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Episodic memory

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I'm just wondering if my memory problems are relatively common among those with ASC or if this is a totally separate thing. I have little difficulty remembering facts or procedures - my problem is purely related to episodic memory. If i think back to an event I attended in either the recent or distant past I could relate a few facts about the event, but its as if they are facts told to me by someone else. I have no personal connection to the event. For example if I think back to funerals or weddings I've been to there is no recollection of my emotions at the time. In no way am I reliving those events in my mind. I am totally unable to remember / imagine what I was like at a younger stage of my life. Its as though my entire life simply consists of now. 

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  • I read that when it comes to memory, people on the spectrum tend to have either superior memory or very poor memory or have great memory just for certain things/details. I, for example, have a very similar problem with thinking back to past events and figuring out my emotions at that time (though it gets better with therapy a bit). I also have a problem with memorizing colours or spatial arrangement of things in a room, but I have an excellent memory for details about someone's life and struggles or about languages.

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  • I read that when it comes to memory, people on the spectrum tend to have either superior memory or very poor memory or have great memory just for certain things/details. I, for example, have a very similar problem with thinking back to past events and figuring out my emotions at that time (though it gets better with therapy a bit). I also have a problem with memorizing colours or spatial arrangement of things in a room, but I have an excellent memory for details about someone's life and struggles or about languages.

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