I have a strong smell memory connected to a trauma at 7. I can't describe the smell, I've never smelt it since, all I know is that I smelt it and it was so bad that I couldn't sleep. When I went home I even told my mum about the smell. She could only suggest that it was where the washing had been left out too long, but I know it wasn't that. I can remember the smell vividly, and I know if I ever smelt it again, I would remember it. I can even almost smell it when I think about it.

Very strange!