Naomi asked:

How come I can't remember my childhood, I don't have a disorder of any sort and I can remember
everything from age of 12 but not before. I'm 23 years of age.

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There's no way to answer that question, of course, without knowing a great deal more about you. This
kind of memory deficit might be due to repression, if you had a very unpleasant childhood. It might be
due to something organic, i.e., a chemical problem in your neural system. It might be due to your
being very focused on the present for a long time, for whatever reasons, so that you are not skilled in
accessing your memories. Or whatever. For whatever it's worth, unless you are having problems in
your life due to poor memory, it doesn't have to be very important, but it is annoying. I have the same
problem, and in addition I have very poor memory for proper names and arbitrary symbols like
formulas. I have had enormous difficulty in school with courses requiring lots of memorization, like
languages and history. I suppose there is some minor organic reason, and it's something that can be
compensated for by a great deal of effort and practice, which I've done, so you probably can also.

Steven Ravett Brown