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Well, I'm not psychologist, but I know a couple of things about memory.  For one thing, short term memories are probably more accurate/realistic.  Then when your brain processes the short term memories and decides which ones to store as long term memories, they get stored in a slightly different way.  Each time you think about one of these stored memories, you have to "retrieve" it from your brain.  Each time you retrieve a memory, your brain has a tendency to change it slightly.  That is probably why you are seeing yourself in the memories--you inserted that vision of yourself into the memory because you knew you were there.  Does that make any sense? I hope I didn't totally butcher that concept.  It's been awhile since I took psychology.  :)

What an interesting thought.... I am a Psych major, but still taking classes! I had to stop and think about a memory to really be able to say how I relive them, and I came to the conclusion that I see them in first person unless I a) am thinking about it retrospectively - like, I realize something that me at that age didn't realize, and so that's what the memories' focus is on or b) I have seen a home movie or a picture of that memory or something closely associated with that memory. For instance, in memories of my first house, I picture myself. I think that's because my memories are vague, and my mind is filling in the gaps with what I've learned since from pictures, stories, etc.