[CT] When I Was A Kid...

This centralized thread has been created to provide a cumulative 'memory' of a particularly common type of report. This helps prevent the same reports and responses coming up repeatedly while never being built on.

Note that posts elsewhere on this topic may therefore be subject to removal by the moderators.

When I Was A Kid...

Many readers have memories of unusual experiences that occurred when they were a kid, but they aren't sufficiently unusual or vivid in memory to form the basis of a full post. This thread provides a place for these to be brought together and perhaps allow for common themes to be identified.

Previous examples have included:

• Reports of finding yourself breathing underwater.

• Reports of "gliding" when going downstairs.

• Reports of inconsistencies or transitions in the facts of the world, which were directly experienced.

• Reports of knowing things that could not have been known at that age, or from the information directly accessible to you in a situation.

Note - The existence of this thread does not mean that more substantial childhood stories cannot be made into full posts, if they have sufficient context to make it worthwhile. As always, Rule 7 is an encouragement to pause prior to posting and ponder whether your childhood story was perhaps a dream or a vague memory; it is not a prohibition.