Is anyone else having exceedingly vivid memories of the past?

[BlueIris]

This also happened to me the last time the Sun cruised through Pisces. It's a very strange sensation. I wouldn't call them flashbacks, but everytime I remember something from the past lately, it's filled with a lot of detail, not quite as if I am "back there," but not that far from it. I seem to recall that Dora posted about experiencing something similar this time last year, too. Oh, Dora (or others)? Am I alone here?

[Lucinda]

1. I'm having a deja vu / flashback sort of thing happening lately

It comes out of nowhere, no specific trigger to it, and it's both a memory AND a deja vu type experience about the memory. Not explaining it well...but it's definitely out of the ordinary for me...

[teenagebambam]

2. Not REALLY the same thing....

...but I have been feeling very nostalgic lately for my childhood, my home town....contacted a high school classmate recently, out of the blue, whom I haven't seen in about 20 years!

[Dora]

3. Interesting - I've been reconsidering the past.

I've been consciously recalling events from my past and trying to keep my objectivity. I'm working at cutting myself free of the old and rusty chains of regret and guilt, trying to take responsibility where I can, and let go of guilt for not controlling events I could not.

I wouldn't describe my memories as exceptionally vivid, but there are qualities of tone, color, ambience that are rendering these memories as deeper than I've recalled before. So, yes, more detailed for certain.

What I don't understand, is why I return to the same events, year after year. I'm 38 years old, so why do I still think about events that happened 20-30 years ago? Why those events, and not others? This is where I need to learn about forgiveness, I think.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

13. Age 38 was when I cleared away a lot of baggage from the past

Finally seeing situations from my childhood for what they were, and working through many emotions that I'd suppressed. I'd been told through inner guidance that this was important to do before the next step was taken. After this clearing, I found my spiritual path and my soul mate, all on the same weekend.

So maybe its the age when this stuff starts happening, or perhaps you are preparing yourself for your next big step. :)

[BlueIris]

4. It's still happening. And damn it's weird.

That is all.

[mother earth]

5. I am going thru this too, BlueIris. But I'm also going thru what

seems to be a never ending job search, so that's pretty much what I've attributed this to. I am always amazed at what each interview brings, sometimes it is incredibly obvious what the problems are in some situations and you don't even want to potentially become a part of it. There are very few "good" situations out there and it is also a time when either potential could come into play, you can go forward and grow or you can backslide and take two steps back. I feel like I've been in a juggling game.

[BlueIris]

6. Okay, I figured out what's strangest about it:

It's like I am remembering from the perspective I had at the time. The memories feel so much more fleshed out and colorful to me because I can recall the events the way I experienced them when they occurred, instead of the way I usually remember (through an older, wiser perspective, with little access to the mindset I had when the events in the memory were taking place). Does that make sense? It's the strangest sensation. It's also oddly comforting—like I can say "hello" to the past right now. I kinda hope it doesn't go away.

[BluePatriot]

7. Hey, I'm having that happen.

I had attributed it to medication changes though, maybe helping out my fuzzy thinking, etc. They're like vivid mini flashbacks of random memories. A lot of stuff I had forgotten about completely and I was glad to remember it again. I hadn't realized how bad my memory was getting.

(I am finally seeing a holistic doctor, yay!!! Some exciting initial changes too. I keep beating myself up over the expense but I am really excited about the possibility of wellness and good health)

[BlueIris]

8. Heyyyyy, it's BluePatriot.

Hi, BluePatriot.

Glad a holistic approach is working for you.

[BluePatriot]

14. So far so good

Next few weeks, maybe months, should be a big interesting bundle of fun changing up all the meds and herbs and etc. It's just nice finally having an MD listen to my story and help me create a wellness plan. Validation is half the battle.

[MorningGlow]

9. I was going to say "no more than usual"

I've hit the (gasp) middle-age mark, so I spend a certain amount of time recalling the past as part of my daily routine (funny what the mind does on its own, no?) Because of that, I was going to say "no more than usual". And then last night I dreamt that not one, but two ex BFs looked me up and tried to get back together with me. It wasn't "me then", though--in the dream, I old one of them I had a son etc. and he said that was okay, that he would just take a little more time to win me back. Or something. And I also recall that I really didn't want to get back together with either of these guys.

So WTF was that about? No clue. :shrug:

[LWolf]

10. Not more than usual.

My past: I've worked hard to erase much of it that overwhelmed me with despair, resulting in a loss of some of the good, as well. It never leaves me, though, and is always hovering just under the surface. When I don't leave the door open in waking hours, it, and the people I've left behind, haunt my dreams.

[japple]

11. This started happening to me several years ago. I have

thought that it is because we need to see if we have learned our lessons, to forgive ourselves, to release anger, pain, etc., in preparation for meeting the new energies--kind of an emotional purging. It's sort of like the health problems that many of us are having right now that seem to have come out of the blue.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

12. No

I'm getting more of an emotional flashback--not reliving the emotions, but watching them play out. Also sensing scenes from childhood, the smells, the look, the sounds. To me it is the sense of "cleaning up my act"--forgiving all those old emotional traumas so that I can go on in my life. It has been quite interesting.

[SheilaT]

15. For me this is an on-going thing.

I'm often overwhelmed with vivid memories of the past, as if I could step back into an earlier time and re-live events.

I'm 59 years old and it simply gets worse all the time, as I have more memories to deal with. I can drive my grown sons crazy by talking about their infancy and childhood, and exclaiming that it (truly) feels just like yesterday. I can conjure up people I haven't seen in decades as if I'd seen them yesterday. For me, the past is close enough to touch.