I have memories from when I was 2yo. I can recall the plots and quotes from almost any movie or show I’ve ever seen. Like I watched criminal minds only once almost a decade ago but if I catch any snippet of an episode I can still recall the entire plot and likely a quote or two.

I have a great memory… unless it is something important

I cannot remember when I have appointments scheduled this week. Nor can I remember peoples names or things I told myself to remember five seconds ago. If I set something down it basically no longer exists and I will get up to look for it even if I set it right next to me.

Meds help (ADHD) but still it’s fucking annoying

depends, I already forgot the question

Depends on what it is. If it’s where I put something, something I need to get done, or what I went to the grocery store for, my memory is horrible. If it’s a completely useless fact that will never come in handy, my memory is amazing.

Inconsistent

Where am I? 🐠

Very bad.

I don’t remember going to bed last night, so there’s that.

It depends on what I am trying to remember. Unix commands and their options? Sure, that’s easy. Words in foreign languages? Harder, but still relatively easy. Names of other people? Fuck no.

What was the question again?

I’m very good at remembering names, dates, facts, and other bits of information, but am terrible at remembering when I need to do which things in the short term unless I write them down.

How about you?

Really depends on the subject. I can read technical documentation and books on programming easily. And I’ll remember a lot of stuff without putting in much effort. Also generally makes it easier if things are connected in a way and I can deduct or reason, or I already know related concepts. I can not however remember things I find uninteresting. It’s hard for me to remember names. And memorizing information which is just separate unconnected facts, is a mixed bag. Sometimes my brain happily stores many of them, sometimes I have to sit there for hours and force it to do it.

My memory was incredibly good until I got cancer and now its less good. I used to never have to study hard because I retained information easily. Sometimes it feels like my brain just stops working entirely for minutes at a time and I can’t even recall words anymore.

It used to be not quite photographic but very good. Ever since my sleep went to shit it’s gotten noticeably worse. It’s actually one of the most pronounced effects I’ve noticed of the years upon years of sleep deprivation.

Bad. Someone has to remind me what happened yesterday or at an event and -boom- I get a recall permission notification that sends me a mind video of a snippet.

Otherwise, my brain is firmly fixated on the present and somehow naively excited about future plans.

I used to think that I cherry-picked the past, but no I just average and flatten it quicker than most.

Introspection is something I’m capable of, but it’s mostly feelings based rather than event based because I can’t recall examples of my behaviour very well, I just vibe it.

It hasn’t affected me at school, my short term memory functions mostly okay, and I excel in getting things done, but it does bother me that my longterm recall is open only to strangers and not to myself.

I’m good with quotes and passages, bad with everything else, lol.