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Autism and memory

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What is your memory like and what do you remember best?

My earliest memories go back to me being a baby in a pram and I have a lot of quite intense childhood memories.

So, my memories go far back and I remember a lot of my life.

I'm not sure that my memory is anything special though with regard to general knowledge ie facts.

In general knowledge quizes I tend to get the obscure facts no-one else knows.

I know there are different types of memory but it's an aspect of autism I'm learning about.

Please share anything you know about the correlation between the two.

Thanks.

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  • I have a poor memory being honest.

    I forget words when in conversation and the more pressure I feel the worse that is. I even struggle finding words when typing and can sit there in a daze rummaging through my mind to find what I need to say. 
    Long term memory is good but not dates, I can remember things I did as a child like yesterday and what music was playing or what my mum was doing at the time. It’s like I can go back there.

    All in all I’m no good in a pub quiz unless it involves motorcycle racing or music and I can see my life in the past like a story and that’s about it. 

  • in reply to Take5

    Wow I relate a lot! Is it related to autism? The forgetting words? I struggle with it since ever, in every language I can speak. It frustrates me a lot! During preparation for my German B2 exam I had to repeat words to not forget them in the speech. And of course I forgot other words that I didn’t expect to. Like for example Spedition. I wanted to say I studied logistics and Spedition but I forgot the word Spedition so after the logistics there was an awkward silence but I passed that test with max points anyway. I’m good at languages and I can speak 3 foreign languages at levels B2-C1. And I have a good memory like a movie, I remember a lot of events that took place decades ago and I remember them with many details, others are astonished by the accuracy of my memories. 

  • in reply to Alien0n3arth
    Alien0n3arth said:
    And I have a good memory like a movie, I remember a lot of events that took place decades ago and I remember them with many details, others are astonished by the accuracy of my memories. 

    Me too.

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