Meet the woman who cannot forget (www.rnz.co.nz)

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Imagine being able to remember every single day of your life, all the way back to when you were a newborn.

Australian woman Rebecca Sharrock is one of only 60 people in the world with a highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), also known as hyperthymesia.

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[-] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Wish she could share a slice of that power with me. I'm, like, 85% the opposite of that.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 4 months ago

Same here, except when it's not important, then I have perfect recall.

[-] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Saaaaame. Why are we like this 😅

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I feel like growing up I was really good at remembering things. Here I am over 40 and it's starting to be worrisome of the things I have forgotten. It's scary when someone brings up things that happened 20 years ago, and I struggle to remember what happened, or even worse, not remember it at all... the weird part is there are things my brain won't forget at all like when I listen to music I can recall specific songs playing, who I was with, and what we were doing like a decade ago with no problem.

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