Sometimes it's frustrating to understand most people remember things.

The frustrating part is having to actively remember that most people's amygdala didn't actively check out when they were like 4 years old.

It's both frustrating and annoying when you get to the age of 'oh shit, people actually remember things from more than ten seconds, let alone 20 years ago?!'

Edit: JRD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0TGxtnJuU

I had really traumatic things happen when I was like 4 years old. Bad things. Things I didn't even understand until I was around 13, and even then I only started remembering glimpses

A common(?) response to trauma is to just forget it. Occasionally the brain basically stops not forgetting things, effectively killing the short term memory

I've got really shoddy memory due to what I assume is my extremely heavy hard drug use for multiple years of my life, so I feel you

I recently brought up that story involving my uncle, and me narrowly avoiding a hammer to the head.