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06 Oct 2019, 10:04 pm

When I was a kid, I had the stereotypical Aspie photographic memory, but depression and ECT have stolen it from me.


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07 Oct 2019, 3:04 pm

My memory is very visual I have to see something to remember it. It’s like my memory is stored in the part of my mind which sees rather than imagines


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07 Oct 2019, 8:59 pm

I have a great memory but I suck at recalling memories unless they are brought up by another thing or person. For example, in school, if my professor asks me what something is called (for costume design) I cant seem to recall it but if he says what it is I can remember that specific day and his lesson on that costume.

I would also say that my memory is very visual as well. When I remember things I can picture myself in the exact location at the exact moment I learned/did something that I am remembering.

I was better at memory recall when I was younger. I used to learn facts about everything and I loved telling as many people as I could.


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07 Oct 2019, 10:39 pm

dragonsanddemons wrote:
When I was a kid, I had the stereotypical Aspie photographic memory, but depression and ECT have stolen it from me.
I've had ECT as well, I lost memory for the entirety of 2005. I did a lot that year and I can't remember any of it.

I have a reasonable memory for songs and artists that I like. Even from when I was a kid.

When I was at uni, I noticed that I had to study a lot more than other students just to remember the same amount.



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08 Oct 2019, 4:55 pm

I have an excellent long-term memory of decades-old situations e.g, the most minor details are sometimes recalled. Short-term memory is pretty good. Recent to medium-term memories are good.



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08 Oct 2019, 10:01 pm

I have a very photographic memory and it's very strong. I remember a lot of things from my past and I have to be constantly working on something to keep the upsetting memories at bay.


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09 Oct 2019, 3:27 am

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Anything new that read or hear is instantly compared to my memories and for better or for worse are centered around memories related almost exclusively to songs, films and TV shows and to a lesser extent, books. If someone says a word or phrase that coincides with a memory of that word or phrase in a song, film or TV show it's instantly associated with that memory for me. I can't turn it off.

Example: Ezra recently created a thread with the title: "I need advice". Within a split second of reading that, I had the song "Miserable Lie" by the Smiths running through my head because that's a line from the song.

All new stimuli I experience seems to be first applied to my memories of song, film and TV to see if there's a match.

My mother in law once pointed out that I can sing a tune about virtually anything we talk about.

My memory associates sentences by their melody so poems and song lyrics stick to my mind firmly. However, I'm very poor at associations that do not follow one rythm - I associate first name with last name but not with the face. I can sing a whole melody after hearing a fragment but I have no clue about the composer's name.


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09 Oct 2019, 4:19 am

I regularly quiz online and also watch some quiz programmes on television. These provide something of an answer to this question; quizzes which involve pictures are a weak point, but I'm pretty good at those involving numbers.