how does remembering super far back memories work?

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I dont know, if i even worded this right.

But i have this recurring memory(flashback?) Of the ONE time i went to speech therapy when i was like 4 or 5.

I cant even remember what i ate last week but i remember this vividly as if it just happened but its been 11 or 12 years.

How does that work? Why does this happen?

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You don’t, at least not like taking a photo and looking it up in an album.

What happens is you’re imagining things you’ve imagined before because some time in the distant past something like that actually happened. If you had a video recording of the memory you’d find that it’s nothing like your memory but at the same time it’s very familiar.

Tldr: memories aren’t

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