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Autistic memory

Deleted user
9 months ago

I've not Googlerated this so I'm starting from quite a low point of knowledge.

I know that we can tend to have very good memory in certain areas and I know about the autistic savant.

So, what do you know about how our memories work and why?

Mainly though, what is your memory like?

What do you remember and what do you not so well?

I have an autistic friend and he can quote back to me the day of the week, date and year a lot of events happened -  small events, things like the day we went on a day trip somewhere over the whole of his life - he's 63.

I don't have that kind of gift but I have realised in recent times that my memory is quite unusual.

I do remember being in the pram and then the pushchair.

However, what I remember really well is places, events in my life and people and the things that people say, going back all 6 decades.

I can mentally walk through every room of the places I've lived in during my life and even where the furniture is.

How about you?

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  • 9 months ago

    I have an excellent memory for anything related to my special interests. Bit of a walking encyclopaedia in that respect. Also peoples names, birthdays etc.

    I also tend to have an overly specific memory for events so while most people might say something happened “five or ten years” ago, I will generally be oddly specific - either give the date or say “7 months ago”.

    I am aware that age is catching up on me a little bit though, sometimes my recall takes a little longer than it used to.

  • 9 months ago in reply to Amerantin (former member)
    Amerantin (former member) said:
    I have an excellent memory for anything related to my special interests.

    Before you realised you might be autistic, did you think your memory was unusual?

  • 9 months ago in reply to Deleted user

    I’ve always thought of myself as generally unusual. I certainly knew my memory for dates and events was very odd.

    I suppose there were lots of clues that I was autistic, had I or anyone else been paying attention.

    I’m also excellent at losing keys, wallets etc. I put things down and immediately forget where.

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  • 9 months ago in reply to Deleted user

    I’ve always thought of myself as generally unusual. I certainly knew my memory for dates and events was very odd.

    I suppose there were lots of clues that I was autistic, had I or anyone else been paying attention.

    I’m also excellent at losing keys, wallets etc. I put things down and immediately forget where.

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