Recently, my life feels like a blur, like I dont really remember what happened even in the past 2 weeks, and this has cause me some anxiety.
I just want to know if this is what everyone’s memory is like.
How much of your life do you remember, like do you only remember major events in your life, or do you remember like what you have been doing for the past 2 weeks.
What I mean is like, if someone asked you “So, what have you been last week”
You can come up with an answer like:
“So I watched [X] movie on Netflix on Monday, went to a nearby park on Tuesday, ate at [X] restaurant on Wednesday, found a new interesting Youtube Channel to watch on Thursday, petted a friendly neighborhood cat on Friday…” etc…
And like you can still remember what happened that week the following Monday.
Like obviously most people wouldn’t remember what they ate every meal, but like just one major event that happened each day.
I feel like I don’t remember shit. Not a single event.
If I need to remember something then it’s terrible. If I never need to remember it then it’s burned into my brain and can be retrieved with zero effort and without even knowing how I learned it. Maybe I’m one of them idiot savants.
Every time I eat, I forget what I last shit. Every time I shit, I forget what I last ate. It’s a very simple system called FIFO (First In First Out). Very low memory requirements…
I feel like I know the answer to something, and it’s usually right, but I don’t have a recollection exactly of how I know it.
Huh?
Whaaa?
I tend to remember what I need when I need it, to the point where it’s creeped out my friends.
In high school I was talking to my friend and over the phone I hear his dad asking where his favorite cup is and I remember that 2 weeks prior when I was over I briefly saw it in the top left cabinet over their stove, so I told him.
It was still there.
Kind of bit me in the butt though because his dad became uncomfortable and didn’t let him invite me over anymore, lol.
I have repeatedly described my memory as ‘an etch a sketch held by a Parkinson’s patient’.
Might want to include your age as a benchmark also. Plus, how engaged you were at the time affects your recollection. I can’t remember exactly what happened two weeks ago without some effort and only with low precision, but can remember the numberplate of the jerkface bentley driver that brake checked me for several kms a decade ago. Over 50 yrs old.
I’d say… wait, what was the question?
Dude how did you forget. The question is…
wait…
hmm…
🤔
[Error: Brain.exe has crashed]
better buy ECC memory next time!
ecc can only help prevent (or fix) errors, what to do about lack of memory. that brings me back to, what was the question again
Time for swap, aka writing things down.
I’m probably wrong but:
Check your house for Carbon Monoxide.
It’s less fatal, but it’s worth checking carbon dioxide levels too.
Yea I got one. Nada. 0 PPM (or whatever the measurement unit is called) Its just depression.
I’m gonna get another carbon monixide detector to make sure. But its 99% the depression.
Sorry to hear that. Dancing like a complete spazz always helps me cheer up.
My memory is poor and my facial recognition is zero.
I remember broad timelines, and I try to take pictures of my life so I can look back and jog my memories. Sometimes weird memories randomly bubble up to my consciousness though.
Not nearly as good as it used to be that’s for sure
Ummm
Stress can wreck memory.
I am not great with faces, apparently, because people recognize me but I don’t recognize them, a lot. Like, no shit the FedEx guy bringing stuff to my work recognized me from grade school. Some people are REALLY good at recognizing people.
In general I’d say I am much better at figuring things out, than remembering them, and it has ever been so. Even in school I passed algebra by remembering the quadratic formula and just figuring out the rest of it each time. I don’t do things the same way every time. When I try to do things by rote, without thinking I fuck them up.
If it’s bothering you, try mindfulness - throughout the day take a breath, relax and become more aware of what you are doing and hearing and seeing and feeling. Get in the habit of paying close attention.
But I do think it’s normal to sort of discard a lot and only remember a little.
extremely bad, but it depend on what things, like i can’t remember what was my last meal or something, but i can remember “stem” (can’t think of a better word here) fairly.
I remember only what I need and I don’t need much. Some things are good to forget.
