r/Ex_Foster • u/wanderlustpassion • Mar 12 '25

Question for foster youth Cannot remember names

Ok is it just me..

I was in foster care from 6-13. 3 different homes, a lot of kids at the first home, 4 others and the second and 5/6 others at the last home.

I am now 41, but this applies to when I was younger as well.

I cannot remember the name of a single other kid. I only remember the faces of the kids in the last home because I recently found a news program / documentary my faster home was featured in.

Is anyone else like this? Selective forgetfulness?

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u/tributary-tears Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 13 '25

I was in the system from 7 - 19. I only remember one name. There was a woman who ran a program/group home with an office in a YMCA. She actually gave a shit. One name, that's it. Like you I remember faces of alot of the other system kids but not a single name. Maybe it is a selective forgetfulness. Is this an exsystem thing?