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The not so amazing memory man

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I know my wifi passkey off by heart, the long number on my visa card. I not only know the scientific names of hundreds of garden plants but also where they like to grow and how to look after them.

So how come i can never remember my mum's birthday?

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By *zQTWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere

I’m the opposite. I’ll remember anyone and everyone’s birthday.... everything else? Not so much

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I can remember phone numbers, my long card numbers and birthdays. But not appointments I make or plans I make x

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By *adMerWoman
over a year ago

Sandwich


"I know my wifi passkey off by heart, the long number on my visa card. I not only know the scientific names of hundreds of garden plants but also where they like to grow and how to look after them.

So how come i can never remember my mum's birthday? "

Because that’s what a diary/calendar is for

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to remember my friends and family phone numbers when I was a kid

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South

I have a terrible memory. I think mine is a side effect of being a depressive

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to remember phone numbers, post codes and number plates.

Now I don't know what day of the week it is

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Since the introduction of the mobile phone no one seems to be able to remember phone numbers any more.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My memory is brilliant except for remembering the coldest part of a fridge...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can barely remember my own name let alone anything else so fair fucks

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham, North Yorkshire and can travel

My memory is shocking atm. It's worse than a broken seive. I am blaming the menopause.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to bother about not remembering things, but then I forgot why I worried so much...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My long term memory is pretty good. And if I deliberately embed a memory it’s good. But remembering someone’s name after they have just told me or standing in the kitchen wondering what the fuck did I come here for. Useless.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"My long term memory is pretty good. And if I deliberately embed a memory it’s good. But remembering someone’s name after they have just told me or standing in the kitchen wondering what the fuck did I come here for. Useless."

I have terrible trouble with people's names too. I find i have to repeat it several times as soon as they tell me. Then they just end up looking at me as though i'm a bit special.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I good with numbers but terrible with remembering how I know people I randomly bump into years later.

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford

There are only 3 things I can’t remember - names, dates and, errrr, ummm

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My long term memory is pretty good. And if I deliberately embed a memory it’s good. But remembering someone’s name after they have just told me or standing in the kitchen wondering what the fuck did I come here for. Useless.

I have terrible trouble with people's names too. I find i have to repeat it several times as soon as they tell me. Then they just end up looking at me as though i'm a bit special. "

Yep that’s how I do it. Every opportunity I have to use their name when talking to them helps reinforce it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have chronic ptsd.. I can't remember what I did an hour ago..

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I'm dreadful with names but I can remember every word of a conversation held a year ago.

For birthdays I rely on a combination of Facebook and reminders set into my phone calendar.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Probably due to the ways and means for memory and recall, which are varied, rather than 1 type. If you're neurologically healthy, you should be able to improve your memory and recall to some extent, unless you currently have a near perfect system.

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