Anon this may be a bit farfetched but talking about memory is always of interest to me because I have what is newly classified as Complex PTSD. I have memories that I didn't know I had until 2006. I was almost 40 years old and memories of traumatic events came in dreams and fragmented images. I thought I was nuts at the time. Turns out when we go through traumatic events as children and as adults we have a way or should I say our brain has a way of filing it somewhere so we don't remember or dwell on it. Its an amazing survival mechanism within our neuro networks within our own body. When there is an overload (similar to a computer) of so many traumatic memories, this explains the fragmentation of the thoughts and images that really memories we were meant to keep filed away in a place we do not consciously know or see. Well now years later I can say I remember everything, no more bad dreams (rare if all) and have had to try several types of radical therapies to bring all out to the forefront. When I tell people I am an open book I mean it literally, I let people know when needed what happened and why now I have a working memory like an elephant. I also developed a photographic memory due to these bad things from the past that comes in real handy in regular life. My memories used to cripple and sometimes makes me feel isolated and solitary but I am blessed to have great people in my life both personal and in active life outside the home. Memory in my view, is a powerful human ability that transcends the here and now. I use it in more positive ways today. Just some perspective. Try to retrieve the memory of your 32nd birthday, maybe something happened on that day you didn't want to remember…..you might be surprised how the brain protects you (or the soul).