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Episodic memory

NAS74584

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.

  • in reply to NAS74584

    Fascinating to read these comments.  It’s strange that I feel unable to achieve again those goals once achieved.  I somehow was motivated to complete work with incredible commitment almost as if it was a ‘once-off’ but now I have zero motivation to do bother to put in the effort.  It is as if something outside my awareness gets to decide what my passions and interests are.   
    oops I just realised I might seem to be off topic 

    I was relating to the idea of my past work being done by someone else 

    in terms of memory I memorised literally a history book for an exam and got close to 100%.  Other students told me that it was impossible to get that mark. But I had memorised the teacher’s relevant text notes word for word.  My mother gave me memory tips 

    the next exam I wasn’t motivated partly because my mother was focusing on helping my older brother achieve in state exams.  I seem to depend on outside power/s to get things done.  I seem to be just a depressed bit of fluff hanging around life otherwise. 

    I forget painful feelings with all my might but this just makes their inevitable occurrences all the more shocking and traumatic 

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  • in reply to NAS74584

    Fascinating to read these comments.  It’s strange that I feel unable to achieve again those goals once achieved.  I somehow was motivated to complete work with incredible commitment almost as if it was a ‘once-off’ but now I have zero motivation to do bother to put in the effort.  It is as if something outside my awareness gets to decide what my passions and interests are.   
    oops I just realised I might seem to be off topic 

    I was relating to the idea of my past work being done by someone else 

    in terms of memory I memorised literally a history book for an exam and got close to 100%.  Other students told me that it was impossible to get that mark. But I had memorised the teacher’s relevant text notes word for word.  My mother gave me memory tips 

    the next exam I wasn’t motivated partly because my mother was focusing on helping my older brother achieve in state exams.  I seem to depend on outside power/s to get things done.  I seem to be just a depressed bit of fluff hanging around life otherwise. 

    I forget painful feelings with all my might but this just makes their inevitable occurrences all the more shocking and traumatic 

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