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On the University of Virginia Medical School website you can read about cases where people remembered themselves before birth:

"Some young children tell

In the latter case, some describe how they were in the womb, while others talk about other worlds or spaces.”

“Sometimes children describe details of their birth that their parents did not tell them. Although such memories are not possible in the scientific understanding of childhood memory, they are present in some children.”

Although science has made significant progress in understanding the process of storing and storing memories, memory still remains a mystery in many ways.

Is it possible that the so-called memories before birth are just figments of the imagination, arising due to certain needs of such people? This view is shared by Mark L. Howe of the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University.

Or maybe this is one of the mysterious phenomena associated with the hypothesis that This also includes children's memories of past lives, which would explain why this memory is so clear, although children at a very early age usually do not have such a clear consciousness, because their brains have not yet fully developed.

Or is there a strange process whereby the fetus absorbs memories from the mother's brain?

Connection between baby and mother's brain?

In an experiment conducted by a team of scientists from Emory University, mice were induced to fear acetophenone, a fruity odor used in flavorings. The mice received electric shocks and were simultaneously given the scent to smell. As a result, they began to associate this smell with pain.

Michael Javer, author of The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion, explains: “Their noses adapted accordingly, forming neural pathways associated with smell. A similar change occurred in their brains.”

Amazing moment: “The offspring of these mice never encountered this smell, but still showed fear of it and a start reflex.”

The offspring developed the same neural connections in the brain as their parents. Their sense of smell was sensitive to this aroma. The effect was passed on even to the third generation of mice.

Of course, passing on the start reflex to offspring is one thing, but the inexplicable transfer of complex memories from mother to child in the womb is another matter entirely.

Memory of the accident from the womb?

On Reddit, a user shared the following memory: “I have a vivid memory of my mother damaging her car while returning from the grocery store. Because of this, they quarreled with my father. When I asked her about this as a teenager, she said that I had not yet been born at that time. She was pregnant with me then. The father confirmed this. I also remember the day she held me in her arms and we were driving in the car from the hospital when I was born. I remember the atmosphere in the hospital, there was stained glass, the nurses' clothes, my father's clothes, what the car looked like. My parents said that my memories were true.”

In some memories of this kind, people are good at describing external details, while in others they are clearly talking about sensations in the womb.

Another Reddit user writes: “When I was little, I told my mom that I remember being in a warm, dark, cramped space. It was boring there, but there was something pounding in the background. I could barely see the dim, diffuse red light in front of me. The light shone through the dark red mesh, which seemed to pulsate in rhythm with a thumping sound.

“This memory lasted only one or two seconds... When I told it I did not understand what I was describing. This is how a child must see, being inside the mother.”

Baby in the womb. Photo: Valentin Arr/iStock

Many people share similar experiences on the site.

For example, one woman writes: “I was talking to my 7-year-old son Magnus about snow. I said I love snow because my first memory in life is sledding with my dad and brother when I was two years old.”

“I then asked Magnus what his first memory was... Magnus described being in a dark place, just sitting there quietly.

I asked him if he was scared. He replied: “No, I felt great there!” Then he said that he was standing in a green house. This confused me, but then I remembered that when he was born, the walls of our house were green. We've since repainted them, but there are still traces of that green paint where the cabinet used to be. I showed them to him, he confirmed that he saw this green color.

I asked what he was doing in the green house. He replied that he was just inspecting. Then he said that he returned to a dark place and a voice in his head said: “Don’t worry, you will be on Earth soon.” And then I realized that I was telling memories before my birth.

“Magnus said that he saw himself being born, he stood behind the curtains and watched his birth from the side... I asked him what he saw. He described the nurses, me, my mother and the doctor. When referring to the doctor, he used the pronoun “she.” I never said the doctor was a woman.”

However, Mark Howe believes that such memories are a figment of the imagination. True memories can only be retained from the age of 18 months. However, he is interested in the problem of early memories. In his article “Memories from the Cradle” he asks the following questions:

“Is it possible to convey in words the experience gained before mastering speech?

Does the ability to verbally remember such events depend on whether the event was traumatic or important to the person?

Do these nuances influence the retention of early experiences?

Can knowledge acquired later in life change memories?

Does acquired knowledge change the meaning of experience, turning what was once important event into just a curious detail that we are likely to forget?

And finally, is there a need to gain conscious access to past memories in order to understand how they affect our lives?

Which one is the best early period do you remember your life? Some people begin to realize themselves at the age of 4. Some – a little earlier or later. Memories of an earlier age are fragmentary, like a compilation of separate pictures. But it turns out that a person can remember his most early childhood– the moment of birth and even intrauterine life.

Modern science allows us to study more deeply the most tender age, to understand how the baby feels, how he perceives himself, to determine his reaction to certain irritating factors - both pleasant and not so pleasant. Other sciences aimed at inner world human beings help trigger incredibly early memories. Often it is at this age that scientists see the causes of many personality problems in his adult life. There is another reason why it is necessary to understand and explain the world of the newborn. Research like this helps inexperienced parents better understand their child, who cannot yet express emotions and needs in words. In addition, studying this issue would be useful for organizations and institutions through which young children pass: maternity hospitals, hospitals.

There is a connection!

Until about the middle of the last century, no scientist seriously studied the issue of people’s memories of their own birth. Although psychoanalysts sometimes recorded stories from their patients who suddenly remembered the moment of their birth. The technique of hypnosis and the development of such a science as psychology have made it possible to slightly reveal the secret. In the course of special studies, it turned out that the bright moments that were noted by a person’s consciousness at birth are etched into memory at a subconscious level. For example, a person who was born in a house next to the railway experienced unpleasant sensations from sharp train whistles all his life. Or another story. One successful businessman, who had achieved a lot in life, remembered the words of a doctor casually thrown to a nurse: “Don’t waste too much time on him, he has no chance.” The child was born at seven months old, and given the level of development of medicine at that time, indeed, the likelihood of his survival was extremely low. But everything happened differently; the baby turned out to be strong. At a conscious age, this man constantly felt not successful enough, although he had everything that many only dream of. Working through his childhood memories helped him cope with his torment.

Everything comes from childhood

The famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud was at one time quite skeptical about a person’s ability to remember his arrival in this world and was inclined to attribute patients’ stories about his own birth to the fantasies of a more conscious age. But he recognized that many of a person’s problems and fears can be associated with psychological trauma inflicted on him at the time of birth.

Strange dreams

Surely, each of us at least occasionally sees dreams where something is pressing on him, he needs to crawl through some narrow hole, get out from somewhere. Scientists believe that such dreams may be echoes of a person’s emotions at the time of birth.

What is all this for?

An interesting thing is the subconscious. It stores information that would seem to be completely erased from memory. Using special breathing techniques, hypnosis, or some other means, a person can immerse himself in subconscious memories and tell a specialist about them during a session. It is believed that the reason for many fears and worries of an adult lies here. Therefore, it is necessary to relive these sensations, to let them pass through yourself. Then the fear goes away and the person begins life anew, without the baggage of aggravating memories. Sophisticated technology is used to separate actual memories of childbirth from the patient's later fantasies. For example, not only the patient himself, but also his mother is put into hypnosis, and then the stories are compared. An example from the practice of a psychologist. The young woman, full of strength, was tormented by self-doubt. The men didn't pay attention to her. Over time, she finally wrote herself down as an “ugly girl.” And she was already planning to live until retirement without achieving happiness in her personal life. But suddenly fate brought her together with a psychologist. The doctor found the cause of her misfortunes. It turns out that the parents fervently wanted the birth of a boy. “We didn’t even come up with a name for her!” - this was the mother’s first reaction to the news that the child was female. There was no ultrasound then. Imagine how stressful it is for a small creature to realize that the most close person, mom, I’m disappointed with his birth...

Why are these memories erased?

American psychoanalyst Nandor Fodor believed that the process of birth for a child is incredibly painful. This is a transition from one world to another. It's the same as death, only in reverse. In addition, birth is associated not only with physical, but also with psychological suffering. Having to leave a warm, cozy, secure place and go into the unknown is a huge challenge. That is why, according to the scientist, we do not remember the moment of birth - the memories are too difficult. Such amnesia is a defense mechanism for our psyche. Nature wisely provided for it.

What do you remember?

All my life I really dislike the cold. When there is the slightest breeze, I throw on long sleeves. And why am I such a “freezer”? One day my mother told me how I was born. An emergency occurred in the maternity hospital that day; there was no hot water. The birth happened very quickly and the nurses did not have time to heat the water, so they had to rinse the newborn - that is, me - in cold water. It could, of course, just be a coincidence, but who knows.

It is no coincidence that the birth of a child is sometimes called a sacrament and even magic. IN modern world the process of giving birth to a baby is standardized and more like a medical operation, even if everything goes without complications. The bright light of the delivery room, the voices of doctors, the concentrated seriousness of everyone around, the confusion and fear of the woman in labor. Of course, refusing medical assistance during childbirth is rather exotic today. But perhaps if we better understand the sensations and feelings of each little person, our obstetrics system will become more benevolent. Fortunately, there are already modern maternity hospitals where all kinds of “soft” births are practiced. It's not just the 8/9 Apgar score that's important here. We must try to make it clear to the newly minted person that he is welcome in this world. One may be skeptical about studying people's memories of their own birth, believing that this is fun akin to fantasy “travels” through past lives. But there is an undoubted benefit from this - an attempt to better understand the world of a newborn and take this knowledge into account in practice, avoiding the mistakes of previous generations.

On the University of Virginia Medical School website you can read about cases where people remembered themselves before birth:

“Some young children talk about memories of their birth or before birth.

In the latter case, some describe how they were in the womb, while others talk about other worlds or spaces.”

“Sometimes children describe details of their birth that their parents did not tell them. Although such memories are not possible in the scientific understanding of childhood memory, they are present in some children.”

Although science has made significant progress in understanding the process of storing and storing memories, memory still remains a mystery in many ways.

Is it possible that the so-called memories before birth are just figments of the imagination, arising due to certain needs of such people? This view is shared by Mark L. Howe of the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University.

Or maybe this is one of the mysterious phenomena associated with the hypothesis that consciousness exists outside the brain? This also includes children’s memories of past lives, which sometimes tell about completely unchildish things. This would explain why this memory is so clear, although children at very young ages are not usually so clear-headed because their brains have not yet fully developed.

Or is there a strange process whereby the fetus absorbs memories from the mother's brain?

Connection between baby and mother's brain?

In an experiment conducted by a team of scientists from Emory University, mice were induced to fear acetophenone, a fruity odor used in flavorings. The mice received electric shocks and were simultaneously given the scent to smell. As a result, they began to associate this smell with pain.

Michael Javer, author of The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion, explains: “Their noses adapted accordingly, forming neural pathways associated with smell. A similar change occurred in their brains.”

Amazing moment: “The offspring of these mice never encountered this smell, but still showed fear of it and a start reflex.”

The offspring developed the same neural connections in the brain as their parents. Their sense of smell was sensitive to this aroma. The effect was passed on even to the third generation of mice.

Of course, passing on the start reflex to offspring is one thing, but the inexplicable transfer of complex memories from mother to child in the womb is another matter entirely.

Memory of the accident from the womb?

On Reddit, a user shared the following memory: “I have a vivid memory of my mother damaging her car while returning from the grocery store. Because of this, they quarreled with my father. When I asked her about this as a teenager, she said that I had not yet been born at that time. She was pregnant with me then. The father confirmed this. I also remember the day she held me in her arms and we were driving in the car from the hospital when I was born. I remember the atmosphere in the hospital, there was stained glass, the nurses' clothes, my father's clothes, what the car looked like. My parents said that my memories were true.”

In some memories of this kind, people are good at describing external details, while in others they are clearly talking about sensations in the womb.

Another Reddit user writes: “When I was little, I told my mom that I remember being in a warm, dark, cramped space. It was boring there, but there was something pounding in the background. I could barely see the dim, diffuse red light in front of me. The light shone through the dark red mesh, which seemed to pulsate in rhythm with a thumping sound.

“This memory lasted only one or two seconds... When I told it I did not understand what I was describing. This is how a child must see, being inside the mother.”

Baby in the womb. Photo: Valentin Arr/iStock

Many people share similar experiences on www.Prebirthmemories.com.

For example, one woman writes: “I was talking to my 7-year-old son Magnus about snow. I said I love snow because my first memory in life is sledding with my dad and brother when I was two years old.”

“I then asked Magnus what his first memory was... Magnus described being in a dark place, just sitting there quietly.

I asked him if he was scared. He replied: “No, I felt great there!” Then he said that he was standing in a green house. This confused me, but then I remembered that when he was born, the walls of our house were green. We've since repainted them, but there are still traces of that green paint where the cabinet used to be. I showed them to him, he confirmed that he saw this green color.

I asked what he was doing in the green house. He replied that he was just inspecting. Then he said that he returned to a dark place and a voice in his head said: “Don’t worry, you will be on Earth soon.” And then I realized that I was telling memories before my birth.

“Magnus said that he saw himself being born, he stood behind the curtains and watched his birth from the side... I asked him what he saw. He described the nurses, me, my mother and the doctor. When referring to the doctor, he used the pronoun “she.” I never said the doctor was a woman.”

However, Mark Howe believes that such memories are a figment of the imagination. True memories can only be retained from the age of 18 months. However, he is interested in the problem of early memories. In his article “Memories from the Cradle” he asks the following questions:

“Is it possible to convey in words the experience gained before mastering speech?

Does the ability to verbally remember such events depend on whether the event was traumatic or important to the person?

Do these nuances influence the retention of early experiences?

Can knowledge acquired later in life change memories?

Does acquired knowledge change the meaning of an experience, turning a once important event into just a curious detail that we are likely to forget?

And finally, is there a need to gain conscious access to past memories in order to understand how they affect our lives?

Birth drama

Is it possible to remember the moment of your birth or even conception?

Some modern methods help a person to independently remove the veil of secrecy from the moment of his birth.

It is curious that the idea of ​​​​the need for a repeated conscious passage of the birth canal in the last century simultaneously came to the minds of several people working independently of each other.

To eliminate the negative consequences of birth trauma, activate memories of various traumatic events stored in the subconscious, re-experience certain moments of life that cause stress, psychological problems, psychosomatic diseases, American Leonard Orr back in 1977 developed a psychotherapeutic technique associated with breathing called “rebirthing” (from the English rebirthing - second birth).

According to Leonard Orr, the life of any person begins with a birth trauma. At the same time, the founder of a new movement in psychotherapy calls “birth trauma” all the events that the child experiences, starting from the passage of amniotic fluid up to the moment of touching the mother’s breast. It was Orr who figured out how to relive all these events, rethink and change the attitude towards them. As a result of using his method, the psychological background of a person’s life and state of health changed.

The existence of diseases directly related to the moment of birth is confirmed by modern medicine. A pronounced birth injury is associated with obvious physical disorders and injuries that lead to further complications.

Birth trauma can cause lung problems. Its consequences can be “first breath syndrome,” allergies, bronchial asthma, and asphyxia. It may be associated with the so-called “child guilt syndrome”, all diseases related to weakened immunity, pancreas, and liver. In the same row are autoimmune aggressions, pyelonephritis, viral and fungal infections.

At the moment of birth, the basis for many phobias is also laid, including agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). Is it worth explaining that such people live in constant anxiety and have a whole bunch of gastrointestinal diseases, hypoglycemia...

If only a few remember the moment of their birth, and hundreds of thousands do not remember anything, is it worth remembering what our memory so carefully hides from us? The use of rebirthing sessions has shown that this method helps treat diseases that are incurable, from the point of view of modern medicine, relieve severe mental stress, increase psychophysical potential and even, although it is difficult to believe, helps a person find the meaning of his life in himself. Elements of rebirthing are used in various areas of modern psychotherapy, and it itself has become its independent branch, eventually turning into transpersonal psychology.

Rebirthing supporter Sandra Ray organized a three-year “School of personal growth”, classes in which were aimed at relieving the same birth trauma. The psychotherapist has invented a special meditation on the passage of the birth canal, which helps a person remember the moment of birth hidden in memory.

The moment of birth is also recognized as the starting point of a person’s mental and physical illnesses by the latest trends in modern psychotherapy such as Gestalt therapy, neuro-linguistic programming, and Ericksonian hypnosis. American psychiatrist of Czech origin Stanislav Grof, who is the creator of another psychotherapeutic method - “holotropic breathing”, also attached importance to the experiences associated with childbirth. A variant of rebirthing turned out to be “vivation” (English vivation - “life as a holiday”, “super-being”), the authors of which were Americans Jim Leonard and Phil Lauth. Vivasion focuses a person’s attention on complete relaxation, encourages calm acceptance of all arising feelings - both positive and negative, as well as complete trust in the breathing process itself. In the sense that there are no unsuccessful, bad or empty events: they are all caused by something and are thereby justified.

“Only by remembering your childhood, childhood grievances, fears, experiences, can you understand what exactly needs to be changed in yourself in order to begin to grow up,” they say in the St. Petersburg system of personality development “Space Games”. - Become calm, loving and happy. A person who does not depend on other people’s opinions, views, assessments, etc., and is confident in his future. "

It is also necessary to remember childhood because children completely copy their parents: their character traits, illnesses, and repeat mistakes. And it is useless to warn them or explain anything. It also makes no sense to talk, teach, or intimidate. This is all a waste of time and effort. Only by living and realizing your own mistakes on personal experience By changing internally, we can protect our children from repeating them.