Is your memory good or bad?

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I always wondered how many of us need triggers for memory. I did really well on the WAIS memory index because it was all numbers and arithmetic while I was border line on all but 2 subtests on the Wechsler Memory Scale test. The two subtests I did well on were both associative memory.

My memory is too good for my own good. I remember almost everything from my past starting at the age of 1 and a half, even the bad stuff.

Apparently, my memory is very good in some ways, but terrible in others! I can remember quite a bit, but my memory isn't eidetic ( DARN it!).
I am often asked if I can remember certain things by my mother, often I can, but sometimes I cannot....
I also know I had an uncle once tell me I had a memory "like an elephant". I just honestly hope it's still improving, because I NEED to remember things better!

Depends. I have a bad short-term memory & a good long-therm memory.

i have an exceptional memory for anything not relating to me.

that is to say: i forget my plans, i forget what i have said to whom, where i have been, what i have done....

but i remember dates, numbers, facts, maps, images, sounds.... etc etc extremely well. I'm quite proud of that part =)

Interestingly, Temple Grandin describes herself as an "associative thinker." She says her brain works a lot like Google, which is precisely how I describe my thought process. Of course, she primarily uses images, and I mostly use words, but the "search mechanism" is still the same. "Associative thinking" is very close to "systematizing," but less straight-forward.

As for memory, when I say, "I'll know it when I see it!" I mean it literally.

Too good.

It depends My short-term is a bit hazy because I am on Lyrica for a health issue, and that is an unfortunate side-effect. On the other hand, my autobiographical memory is absurdly good. In fact, I used to be able to remember what I ate for dinner months ago.
Not quite that good anymore but remains very clear,

Sincerely,
Matthew

i have good rote memorization skills but struggle remembering why i walked up the stairs and i am always losing things. I lose my keys about 5 times a day and i only go driving 4... lol

i also forgot a lot of things about my last dog shortly after he passed.

Overall i have a good memory.

my episodic memory is worse than useless... but my semantic memory is very good.