the same things I do... but I somehow seriously doubt it and I figure karma is taking care of him. While I'm remarkably healthy of mind, body and spirit [I've never even had a personal Doctor!], he and my other siblings are riddled with multiple health issues.

So in the long run, I'm the one that has been truly blessed!
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Re: What's your earliest traumatic memory?
not sure
but i remember last christmas i was looking forward to some food a friends mom had prepared and before even tasting it i saw there was a hair in it and i threw it all away

:(
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lol, at least you caught it before it was in you mouth.
you would have to pull it out slowly and try to not gag.

hiding
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just reading that almost makes me gag.

<3 im glad you understand but i feel so blessed compared to other people that i should probable delete that post..
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Mum & Dad divorced when I was 4 and they both left, leaving my sister & I with Grandmother for years.

It only got worse.
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Three years old, saw a UFO, my parents were flipping out.
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I was 3. Had an ear tag. I remember being held down on the hospital bed, lime green walls, and the med team shoving a black mask over my face to put me out.

They say mental illness is spawned from trauma.
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Part of my nursing education was working in a large state mental institution for three months. There were thousands of patients. We students lived in a dorm on the premises. Those three months were the most interesting part of my education. I will never forget them. I always wished everyone could have that experience.

I do remember an 18 year old patient. Reading his chart, sometime during his school years, he was stripped of his clothes by bullies and forced to walk home naked from school.

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I was so young I don't remember my age. I was like a toddler that was able to walk.

I was at the beach with my family. My Dad's brother had a cabana down at the other end of the beach. My dad decided to go see his brother. He started to walk down the beach. He turned to me and he held out his arms, so like if I ran to him he would pick me up and carry me.

So I ran to him, but instead of picking me up, he laughed and he ran another few steps and turned around and did it again. I ran to him and right before I reached his arms he took off again.

I realized what he was doing after the third time and I turned around to look for my mom, who sitting under an umbrella on the beach. Only...the beach was so filled with umbrellas and I was so young, I couldn't see her anymore.

I started crying and my dad was standing there with his arms out telling me to run to him. I had no choice. I ran crying to him and he took off again. So...I chased this fugger down the whole beach, each time, him taking off, not caring that I was like a 20 year old kid or something, crying my head off.

I know this isn't nearly as bad as a lot of these stories...but playing a mind-fuck on a toddler is my earliest memory of any kind.
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9 years old getting ass raped by my uncle
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Oof
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god damn some people have psychopaths are siblings... so sorry

also slashes dont hurt so maybe thats why you dont remember pain.
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The years have taught me that physical pain usually hurts far less than the emotional kind because nerve endings will eventually heal leaving only visible scars. It's those hidden ones that do the long-term damage.

Perhaps I should offer a coda to all that early ugliness: after that kind of childhood, I didn't speak to my brother for the next 40 years and even today we are barely cordial [he's 82, I turn 72 on September 11]... I finally stopped extending an olive branch two decades ago. My Mom remained mean and vindictive until she died at 93, which is why today I say that not all Mothers are named Theresa. But life -and sometimes sanity- still goes on.
 Quoting: GSB/LTD


Wow man, a psychopath brother is one thing (horrible) but for your mother to be like that...
I have so many questions and assumptions.. but lets just keep at how it is. I hope her death gave you some more freedom and peace and your brother being a methhead hopefully shows you as well that it was never your fault or anything you could have done to change it.
 Quoting: T-Man


The decades have brought me not only solace and understanding, but also hopefully a little bit more compassion for others. By my 30's I realized the source of my Mother's own dysfunction was an abusive childhood during an impoverished 1930's at the hands of my alcoholic Grandfather -and I'm pretty sure that was the reason for all the prescription bottles overflowing the Rubbermaid turntable in her kitchen cabinet during the 1960's when uppers/downers were far more accepted than today. And then there were the beatings she'd sometimes get from my normally placid Father. A man who taught me the meaning of the word, "patience" even as he distanced himself from the rest of us. And I do regret never really knowing him more fully.

Today, understanding all that makes it easier to forgive but even so I'll never forget it.

As for my brother: he's a staunch non-drinker who's intolerant of all drugs; and he's a proud Deacon in his church. I sometimes wonder if he remembers the same things I do... but I somehow seriously doubt it and I figure karma is taking care of him. While I'm remarkably healthy of mind, body and spirit [I've never even had a personal Doctor!], he and my other siblings are riddled with multiple health issues.

So in the long run, I'm the one that has been truly blessed!
 Quoting: GSB/LTD


god, im so sorry, i confused your brother with the methhead brother from another post in here..

but im glad to read youve learned to give it all a place and its made you more forgiving/understanding and overall feeling blessed.

a stable family is so important. this thread shows that even more.
sad to think what media and society these days does to people and traditional family values...
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Three years old, saw a UFO, my parents were flipping out.
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what about this was traumatic for you?
the part of our parents flipping out?

(i mean clearly it left a big impact if you were 3 and still remember this, but it sounds very interesting)
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Nearly drowning in a swimming Pool.

I had just learned how to swim as a Child. And got a bit to bold and ventured in to the deep end one day.

for some reason i Started to panic because no one was around.

Thank fuck some random Man who was with his Kids saw what was happening. Swam over and saved me.

Never forgot that Man. He literally saved my life. My heart was thumping and I was swallowing half the Pool.

On the plus side I learnt a healthy respect of water :-)
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At 2 falling off the porch into snow so deep I couldn't move. Had to be rescued by my dad.

At 3 knocking a truck out of gear on a hill and rolling a long way down and through a fence.

At 4 moving to a city, and being molested by a 8 year old neighborhood boy.

That made me bi, until I realized I wasn't attracted to men, just being treated like a sex object. So in my youth I dated women 15-20 years older, cause they treated me like a sex object.
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4 to 5 1/2 - Raped/Molested/Etc…
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4 to 5 1/2 - Raped/Molested/Etc…
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Does the anonymous aspect of this forum make it easier to say that? Have you ever told anyone this?
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What is this thread about? Is F@c3b0ok / DARPA involved with it?
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What is this thread about? Is F@c3b0ok / DARPA involved with it?
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Just before I was born and living in this dark warm comfortable place and then all of a sudden a whirlpool and I am being pushed from my home and I remember being wet and really cold and hearing sirens and voices and being really scared.
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Getting head at 3 years old from hot babysitter. Did not mind
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I'd rather not discuss it.





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