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Memory

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As I've aged (I am now over 60) my older memories have become much more intense and I'm remembering things I'd previously forgotten.

In fact, I feel haunted by my past and often can't stop thinking about it, especially my childhood.

I've read in the past about memory in autism being different and I'm unsure whether it's to do with this or whether this is a usual thing as people age.

I've talked to people older than me and they often talk about the past but I don't know whether this is because of mental decline, and short term memory failing.

Does anyone else experience what I have described above.

Any ideas what it might be related to?

Thanks.

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  • Another thing that comes to mind and is related to this is nostalgia.

    I wonder whether a good memory for certain experiences in our lives, or perhaps a certain type of memory (for example I remember tastes and smells) influences a tendency to nostalgia.

    Nostalgia for me equates to a positive memory and a yearning for the past, which isn't what I'm meaning in my O/P.

    Attachment to objects could also be tied into this.

  • in reply to B

    That is interesting regarding smells. There are some that remind me of past events, such as a perfume of a particular soap I took when I went away somewhere. That was in the days when we used bars of soap.

  • in reply to Homebird
    Homebird said:
    There are some that remind me of past events, such as a perfume of a particular soap I took when I went away somewhere.

    Yes, tastes and smells are a big trigger for memory for me.

    Proust wrote a rather long book of memories which were triggered by the taste of a madeleine.

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