Have you ever have a childhood memory, that others tell you didn't actually happen? [View all]
I had a couple of memories from childhood. Real memories. Or.so.I.thought. One was an event that happened when one of my sisters was present. When I mentioned the "event" to her years ago, she not only had no recollection of it, she swore it had never happened!
It was a big event, which was why I "remembered" it.
The event: I remember even now, sitting on my sister's bed. She was seated next to me. There was an antique dresser there with a huge round mirror affixed to it. When we were sitting there, a picture of a man in uniform slowly came into focus in the mirror. I couldn't move, fixated on the "happening." Then the picture of the military man started fading, and faded away. I said to my sis, who was also sitting there dumbstruck, "Wow. Did you see that?" She said, "Yes!" We were petrified.
My memory ends there. I assumed we went and told my mother, but I don't remember.
Now, this was not a memory of a dream. This was a bona fide memory of mine, just like some Christmases I had, some holiday dinners, and other real memories.
But when I reminded my sister of it years ago, she said that never happened, that it must've been a dream. I remember a couple of weird dreams I had as a child. I remember that they were DREAMS, though. I didn't mistake them for reality then, and I don't now.
Have you ever had this happen?
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