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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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  • in reply to moon

    Yes, that article is definitely describing the way my memory works. !'d never really thought about this for most of my life, just assumed everyone was like me. The realisation came when I made friends with a guy who has the exact opposite. For instance, ask him when he first met a person, he'll not only tell you where and when, but also what the guy was wearing, how hot the day was, what he was doing just before meeting them, what his first impressions were etc etc.