Posted by akc on August 15, 2001, at 13:05:54
In reply to Re: memories, posted by mila on August 15, 2001, at 10:27:29
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> i also get this fuzzy warm feeling when I read what other people share. For myself, when I am down or flying around like a crazy cat, i do not seek warmth, i seek light and clarity of mental images, they also have to be very stable, like snapshots, not like movies. memories that have these visual qualities refresh me back into normalcy.
>What few memories I have from my childhood, even up into my teen years are all snapshots. As an adult I can intellectually determine what I must have been feeling because of what was happening too and around me, but I have no recollection of the feelings and very few memories of the events, good or bad.
Take one memory -- my grandmother's Christmas tree. She would decorate that thing to the t -- it was beautiful. I have a snapshot of it in my head from one of the years; gobs and gobs of presents below it. I know I was around the age of 8 or 9. But I have no memory of the feeling. I must have been very excited. I do have a general memory of enjoying Christmas. So I put that snapshot with that general memory -- presto! A memory for you. The excitement of seeing my grandmother's Christmas tree.
> thanks for helping. I really needed some help yesterday to recover from my monday exam quickly in order to prepare for the today's one. sorry that helping us delayed your passage into your 'new life after the one you have had so far' though :( i enormously respect your rigorous demands. not settling for anything less than perfect is the way to go. cheers...
>My demands for perfection have kept me sick for a long, long time!
> ...and much love
> m.
> p.s. however, how about the principle of successive approximations? warmer, warmer, warmer yet, up till it feels sooo comphy...
> p.p.s. my apologies for babbling uncontrollably. strike it from the record, as needed, please. i'll hurry now and will post this stream of thought anyway :)No apologies are needed. I have been babbling for days, now. It is fun to have someone to babble with -- I am really enjoying this.
I hope your exams are going well!
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