I wonder why his memory is distorted? It skipped some parts. WHYYY hahahha

I mean children don't remember things with 100% accuracy

Well isn't eleanor rescuing him or smth(i don't remember the exact scene) still considered as somth like a part of his traumatic or bad memory. Bad memories stay longer than the good ones. It's still too much of a skip don't you think so? Well nvm me if I thought wrong