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I remember being born.

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I REMEMBER BEING BORN! "Nonsense" you say? Well I've certainly heard that most of my life. Nonetheless there's little doubt any more that I do remember an experience of birth. I was all of sixty years old before this was verified as a true birth memory, and then a fair amount of luck was involved. I will explain how this came about and perhaps convince you I'm right. But first let me confound you further by declaring that I believe everyone remembers being born. And also why my experience qualifies as significant.

Undoubtedly birth must be the first majorly traumatic event in nearly every life. And since experience tells us that traumatic events plant themselves firmly in our memories, it stands to reason that this one must exist vividly there in our brain's computer folder titled "memories." The problem being that we don't know how to identify and access it. And the reason for that is that we rely on the ability to verbalize so totally that without words we appear to have nothing, not even memory. Language is a precious thing. Without it, we'd be hard put to relate effectively with each other. Without it, sharing...

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