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Total Recall: The Woman Who Can't Forget

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Re: Total Recall: The Woman Who Can't Forget

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I was like this for east and west when given north for the longest time. I would always ask my little brother which way east or west was.

Never Eat Soggy Waffles. Point in the four directions clockwise. It took many years of saying this alloud before I had it anywhere near down. I still ocasionally have issues. I also had problems with left/right and the months of the year.

Well the other problem was with clockwise... Couldn't do that either.

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I have the strangest memory. I can remember facts, theorems, and all sorts of things that are easy to reason about, but my experiential memory is crap. I find my friends talking about things we did together and I can't participate because I don't remember very well. However, I'm beginning to suspect it's because I spend too much time thinking to myself and not enough time paying attention to the outside world. Does a…

I've got a pretty similar memory. Can't remember events. To remedy this I try to keep a log of event(call it a diary if you will) so that I remember some important things I don't want to forget.

Have you noticed your experiential memory improving as you keep the log? I once kept a dream diary, and I started remembering my dreams really really well.
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