Talking about Memory and Learning

Thanks for your advice! 
The writing part is also very important to me. If I don't write things down, they are unclear or they don't exist for me. 

"candle staring" meditation helped increase my concentration  and notice when my ADHD mind suddenly switches elsewhere.  I have Dyslexia as well so I read differently in that a word  shape is very important to me.

writing things i need to be memorised  is the only thing that worked for me eg for exams

3 times is the optimal apparently.

yes I am like you I always wanted to learn Italian but couldn't no matter how hard I tried. I have memory issues as well. The downside of this is if things are constantly changing as in the IT industry it can make you anxious u are falling behind

Up side is I can forget dramatic/ trauma causing events and carry on without issue.

I could never be an actress and learn lines for example. 

My long-term memory is excellent, but short-term memory is poor.

I have the Disk Space, but not the RAM.

I'm aspie - I have a photographic memory for facts & data but it has only one layer - each piece of data has no properties linked to it - so things like secrets and lies mean nothing to me - all data is free to be shared widely so I can't hold a list of who the data can be shared with or what can and can't be repeated.

I am unable to remember people - they change their expressions, hair styles, glasses, clothes, moods, voices etc. so there's no fixed point of reference to add to my data bank.

Things with a high emotional content are more easily remembered - non-technical relationship information about aunt Betty and who her friends are does not get remembered.     

I think you may have ADHD as well as Autism. The only way i can make my brain focus and absorb information if when i am doing something i enjoy which gives dopamine i need to keep concentrated. if this is the case you have to learn what activity are high dopamine activities and low dopamine activities and structure your day with one high dopamine task to one or two low dopamine tasks. 

Aphantasia is a disorder that prevent you creating mental images inside your mind eye, you may what to look into that as it can effect learning. 

Prosopagnosia is a disorder that make recognising faces impossible or difficult.  

Dyspraxia is known for it coordination problems but it affects short term memory and organization of information. 

I have all these issues and more, makes what you describe difficult.  

Hi! I’m so glad someone has brought this up, I have terrible memory and don’t remember faces very well. Especially with everyone wearing masks these days. I try and repeat to myself information or I immediately tell someone so they can remind me important stuff. I always thought with autism you had to have an amazing memory, so to hear someone else has the same issues is refreshing. I do remember specific information or events or I’ll remember repetitive stuff (like learning to crochet). I don’t really have much advice on the matter as I’m useless but that’s my experience