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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
    Take5 said:
    I forget words when in conversation and the more pressure I feel the worse that is

    I get affected by this as well. I try to write down what I want to say, almost like a script to prepare me beforehand. Does work sometimes but not always practical as I can't preplan every conversation.

  • in reply to Pru

    Unfortunately all the planning I do for those occasions do not go to plan which is a shame. It’s comical how much time I put into scripting knowing the conversation will not go that way. 

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