Memory hooks?

Does anyone else do this? I don't know if this is odd or if I'll be able to explain it properly.

I leave memories in places.

If there's a difficult memory I want to loose I leave it in a physical outside place. If there's something specific I want to remember I hook it into a physical place I've been.

With something I want to remember I just have to think of the place and I access the full memory - thoughts, feelings, why it was important.

With dumped memories I have to physically go back to the place to trigger, I guess trigger is the word but retrieve is better, to retrieve the memory.

The reason I ask is because I have dumped memories that were only ever to be accessed if I felt ok, ready, able to deal with them.

I had, pretty obviously, forgotten all about them until this morning. I woke up thinking I need to go to this place to retrieve those memories.

These are really bad memories because it's a long long walk up a hill. They were dumped at about age 11-12. I have always remembered the place because it's a point of interest with science facts. So when someone would mention something to do with that science I would tell them the facts and that I knew them from visiting this place.

So I woke up this morning thinking "I need to go to this place" and I remembered it's because it's a memory hook. I don't feel 100% sure it will trigger rememberings which is less of an issue than what if I actually can't handle the memories and I do remember them.

I can't go today because I didn't realise the place is nearly 4 hours away and I'd never get up and down that hill before dark now so it will have to wait.

Does anyone do this with their memories? How dangerous do you think it will be if this place does set off memories, I am apprehensive to go there but on the other hand I wouldn't of thought about going there if parts weren't actually ready to remember the stuff I dumped there?

Just looking at pictures and thinking about being there isn't enough. I have to go there and it is a remote high up place, I'm thinking I will have to have someone with me if I do remember stuff that is really really difficult.

Ah yes, we know about these! Though yes they can be a bit triggering if a bad memory has been placed there. Though what we have found out from ours at least, is that if the pull is strong then it is strong for a reason. We hope that this memory is not bad for you, but is a pleasant one.

- Joker & Jester

AutumnJ wrote:Ah yes, we know about these! Though yes they can be a bit triggering if a bad memory has been placed there. Though what we have found out from ours at least, is that if the pull is strong then it is strong for a reason. We hope that this memory is not bad for you, but is a pleasant one.

- Joker & Jester

Thank you. It's good to know other people do this. I don't think it's gonna be pleasant tho lol I doubt I'd place a pleasant memory up a steep hill and the name of the path has "hell" in it. But thanks for the wishing it's a pleasant memory. And I think your right, it must be important.

I also hope that it is a pleasant memory for you. I have read your reply and ah, understood. But you can still hope for a pleasant memory

- Purple Haze

I've been finding this lately, where some memories I personally repressed (as in not one of the others) are triggered by important places or objects. I don't really realise it until I find one of these memories
If that makes sense haha

J