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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I must admit that my short term and recent memory leaves a lot to be desired..
basically, if I don't write an appointment down as soon as I know about it, its not happening 
however, my long term memory is fantastic, I can recall stuff from years ago as well as from up to over a year ago..I can even remember chatting to men on here on older profiles (this one is almost 2 yrs old) as I have to stop them and say 'oh I remember you, you live at such and such, and you like that kind of music'..and they are flabbergasted lol
so my question is ...how is your memory, and can anyone improve their short term memory with brain training? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My nan was 93 yesterday. Her short term memory is good. Her long term memory is excellent. She does lots of suduko puzzles, cross words and such like. She even adds up the numbers in telephone numbers during the adverts to keep her mind active.
Use it or lose it as she says!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My memory is very good...too good at times. It means I remember quite insignificant things and then people think those things were more important to me than they were.
Still, it's always made passing exams a piece of piss  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It depends if I'm interested in what's being said, I'm normally good with appointments etc, but lately I have been forgetting about birthdays until the day before or on the day.
However, there seem to be periods of my life that I have completely erased from my memory, a lot of 2004 I can't recall and no idea why. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have a horrible horrible memory - both long and short term. I don't really care though because people who know me know not to expect me to remember things that aren't written down. I carry a little book around with me for this.
Marc's memory is amazing, though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My memory concerns me..I've noticed it getting harder to recall things. I have more trouble with short term than long term. But I'm a visual person and while I won't remember a name or anything else I will remember such things as hair colour or the shape of a face or feature.
As for brain training I'm not sure..I can't even do kiddies crosswords or Sudoku.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My short term memory is shit and has been for years, I need to write stuff down all the time otherwise I forget it. In my defence I did suffer a serious head injury when I was a kid and was paralysed down one side, forgot how to walk and talk. All is fine now though except the memory!
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By *ndigo40Woman
over a year ago
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"I must admit that my short term and recent memory leaves a lot to be desired..
basically, if I don't write an appointment down as soon as I know about it, its not happening
however, my long term memory is fantastic, I can recall stuff from years ago as well as from up to over a year ago..I can even remember chatting to men on here on older profiles (this one is almost 2 yrs old) as I have to stop them and say 'oh I remember you, you live at such and such, and you like that kind of music'..and they are flabbergasted lol
so my question is ...how is your memory, and can anyone improve their short term memory with brain training?"
I have a photographic memory |
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I was known for my amazing memory.
Since I've not been sleeping it has gone to pot. I can forget what I'm talking about mid sentence.
Everything has to be written down or put in my calendar.
One of my cats likes to sneak in the garage and then I lock her in here as she won't come out. To make sure I remember she is in there I keep the keys with me.
Then later I will wonder why the garage keys are on my desk...  |
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Very mixed, i can forget what ive done half hour ago, hospital appointments they send a duplicate one to my mum
I can forget really big things in my life.
However, i can remember some really stupid stuff like a username from 10 years ago but not one from yesterday. Triggers can set me off to remember things so if i remember one thing then a whole lot come pouring back. I also suffer transitional global amnesia like and when im having an "episode" i dont make the memories to remember them |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't have a photographic memory but I just remember all sorts of shit. I didn't revise for exams until I got to uni as I was able to just dredge it up.
Since having the monkey though I've found the short term stuff going downhill. I blame 6.5 years of sleep deprivation  |
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"I must admit that my short term and recent memory leaves a lot to be desired..
basically, if I don't write an appointment down as soon as I know about it, its not happening
however, my long term memory is fantastic, I can recall stuff from years ago as well as from up to over a year ago..I can even remember chatting to men on here on older profiles (this one is almost 2 yrs old) as I have to stop them and say 'oh I remember you, you live at such and such, and you like that kind of music'..and they are flabbergasted lol
so my question is ...how is your memory, and can anyone improve their short term memory with brain training?"
So I bet you don't remember meeting us last week in the pub were we had a long chat then we had a restaurant meal then you invited us to your apartment and then things happens
Do you remember ?
You better lol  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I must admit that my short term and recent memory leaves a lot to be desired..
basically, if I don't write an appointment down as soon as I know about it, its not happening
however, my long term memory is fantastic, I can recall stuff from years ago as well as from up to over a year ago..I can even remember chatting to men on here on older profiles (this one is almost 2 yrs old) as I have to stop them and say 'oh I remember you, you live at such and such, and you like that kind of music'..and they are flabbergasted lol
so my question is ...how is your memory, and can anyone improve their short term memory with brain training?
I have a photographic memory "
my short term memory was fantastic in my 20's and 3o's..
certain jobs I had required me to remember vast amounts of numbers on a daily basis ...these days I have trouble remembering my mobile phone number! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I must admit that my short term and recent memory leaves a lot to be desired..
basically, if I don't write an appointment down as soon as I know about it, its not happening
however, my long term memory is fantastic, I can recall stuff from years ago as well as from up to over a year ago..I can even remember chatting to men on here on older profiles (this one is almost 2 yrs old) as I have to stop them and say 'oh I remember you, you live at such and such, and you like that kind of music'..and they are flabbergasted lol
so my question is ...how is your memory, and can anyone improve their short term memory with brain training?
So I bet you don't remember meeting us last week in the pub were we had a long chat then we had a restaurant meal then you invited us to your apartment and then things happens
Do you remember ?
You better lol "
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I feel lucky to have a very good memory ... have always been able to pick up song lyrics very quickly, to look at a map when I go somewhere new and kind of retain the image plus road numbers, junctions etc., in my head and then drive there without checking further (who needs a sat nav), have loads of trivia stored away, can recall phone numbers and postcodes even for people I'm no longer in touch with, and can usually remember conversations practically verbatim years later (which is good for winning arguments!).
Though strangely I'm not terribly good at recalling storylines of fictional books I've read in any great detail, even if I remember I enjoyed it. It'd seem that practical memories stick far better than creative ones (with the exception of song lyrics for some unknown reason  ). It really annoys me actually that my memory of fiction and films is usually so sketchy.
I don't deliberately do anything to train my brain except do sudokus now and again. One of the things I fear most about ageing is my memory deteriorating .... telling the same story over and over to the same person for example. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was known for my amazing memory.
Since I've not been sleeping it has gone to pot. I can forget what I'm talking about mid sentence.
Everything has to be written down or put in my calendar.
One of my cats likes to sneak in the garage and then I lock her in here as she won't come out. To make sure I remember she is in there I keep the keys with me.
Then later I will wonder why the garage keys are on my desk... "
Sleep deprevation is a killer on the memory! |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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My memory is, on a whole, excellent. I compartmentalise various aspects of my day and with a photographic one also it helps. I have 'triggers' which help with the recollection of certain things. With conversations they appear as if they are text on page and it helps me to recall smaller details. The things which are perceived as important at the time appear in bold. Sometimes I find it overwhelming to adjust to learning of new methods if they affect previous memories as I already have the preferred imprinted on my mind if that makes sense? |
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"I must admit that my short term and recent memory leaves a lot to be desired..
basically, if I don't write an appointment down as soon as I know about it, its not happening
however, my long term memory is fantastic, I can recall stuff from years ago as well as from up to over a year ago..I can even remember chatting to men on here on older profiles (this one is almost 2 yrs old) as I have to stop them and say 'oh I remember you, you live at such and such, and you like that kind of music'..and they are flabbergasted lol
so my question is ...how is your memory, and can anyone improve their short term memory with brain training?
So I bet you don't remember meeting us last week in the pub were we had a long chat then we had a restaurant meal then you invited us to your apartment and then things happens
Do you remember ?
You better lol
who are you again "
Omg you don't even know who we are
It is just been week damn it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My memory is pretty shit. ....Unless i need to know something. I can watch a film and not remember the plot moments later. Work and family stuff i remember mostly. I justify it by saying that i have so much else i have to remember that insignificant stuff gets deleted pretty quickly. Such is the life of a working mum. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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In 2008 I was doing a diploma in psychotherapy and counselling (I never finished it) but part of the course was attending Cardiff uni and placement with counsellers. The consultant psychologist took interest in me because of the way I recalled things, it led to me having ct scans and all these other tests and they discovered I have a condition if you want to call it a condition called hyperthymesia, or highly superior autobiographical memory. I can't control it, it's not like photographic memory I don't have to train my brain. Memories are just there. If I think of one thing or one particular day then the next day automatically comes in my head and the next and the next and so on.
Like my friend said what happened the day my son was born and I had a think (was 11 years ago) and I said right it was a Wednesday I was watching hollyoaks when you rang and said you'd had him, me and Joanne went to Sophie's (the newsagents) I bought you a bottle of cherry and a twirl and bought a bottle shaped balloon from the hospital shop, you were moaning about the noise of the seagulls outside the window and said you couldn't look at the babies belly button so the midwife had to put his nappy on!
My friends are used to my memory, I get calls or texts every now and again asking what happened in whatever year. It's handy sometimes but it's ruined my life if I'm honest, every single bad thing or event or action that made me upset or angry is as vivid as if it was happening now.
School though was a breeze, I didn't revise for one single exam and turned up to my GCSE's with a protractor a pen and bottle of poppers in my shirt pocket. Still passed every single one with A-C grades. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I can remember the house numbers from my paper round at age 13. I can remember the account numbers for every bank account I've ever had. I memorised every question for the driving theory test, completed it in ten minutes and got 100%.
But I have no fucking idea where I ever leave my keys |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I can remember the house numbers from my paper round at age 13. I can remember the account numbers for every bank account I've ever had. I memorised every question for the driving theory test, completed it in ten minutes and got 100%.
But I have no fucking idea where I ever leave my keys "
My short term memory isn't the best, I always lose my keys and bits and bobs in my house. Good thing is if I lose a particular item in my house, 2 weeks later without searching I could be driving and I'll get it in my head, come back in the house and go straight to where it is! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I must admit that my short term and recent memory leaves a lot to be desired..
basically, if I don't write an appointment down as soon as I know about it, its not happening
however, my long term memory is fantastic, I can recall stuff from years ago as well as from up to over a year ago..I can even remember chatting to men on here on older profiles (this one is almost 2 yrs old) as I have to stop them and say 'oh I remember you, you live at such and such, and you like that kind of music'..and they are flabbergasted lol
so my question is ...how is your memory, and can anyone improve their short term memory with brain training?"
My memory is shite. I use my phone to note all the important stuff and and peeps at me to tell me where I need to be |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Due to a serious head injury on the right side of my head when I was 17, my memory is pretty awful.
I learnt later on, that the right side of your brain is where memory recall is located. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My memory is pretty shit. ....Unless i need to know something. I can watch a film and not remember the plot moments later. Work and family stuff i remember mostly. I justify it by saying that i have so much else i have to remember that insignificant stuff gets deleted pretty quickly. Such is the life of a working mum."
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Memory is trainable, subject to your potential or limitations.
Mine's not too bad at all though I don't exercise it enough. That's short and longer term memory.
We're often now using tech, instead of our brains, so that is an issue that I'm aware of and feel uncomfortable about. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ha memory!! Mine crap. I find it's worse at work; things keep changing and I forget so many things. Most of the times I Can't remember what day it is. I am that bad. |
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"In 2008 I was doing a diploma in psychotherapy and counselling (I never finished it) but part of the course was attending Cardiff uni and placement with counsellers. The consultant psychologist took interest in me because of the way I recalled things, it led to me having ct scans and all these other tests and they discovered I have a condition if you want to call it a condition called hyperthymesia, or highly superior autobiographical memory. I can't control it, it's not like photographic memory I don't have to train my brain. Memories are just there. If I think of one thing or one particular day then the next day automatically comes in my head and the next and the next and so on.
Like my friend said what happened the day my son was born and I had a think (was 11 years ago) and I said right it was a Wednesday I was watching hollyoaks when you rang and said you'd had him, me and Joanne went to Sophie's (the newsagents) I bought you a bottle of cherry and a twirl and bought a bottle shaped balloon from the hospital shop, you were moaning about the noise of the seagulls outside the window and said you couldn't look at the babies belly button so the midwife had to put his nappy on!
My friends are used to my memory, I get calls or texts every now and again asking what happened in whatever year. It's handy sometimes but it's ruined my life if I'm honest, every single bad thing or event or action that made me upset or angry is as vivid as if it was happening now.
School though was a breeze, I didn't revise for one single exam and turned up to my GCSE's with a protractor a pen and bottle of poppers in my shirt pocket. Still passed every single one with A-C grades. "
Wow, that's amazing .... Well, apart from the poppers :-/ |
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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago
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Up until about 4 years or so ago, my memory was absolutely spot on. I could remember things/how to do things/passwords everything without a moments thought.
Now? Well, it's only a matter of time before I pitch up at work stark bollock naked because I've forgotten to get dressed  |
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There was a programme about research into memory on Radio 4 during the week. Ironically I can't remember much of it partly because I was only half listening but the hippocampus is very important for consolidating short term memory and transferring it to long term memory. The researchers were saying that they think one of the purposes of sleep is to download the information. They also said that it explained why some people had better long term memories (especially older people) since those memories were stored in a different place.
I think I probably didn't answer the op there...sorry |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to have a great memory but due to medication it's now utterly rubbish. I forget so much at the moment that I have to set reminders on my phone for literally everything, and even then I may still forget. Over the last 6 weeks I have forgotten a nurses appointment, parents evening at school, non-uniform day for the kids, their drum lessons, coffee with a friend, a dentist appointment, and probably more. I hate it.
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I had this chap PM me one afternoon. Local. Ish. Straight. Ish. So we're talking chating fine fine and I'm kinda vaguely interested and then he drops the bomb.
We've met before.
I ask a couple of questions. Yep. He's been here but nothing to delineate him in a meaningful way.
I casually ask for a face pic. He sends... Oh great! Thanks! How are you doing?
(still don't know who he is) |
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By *adyDangerWoman
over a year ago
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"My memory is very good...too good at times. It means I remember quite insignificant things and then people think those things were more important to me than they were.
Still, it's always made passing exams a piece of piss "
Gosh ruby I wish I could be like you. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My memory is very good...too good at times. It means I remember quite insignificant things and then people think those things were more important to me than they were.
Still, it's always made passing exams a piece of piss
Gosh ruby I wish I could be like you. "
I know, it's sweet, I could tell by your new username. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Short term memory is really bad had appointments at clinic for it but did forget to attend true .if wife does not write it down for me it not happening . Also when get to work cannot remember most of journey just sort of end up at work does not bother me about remembering things . Long term memory is excellent though |
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My memory is shot. But I know it and know why.
I had a stroke, a real beauty of one. Nothing external, movement unaffected, no facial changes, but 50% of my cerebellum was destroyed. The hospital treated is as a migraine. Yeah thanks for that.
It took time for the effects to be seen, but when they did I feared I had alzheimers, I stopped recognising routine things, even though they were in front of me, a set of keys didn't look like a set of keys, people who I had known 20 were just faces.
Eventually I got a diagnosis and brilliant support from my employer. It turned my life around.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"There was a programme about research into memory on Radio 4 during the week. Ironically I can't remember much of it partly because I was only half listening but the hippocampus is very important for consolidating short term memory and transferring it to long term memory. The researchers were saying that they think one of the purposes of sleep is to download the information. They also said that it explained why some people had better long term memories (especially older people) since those memories were stored in a different place.
I think I probably didn't answer the op there...sorry "
That's very interesting regardless of whether you answered my question or not
I did also wonder whether men remembered things differently to women... but I forgot to add that in the OP |
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Should of added this ;
Memory is about linkages and connections. The more links and connectivity the easier it is to recall.
Say a name - that's one set of links
Write it down - that's two
Put a picture to it - three
Put the name in a place - four
Etc etc
Access the memory in one way - five
Associate it with an emotion - six
You can train your memory. |
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I remember numbers, figures, facts to the extent that I can answer more nonsense questions on quiz shows than most of the contestants. I have a photographic memory for data and that helps me on my job as I can recall it all .... but I have an awful memory for where I put things down in the midst of working. I organise my filing system in a really different way from everyone else I know, but when it's filed, I always remember where it is .... not so with things I lay down. I think most of these 'vocational' memory lapses come when I am trying to do one hundred things at once as is normal in my life. |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"My memory is very good...too good at times. It means I remember quite insignificant things and then people think those things were more important to me than they were.
Still, it's always made passing exams a piece of piss
Gosh ruby I wish I could be like you.
I know, it's sweet, I could tell by your new username."
It might be best if you both ignore each others posts |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My memory is very good...too good at times. It means I remember quite insignificant things and then people think those things were more important to me than they were.
Still, it's always made passing exams a piece of piss
Gosh ruby I wish I could be like you.
I know, it's sweet, I could tell by your new username.
It might be best if you both ignore each others posts "
With pleasure. It's difficult to know which threads I can post on without causing such ire though, since this one seemed completely uncontroversial |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There was a study recently that proved that the quality of people's memories is declining in connection with the use of smart phones, as we don't need to remember pieces of information or numbers as they're directly available to hand.
My memory is awful and I won't remember conversations at all at times. I used to be able to recall and remember whole books of dialogue but now I can barely remember conversations from yesterday, sometimes it bothers me but then I forget |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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I have a naturally good memory; both short and long term and for personal events as well as facts, quotes, books and new knowledge. Apart from dates and times for some reason; hence why I keep a diary and set reminders. I am also the go to person for my mates dating back to childhood when they want to figure out something they've forgotten. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mine is truly shocking, I literally forget stuff in seconds and have difficulty placing what few memories I do have in chronological order.
I've had so many knocks on the head over the years it's hardly surprising. |
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"There was a programme about research into memory on Radio 4 during the week. Ironically I can't remember much of it partly because I was only half listening but the hippocampus is very important for consolidating short term memory and transferring it to long term memory. The researchers were saying that they think one of the purposes of sleep is to download the information. They also said that it explained why some people had better long term memories (especially older people) since those memories were stored in a different place.
I think I probably didn't answer the op there...sorry
That's very interesting regardless of whether you answered my question or not
I did also wonder whether men remembered things differently to women... but I forgot to add that in the OP "
That question was asked but I didn't listen to the answer. I'll have a look on iPlayer and see if I can find the program |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Should of added this ;
Memory is about linkages and connections. The more links and connectivity the easier it is to recall.
Say a name - that's one set of links
Write it down - that's two
Put a picture to it - three
Put the name in a place - four
Etc etc
Access the memory in one way - five
Associate it with an emotion - six
You can train your memory. "
That's useful |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have a really good memory. Even without trying i remember things like phone numbers, I know all my neighbours and friends cars by their registrations.
I do often forget faces though. I never remember famous people and could walk past someone I know in the street |
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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago
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i can remember feelings, but not much else about my past. but that's an improvement because i couldn't remember anything at one point.
it's good in a way coz i never hold grudges but now i can remember how someone made me feel and act on that. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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as a bit of a follow up, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia last week, so that would at least explain why my memory has gone to pot, as well as a few other things
apparently they call it fybro fog |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"as a bit of a follow up, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia last week, so that would at least explain why my memory has gone to pot, as well as a few other things
apparently they call it fybro fog "
I have a friend with that, i know what your going through and i give you my upmost sympathy |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"as a bit of a follow up, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia last week, so that would at least explain why my memory has gone to pot, as well as a few other things
apparently they call it fybro fog
I have a friend with that, i know what your going through and i give you my upmost sympathy"
still trying to get my head around it tbh ...I'm sure it will sink in eventually |
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By *htcMan
over a year ago
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my memory is good for things that arent needed and bad for things i need to know or remember,.
anything i see i remember, anything im told i usually forget.
i can still remember how to get from airport to a holiday home even tho i have ever used the route twice 5 years ago and had many roads roundabouts and motorways. but i can remember stuff like this but i still cant tell you when peoples birthdays are.
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