Is it normal to not remember your teenage years?

Not necessarily. Childhood or infantile amnesia, the loss of memories from the first several years of life, is normal, so if you don’t remember much from early childhood, you’re most likely in the majority.

Is it normal to not remember things from a year ago?

Occasional lapses in memory are a perfectly normal part of life for all of us. We’ve all forgotten someone’s birthday or misplaced our keys now and then. But when memory lapses are persistent and get in the way of your daily life, they may be an indication that you’re experiencing the early stages of a memory disorder.

At what age are we able to remember?

Adults can generally recall events from 3–4 years old, and have primarily experiential memories beginning around 4.7 years old. However, some suggest that adults who had traumatic and abusive early childhoods report an offset of childhood amnesia around 5–7 years old.

Why am I having trouble retaining information?

The reason why most people can’t retain information is that they simply haven’t trained themselves to do it. People who can’t learn quickly and recall information on demand not only fail to use memory techniques. They haven’t trained their procedural memory so that they use them almost on autopilot.

How do I know if I have amnesia?

The symptoms of amnesia depend on the cause, but generally include:

1. Memory loss.
2. Confusion.
3. Inability to recognise familiar faces or places.
4. Once the person recovers, they typically have no memory of their amnesia episode.

How long does it take a child to forget a parent?

First, panelists say, at 31/2, your child probably doesn’t have concrete memories of you from a year ago as an adult or older child would — even though you are his or her parent. It takes babies between 7 and 9 months to realize that when an object is hidden from their sight it still exists.