I have a similar intensity of emotion when recalling high school memories, and I also didn't go to my 10 year high school reunion - it happened while I was moving from the US to the UK. Even if I had been physically able to go, I wasn't a happy bunny at that time.

I remember being saddened when I checked the reunion list. None of the people I really wanted to see were signed up to attend. I've since found a few of them through other social networking sites, but it reminded me that two of them are dead. One accident, one suicide.