I didn't know exactly which board this should go into, so I chose this area to post it in, being as it seems to fit in.

Before I begin, just let me point out- call me insane, and I will not doubt you. I'm beginning to believe that there is something wrong with me, because as far as I know, the chances are that I am. But I just can't accept that, not at the moment, at least. Maybe later. But anyway...

I have trouble remember things I did as a child. Of course, this is true for most people, but for me it seems to span longer than is usual. I can't remember what school was like when I was eight. I can't remember being ten, or eleven. And that only happened two years ago. I hardly remember friends I had, unless they come to me and tell me who they are, and show me pictures of things we've done together.

There is one thing I do remember, though. A boy named Charles. Charles was my friend when I was eight or nine. I swear to god, we spoke to each other. I can recall conversations, the places we were sitting, the subject. I remember swinging on the playground with him, people leaving passing comments in his direction. The memories are real, very real. They have to be. They seem to be, at least.

But according to everyone else, Charles isn't real. One day he just disappeared. After a while of never seeing him at school, I asked people I had seen him with in the past if they knew what happened to him. The only reply I got was funny looks, or grins and the phrase "I don't know any Charles. Maybe so and so knows who your talking about..." I even asked my best friend at the time, and after a while she began to think that I was talking about some sort of imaginary friend, that I was being purposely immature for attention. I stopped after she told me this, not wanting people to start thinking me insane. I tried my best to push everything to the back of my mind. It worked, for a while.

Just recently I was skimming through random sites much like this one, out of boredom. I clicked on a certain thread that had caught my interest, where a girl was asking people if they could explain what happened to a friend of hers, Emily, who disappeared, and everyone she asked said that they had never known or spoken to this person. Like she had never existed.

It struck me odd. Naturally, from years of telling myself that nothing had happened to me, I told myself that I was insane. That this girl's story was just that, a story. And it was simply a coincidence that she wrote something like that. But still... it's been nagging me, and after finding this site, I've wanted to ask:

Have you ever heard of this happening to someone? I don't care if you knew them or not, or if their story sounded ridiculous when you first heard it. I'm just trying to search around a little.

was charles perhaps an imaginary friend? you say you can't remember things but do you mean literally you can remember nothing or you don't remember specifics? I can't tell you what i ate two days ago Really though has anything traumatic happened to you? do you have a normal loving family with no problems? have you ever had a head injury? things like that could have something to do with memory i would think.....Other then that talk to someone who knows you. You do remember people right? you haven't forgotten your parents, teachers, friends, etc?

I don't know if he was an imaginary friend. I mean, I remember people talking to him. Maybe he was. Again, I don't know.

It's usually nothing. I sometimes remember the week behind me, but nothing much after that. And I can remember recent friends, teachers, and the like. But not old friends from a year or so before (except for a few), unless they remind me of, well, just about everything we did.

My family is pretty normal. And I remember them, of course. I have home videos of me with them, that's enough for me. And I don't think I've had any head injuries. I'm pretty sure I would know if I'd ever gone through something like that. And I've told my mother about my problem, but she told me it was nothing. I never bothered to ask her again after that.

I heard sometimes "imaginary friends" can be very real. it can be a guide or mabe even a deceased spirit.

Charles you say? This scares me because I remember a long time ago when I was a little kid having a friend named Charles the scary connection was I knew him since I was 4 and he died when he was 9 years old in a car crash.

Playback, how do you go with school work?

It doesn't seem normal not to remember things like that, maybe talk to a teacher or even see a doctor.

Everyone forgets things but not to the extent you're saying you are.

I haven't mentioned this before, but it seems appropriate to do so now. I don't remember hardly anything from before I was 14. There are some memories, and sometimes I get flashes of other memories. Like driving down a dirt road one day, I got a flash of the dirt road I used to live on. Nothing useful, though. The thing is, I didn't gradually lose memory. It happened very quickly. I can't give you a specific span of time, but it was less than 6 months. So by the end of my 14th year, I couldn't remember hardly anything that had taken place at the beginning of the year and prior to that. I remember big things, like moving, vague recollection of one particular hurricane and the aftermath. A few other bits and pieces here and there. Of course, I knew my family and friends, but basic memories were gone. Only in the last few years (I'm 31 now) have I started having these "flashes".

I can tell you that at 14 I did experience a very traumatic event (I'm not going into details) that caused me to have a "breakdown" of sorts. I lost 35 pounds in one month. It was terrible. The reason I feel compelled to tell you this, is because maybe you experienced a traumatic childhood (even if it didn't seem like it). This could account for your memory loss and the creation of an imaginary friend as well. Only now am I getting back some of my memories, but don't think I'll ever get them back fully. The best of luck to you, and much love.

WBS, I have the exact same problem, except I can't even remember what I did before i came home from school

It's getting to the point when I can't even remember day by day stuff >_<

Hmm, how old are you now? And when did this start? If you can remember.

Playback, I suggest that you make an appoinment with your doctor.

Inform him/her of your memory loss, and request an EEG and an MRI. Sudden changes in brain function could be indicitive of serious problems.

Always, ALWAYS, eliminate the possible explanations before jumping to improbable conclusions.


good journey

maybe your life is so boring you had a friend and you remembered him only because the rest is boring.

Good idea lol please don't immediatelly take my advice.

Well, I was nine or so when I knew him. Meaning he was probably was, too. But, yeah, the chances of that. O_o



Um, well, I manage a C average by taking detailed notes, writing things on my hands/arms, and memorizing as much as I can for tests an a few hours before I take them.



I asked my mother about going to see a doctor, because through her is the only way I can think to get to one. She pretty much told me I was being silly and refused to take me anywhere.