Memory

Hi,

Has anyone else experienced a difference between their long and short term memories? I find that I can remember particular incidents from long ago to a striking level of detail, including from my early childhood. However, my short term memory is often very poor; I can forget something I did ten seconds ago. I changed jobs around a year ago, and I've found that since that point, I struggle to remember tasks and organize myself. I think this was hidden in my previous job, because in that role, I created bespoke routines for myself that I stuck to rigidly, meaning that I relied on habit rather than memory per se.

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  • I sometimes suffer temporarily from the double memory syndrome, where something memorable happens and I feel it has happened to me before, at the same time I know it's not true.

    I think it's the effect of the incident being in both short term and long term memory simultaneously.  And I'm recalling it from two memory locations.  This effect lasts until the short term memory is overwritten.

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  • I sometimes suffer temporarily from the double memory syndrome, where something memorable happens and I feel it has happened to me before, at the same time I know it's not true.

    I think it's the effect of the incident being in both short term and long term memory simultaneously.  And I'm recalling it from two memory locations.  This effect lasts until the short term memory is overwritten.

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