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DiffidAnt

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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  • That's fairly normal for humans - short term memory uses a different part of the brain, and won't be as good or reliable.  If you want to remember things, you have to put plenty of effort in so your brain knows its important and stores it in long-term memory.  You learned routines which helped with your last job, so it became automatic, but now you aren't using those routines and may be struggling to learn new routines which help with your new job.  All you can do is try and learn new routines that help you.

  • in reply to Autimator
    Autimator said:
    If you want to remember things, you have to put plenty of effort in so your brain knows its important and stores it in long-term memory.

    I came to the same conclusion

    So, I developed a series of mental exercises, to conduct at specific points of the day to increase the odds that some things will end up stored in long-term memory

    it doesn't work with names, I can't remember names very well, almost zero retention

    otherwise short-term memory is total chaos

    and long term, i remember things from as early as 4, i have a good age validating method, one of my sisters is 1 year younger and 2nd 3 years younger. 

  • in reply to Mariusz

    I have difficulty with names, it can help to repeat it back to someone when someone tells you their name.  Also, repeat their name in your mind a few times.

    Sometimes the problem is not storing it, but getting it back once you have.  I regularly forget something I know, and then later on it comes to me.

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  • in reply to Mariusz

    I have difficulty with names, it can help to repeat it back to someone when someone tells you their name.  Also, repeat their name in your mind a few times.

    Sometimes the problem is not storing it, but getting it back once you have.  I regularly forget something I know, and then later on it comes to me.

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