Do things that happened in your childhood rule your life

LMAOOOOO, this is funny yes I agree, the are so many sayings my mom had that I remember till this day, walking on the floor bare foot will give you cramps lol, sleeping on my back will make my butt flat lol, that is the one that gets me, this was not one of her little tales more of an opinion, but whenever I find myself on my back I am like grrrr, so I always remember that, thanks for this, too funny lol

To this day I am very careful not to ever swallow chewing gum because my father told me that it is made from old tennis shoes and will put poison into your stomach should you sallow it.

The thing you said about brushing your teeth, I remember stuff like that. The one that comes to my mind is when you cross your eyes and your parents would say, don't do that or they'll get stuck like that. Well I always hear that little parent voice say that when I see someone crossing their eyes which now as we know is not true at all! LOL

Truly, it does effect and rule our life the things that happened in our childhood. My grandmother used to tell me stories from our holy book and with that she would advice us about various restrictions,like dont tell lie, dont hurt anybody and many many others. I guess they have been deep-rooted in me. Sometimes my hubby says that I should try to overlook things at times, but they have considerable impact on my mind.

yeah definitely. a lot of things in my childhood affect my behavior or personality now. it has molded into what i am today. and it affected me on how i view myself and the way i handle things. though not right to have those past experience to control my life but that what is happening right now.

When I'm in trouble or problem first I myself try to face that. Secondly I take help of my friends. Lastly I go to my brothers and sisters (my parents are no more)and seek their suggestions. I always don't like to entangle my brothers and sisters in my problems.

well, mine is not going to a fun answer coz I hold a lot of grudge from my childhood days. I am a born virgo and later in life when I read about sun-signs I came to know that virgoans are born with low self-esteem and confidence and are quite introvert and that it takes a lot of gentle nurturing to make a very confident virgo. But my mother was a very strict disciplinarian and she believed in unquestioned obedience and ruled the rod whenever I opened my mouth. That thing stayed with me in my yearly youth and affected my dealings with a lot many people who mattered in career and other relations. Even now in my mid 30’s I can argue with people logically, I get very flustered if somebody in higher position accuses me of something, I am always scared of doing something wrong… I believe children should be given a somewhat free rein to make mistakes to learn from them, to argue logically and to stand up for their own. It serves them better in their future lives

Well with female relationships it does, i'm afraid to fall in love again, because there was this girl i loved for five years when i was a teenager and i asked her if we can start talking but she said no. Now i don't think i can ever have feelings for any girl again, although i love girls.

Yes, the memory sometimes reappears in my dream. I think that's the environment really maters. The thing is I grew up in my gradma's house, a lot of reasons why I dont like to mention it

This isn't a funny thing like that. It's the time my parents lined us all up wanting to know who got into the Halloween candy. "Not me, not me, not me, not me." So they tried a new tactic. They told us if the person who did it admitted it, there would be no spanking. So yours truly admitted doing it and promptly got a spanking. And do you think I ever told my parents the truth about anything I did ever again? Well not until I was grown up anyway!!!

I must admit that I had a recent episode of this... I was saying goodbye to someone I care about who is going to be going through a surgery and who said he is not going to be seeing me for awhile before and after it and all of the sudden I became as if I was four years old and caught myself saying,"Daddy please don't leave me" as his car was driving away. I had not said that since nursery school when I would sob wanting my dad not to leave me there.... I am now 49 years old... This was a strange experience for me and very emotional.

hi this discussion is very interesting,i think every parents do this to they children,i'm sure most children will be afraid of this thing.But i never trustful,i think every children have droit to make mistake.

That is funny about your teeth. I use to hear to much sweets will make your teeth fall out. I also use to hear if you don't bundle up you are going to get very sick. You need a hat on your head. I don't remember the last time I wore a hat on my head.. Another one was if you don't eat all your food on the table you will sit there till you do. Oh my God how many times was I left at the table alone because I didn't like something on my plate. When raising my girls I would never let them eat something they didn't like. As for me I only take the amount of food that I know I can eat because I don't want to throw the food away. Another one was the if you don't behave Santa won't be coming to this house. LOL LOL. You know though come to think of it that did happen once in my childhood. We ended up getting the gifts a couple of days later.

I think it is true that what happens in your childhood becomes part of your life in a lot of ways because childhood is what sets the path for adulthood. Even as adults we have suppressed memories from childhood that we would rather not think of. It has been said and a true fact to me that when you have suppressed memories you end up having them come back sometime in mid life between late twenties and forties. For me this has been true. Something my mom told me was if I got out of my car seat the Easter Bunny would come get me... Needless to say I never cared for the easter bunny!

Hi savypat, This is just so true for me and it has always been that way. My mother was a worrier, thankfully my father helped bring some balance to my young life. Unfortunately, I didn't hear enough about the toothbrush because I did lose most of my teeth. Things like don't get your feet wet, and getting sick if you go out in the cold are still there and sometimes I have a good laugh at myself. Blessings.

What a fun discussion. It will really make a lot of people stop and think. Perhaps the one that I remember the most vividly is "There are people in Africa starving and you don't even appreciate the food that you have." I now appreciate all of the food that I have to eat, even though at the time I did tell my parents that they should just box up my food and send it to the kids in Africa that are starving. I also remember that if you go outside barefoot in the winter you will get sick, but that one does not rule my life as I am almost always barefooted.