AUTISM AND MEMORY | The Aspie World

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@vegetason7780]

my fav movie is THE GODFATHER

[@mrsrellim]

My favourite movie is The Princess Bride

[@requiredparticular6831]

Sometimes I entertain myself in my head while out walking. Other times my memory haunts me...say if I remember something I regret saying to someone. Then my anxious tick starts.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah!!!

[@awitcheskid]

Is having a nervous tick after thinking of an embarrassing memory an autistic trait? I do that a lot.

[@adolphaselrah9506]

Required Particular I thought I was the only one who did that. I make up stories in my head to entertain me. Sometimes I’ll be listening to music and I’ll pretend they are singing it or imagine something that goes along with the song. So much time can pass that way. Which can be a blessing and a curse, especially if you’re on a bus and you missed your stop because you were too invested in your thinking. But yeah that one time you did that one embarrassing thing. Ugh. Buggers.

[@ascgazz]

Post conversational guilt. I know that one pretty well.

[@epicmage82]

Omg all the time! It's usually on those extremes too. Either I'm entertaining myself, or torturing myself.

[@archiecook55]

I randomly remember things that are funny and start laughing all the time too

[@dighyfveirfuveifbuv4420]

I recently went through a faze of breaking out in uncontrollable laughter whenever I had to sit and listen in a meeting. So embarrassing . I just couldn't shake the image of my friend making a silly face from my head. It got so bad I had to start walking out of rooms

[@jasonvancura2139]

I'm the same way. Sometimes I'll just be sitting there, and I'll just bust out laughing if I remember something funny!

[@gamergurl1905]

Unicorn Lady (formerly archiecook55) me 2

[@lessandra602]

this made me smile lol

[@tragictransformerelectra3319]

Unicorn Lady (formerly archiecook55) I do that too! XD

[@Kai-uj5go]

I never honestly thought about peoples memories not being like a film type playback. The more i learn the more amazed i become.

[@NeurodivergentRebel]

Your memory sounds a lot like mine but I CAN NOT remember the words in conversations only the gist of a conversation

[@Hvime]

Neurodivergent Rebel exactly same problem

[@Hvime]

Neurodivergent Rebel sometimes I remember that I talked about a topic or about something but don't know what we said .. or I said..

[@uzi_does_it_2017]

That is me exactly, I just remember this concise abstract idea which the words led to. That's one I'd the reasons I'm not very good at telling stories. 😂

[@phillipmcgough6282]

the ONLY reason i'm good at my job is that i remember every meeting

[@kristinemccuen8988]

I can't remember names or dates. But I can tell you what page information is on and where on the page.

[@purplebutterfly224]

Like you, and many people in the comments, my short term memory is trash. I was wondering if anyone else has trouble remembering movies or shows? I'll watch a movie, and as soon as it's over I can't recall it.

[@TheAspieWorld]

No, I actually can remember movies and shows perfectly after one viewing.

[@anascarlet]

I can't remember names of movies and shows, but I can remember what they're generally about and some scenes stick in my mind especially well, but not being able to remember the name makes it hard to have conversations about them xD

[@fordangeloj1369]

McAllieJoy I have issues remembering peoples names and what I ate the day before, but I can remember having my diaper changed as an infant.

[@IamMissPronounced]

This is interesting, because everytime my partner and I walk out of the cinema I have to take like 10 minutes to discuss the entire movie, otherwise I totally forget what I just watched lol.

[@Grace-nt9cc]

I actually have trouble with songs sometimes. I can't recall the words until I hear the music! 😔 Except I have not been diagnosed with Asperger's! It depends what it is that I am trying to remember. I'm not good with dates or days! I may recall something that happened, but I don't always remember when! 😕 Thank you for making this video!!! 🙂🤗

[@JasonX00]

I carry a little note book around me at work. When my boss gives me a task I write it down because I will just draw a blank a few moments later. I will ask people a couple of times what they tell me. My long term memory is really good. I remember like a movie and images. Congratulations on that Chemistry Degree. It is so cool. Peace✌

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yes!!! Like a movie is a perfect description! Haha thank you to was a fun degree!

[@lunawolfheart336]

If someone promises me something all always remember it and ill get mad if someone dosent follow up on a promis but people who made ths promis probly forgot but i always remember so dont promis me something that won't happen

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah.

[@carlillingworth88]

I think memory, sensory processing disorder, anxiety and hyper focus are all interlinked.

[@DrBreussVonDenMutter]

You are right they are.

[@nvandermark3517]

True. If you had traumatic experiences in life. They might misdiagnose you on the autism spectrum.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes

[@IrisKarls]

Omg! I'm gonna share this video with my family, because this is so me 😅 My mom has always been puzzled about my childhood memories, how they are so exact and how I can remember conversations, situations, tiny (useless) details but how I cannot remember, when she tells me to go do something xD

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey awesome! Thank you for the comment 😬⚡️.

[@samlazar574]

That is like me.

[@staytonmatter3793]

😩 💯

[@katiebibeau6783]

I’m a recently diagnosed Aspie (only took me 34 years to get diagnosed lol) and I identified so much with just about everything you said!! I have terrible short term memory but insanely good long term with some things. One example is when I’m writing, suddenly a word I’ve “never heard” pops into my head and when I look it up, it means exactly what I’m trying to say with whatever I’m writing. What I’ve come to suspect is it’s like you said, I’m always recording, and everything gets stored in my long term memory until I need it. But it’s not all available to me on cue. I remember conversations from when I was young, my phone number, friend’s phone numbers, etc. but I will forget so much of what someone says to me in the moment. I don’t know how it all works either but I appreciate you making these videos!!!

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey glad to have you here!! Thank you so much for the comment! Please subscribe to my channel to see more videos from me :).

[@mswhite1004]

Im 40 just figured it out but need to be diagnosed

[@MrAdriancooke]

It only took me 56 years to get diagnosed 🙄

[@darrenruben2981]

Hi team. Behavior are not diseases so please refrain from saying diagnosed

[@idontwantahandle526]

I've been diagnosed for years now, but you just calmed my hypochondric ass down MASSIVELY, thank you so much!! I got to thinking I was experiencing brain fog, fell down the rabbit hole and came out thinking I've got cancer... I've alsways been this same level of forgetful, I have no idea how this happened just now

[@Vincentville]

My autistic son (almost five years old) is constantly amazing me at the details he remembers. A lot of times it's when we're in the car and a visual will trigger a very specific memory that he'll blurt out. Before he even had any words he would get agitated when in the car and we took a turn where we normally wouldn't. It baffled me how he could have such a great sense of where we were! It's not always easy to understand from my perspective but it certainly fascinates me. Thanks for your insight! :)

[@TheTrooperMB]

basicly , it's stressful not to know where we are going to , i always spend hours on google maps to drive somewhere , it's so stress inducing that we must comfort by knowing things , for anxiety purposes :) (im 26)

[@madsinger4life274]

well he's like 30 now. he started channel like 3 or 4 years ago.

[@ShaylaAnthony]

I've got 3 kiddos on the spectrum @Vincentville. They are all the same. I am also on the spectrum, and my memory is different. I have issues with short term memory, but I will remember it later on. I also have a very vivid memory when images are present. I can recall things in my head if I have seen it and there are colors or images present.

[@puttputt524]

Vincentville I could always see angles and patterns in carpet designs and floors and I was six but I had none of the mathematical language to describe it (bisecting angles, adjacent, alternate interior), they formed lines in the ground and I could play the “don’t step on lava” game even on plain floors. Internally I kinda thought this was OCD ish in my teenage years. Professor grandin describes this as visual pattern thinkers.

[@Maius26]

You will need to be wise regarding what you say and how you say it, because if he is anything like my Brother he will be able to remember every word expression and deed decades after you're gone.

[@RachelBurkein84]

I'm the complete opposite, I remember the birthdays of almost everyone that I ever met. I'm obsessed with dates and numbers. I did not have to study in school because I could remember everything in class. I struggle with spelling

[@TheAspieWorld]

👍🏼

[@cryptodeveloper]

Wow, this is so me. I'm 29 and I remember the birthdays of everyone who has ever told me the date of their birthday.

[@eray.1605]

same

[@nikibattles6267]

I just found your channel and I'm in love 😍 my husband and my son both have aspergers and I like to keep myself informed and I love the way you explain things

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey!! That’s amazing! Thank you for stopping by! Awesome comments like this make it all worth it!

[@saramessina4745]

iii

[@dshuffman32]

I have autism spectrum disorder level 1, but I can't remember conversations , and I can remember a few birthdays. Though, i have poor working memory. I seem to be good at remembering things in the past and movie quotes.

[@nephco]

Yeah, me too.

[@Irishstile]

@@nephco So do I.

[@camila_costa12]

my short term memory is also bad but there are things i just cant forget

[@helenk6197]

I have a different experience actually. I seem to have virtually no memory before 5 years old and huge gaps in my memory of my life. I just remember small snippets here and there but my memory is mostly blank. My theory is that because of my Aspergers, I was perhaps "shut down" at those times because I did not know how to cope so did not retain those memories. I have never run this theory by any professionals though. Why do you think I seem to have big chunks of memory missing?

[@TheAspieWorld]

Oh.

[@aspieforlife950]

I have that problem

[@nephra.extraterrestrial]

Oh, this is how my memory works (or rather not works) I thought it was just because nothing interesting happened, so my brain decided not to keep the memory xD

[@butterflyssparkles1923]

I feel u same here I have that problem to

[@stephaniejane306]

Same here. I can't really remember anything before the age of about 7 and still after that until now I can only recall snippets. The worst is when my brain decides to have a flashback, usually to an unpleasant/embarrassing experience, when I'm in bed trying to go to sleep.

[@pamtufnell6751]

and mental maths is rubbish coz of short term memory and I can do algebra coz its a method

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yes!!!!

[@TheBoagboy]

Oh thank god I’m not the only one lol

[@puttputt524]

Pam Tufnell scratch paper is for chumps

[@Luculencia]

I suck at mental arithmetic. I'm good at algebra & set logic etc, but I get all confused when numbers are involved :/ can do arithmetic on paper but numbers in my head get jumbled up somehow.

[@TomO-if7nh]

When I was diagnosed and they did the mental math part, they said that i was the first one to get every question right.

[@miriammaldonado7848]

I love the way you present yourself, thank you for sharing your own personal experience...you're awesome, God bless you abundantly.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey thank you so much! And thank you for commenting!

[@WeepingWidowSueAna]

Love your videos. So glad to see someone with Asperger's make a video on it! I have OCD really bad and my husband has Asperger's so we can both relate SO much to your videos! It has really meant a lot to him to see your videos because he had a really terrible past and was rejected by friends and family due to his Asperger's. It wasn't until 2016 that he was diagnosed and realized why people had made fun of him all his life for being "different".

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yay!!

[@cyclinggirl3212]

This is so me - I remember every conversation and I can remember what the person wore that day. I remember everything.

[@pamtufnell6751]

my short term memory is abismal and I don't remember my xs birthday and I went out with him for seventeen and a half years

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah I feel ya!

[@animalia5554]

I have to do math to remember how old I am.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

animalia555 find something simple to determine your age; I was born in 1999 so I remember that "I'm a year ahead" like it's 2018 now and I'm 19, 2070 I'll be 71

[@leliarock6]

My husband and I have been together for 12 years. He has only recently started to remember my birthday bc he realized I'm a socket 7/16!!

[@FindingFarrahBlog]

I can hardly remember my own wedding anniversary date... I’m rubbish with dates. And also the short term stuff too. I only passed at tests in school by cramming right before going into the test. And to get literally anything done even simple things to remember like empty the dishwasher, I make a to do list most days to get anything done.

[@sliewood]

When I was younger and corrected adults recollection of events/conversations etc...I was told I was a liar (I guess it made them look foolish) and was denigrated for it. I learned to stop doing it. I found dissociation instead. I envy your generation-aspergers and autism aren't punishable personality traits now. I worked (support) with young primary age Aspies (1-2-1) and now realise why I understood them so well; I've never had an official diagnosis-i really don't need one, way too late now to be of any use. But my memory for names, dates, lists, anything visual in my head- is shot. Short term is crap and I also have big issues with long term recall now due to concurrent (and possibly derivative) mental health difficulties. It's good to see you so positive; keep spreading the word. ☮️

[@TheAspieWorld]

Haha I did this to in primary school! Please subscribe to my channel to see more videos from me :).

[@jflaugher]

I was just diagnosed with Asperger's, and I can remember things from when I was 2 or 3, but I often have trouble remembering something my wife said to me 5 minutes ago. My favorite movie, currently, is Batman Begins. I rewatch it over and over. Also Star Trek movies and TV shows as well as the original Star Wars trilogy are high on my favorites list. I've always been a big fan of comic books and science fiction - with Star Trek and Star Wars as my personal favs. And I have always loved Batman, ever since I was a little kid watching the Batman TV show staring Adam West. I'm also a big fan of Lord of the Rings. I also enjoy the fantasy genre as well. Which is probably why I used to love playing Dungeons & Dragons when I was a kid.

[@Nameksfan]

I enjoy the Lord of the Rings movies and books too!

[@labpro72505]

I'm great with remembering people's birthdays and anniversaries.

[@felixbarrett1800]

I've always thought that I remember conversations verbatim because it allows me to review any parts that I didn't understand at a later time. I also find I remember more of a conversation when I'm afraid that I'll make the person I'm talking to angry by misinterpreting something they say.

[@jhopsi]

I have Aspergers.. my short term memory is shot. Forget where I put things, park the car, what I went to a room for. but my long term memory is impeccable.. Especially things I read about. I can remember the key points in everything I read. Especially statistics etc. Came in handy being a Youth Worker =) I like your videos. Subscribed from Australia. PS: my memory of conversation or places I have been.. is like a movie playing in my head.. but it's like I'm seeing it with my eyes open and not seeing the room. The colours are richer for me in my memory.

[@redrockasrama7215]

I have a terrible memory and my mind rejects numbers. I have very poor visual memory supposedly. Dates and times confuse me and cause a lot of distress. I have written my name wrong. Written my phone number wrong. And I told them I was 21 because I forgot I'm 33. I used to have childhood memories in senses rather than pictures but I lost most of that.

[@MattCM89]

This is so relatable. I play Table Tennis and keeping score is such a struggle. You need to remember who served last, who serves next, who scored the last point and the both the previous points. I use an app now to keep track and people always look at me as if I'm stupid. It's really frustrating but this really makes more sense now thank you!

[@509Gman]

This past June I was visiting my parents, we ended up driving on a highway that we normally didn’t take (it was on the opposite side of a city than where we go to, never have a need). It felt very familiar to me, and I sat and puzzled why for about five minutes, and recalled that we had driven that highway in that direction coming back from a trip from somewhere even farther in that direction once... twenty five years ago (I must have been seven or six at the time). Kinda freaked me out that I could have such a vivid memory of something so mundane so long ago at such a young age.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@goopyfaerie]

this is one of the most helpful videos that I've ever seen about asd because memory is hardly ever discussed

[@royalmaist9385]

Hi Dan!!!! The way you described your long and short-term memory is almost identicle to how my own memory works. I have never been Diagnosed with asperger's, but I did take the test that you reccomended in a video and got a score of 34 out of 50. Also, I'm pretty certain I have ADHD. Your channel has helped me discover things about myself mentally at the age of 16❤

[@TheAspieWorld]

Oh that is super cool!! Please subscribe to my channel to see more videos from me :).

[@resiliencebyveronica7601]

You have helped me so much! I can’t find words enough to how thankful I am for your channel. Now I understand EVERYTHING in my life

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey, no problem thank you so much for the support!!!

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

I have to write all of my passwords and usernames in a notebook yet I can remember everything I had for Christmas 1966. My favourite movie, Dan, is 'Dead Poets' Society'.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Oh cool!!!

[@crawlinginfilm9683]

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[@patricklaird8796]

Great vid! I was diagnosed ADHD/Aspergers at age 40 by both a psychologist and a psychiatrist. The reason for seeking them out being a fairly nasty divorce. You struck a nerve with short term and long term memory. We’ve all heard it said “a memory like a steel trap”. With Asperger’s I found my short term memory is more often like a steel sieve. Additionally, One of the most interesting parts of the syndrome to me is the errant thoughts that pop into my head during a serious conversation. These thoughts may make me a snicker, smile, or smirk inappropriately. This has caused quite a lot of confusion and disdain for conversation in my life. Yet the memories of these times more often than not make me laugh. Thanks for the great content! God bless. Keep up the good work.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey thanks man, yeah it’s a super interesting part to it all. Thank you so much for the comment! Please subscribe to my channel to see more videos from me :).

[@wartem]

I remember in detail all bad experiences I've ever had.

[@mswhite1004]

Sadly me too

[@spiritsofwolves]

Same and they tend to haunt me constantly when im thinking of something else thats bad everything but most of my tantrums which i tried not to remember

[@tdc3298]

Sadly, it happens to me too😢

[@lizwillson3349]

Love your channel. Diagnosed at age 60. I'm graduallyy getting to understand my weirdness, making my life easier to navigate. I have a remarkable long term memory , especially for scientific data. first childhood memory was before I could speak. you have helped me so much. Thank you!

[@giftedandblack494]

Yeah hes right, I can remember things in childhood very well. Even when we at work went out to drink, I would drink just as much or more as anyone but I was the one who could tell everyone what happened the night before. This is a good show.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@louisemiller3958]

This is a huuuuuuge issue for me and one that i have found embarrassing at times. Yes i do that playback thing and can remember conversations from primary school. This was a great video, over the years i have thought im just a bit sort of slow with the short term memory problems,but everything is falling into place now and these videos are helping with that. Thankyou.xxx

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey no problem. Thank you for the comment.

[@ruthiemay4799]

My favorite movie is THE ACCOUNTANT with Ben Affleck. I've watched it countless times. Ben's character is an Aspie and an assassin!!! 🤓🤓🤓

[@TheAspieWorld]

Ooh yeah

[@dlarsen325]

This sounds sooo much like my young daughter who has aspergers! She has an amazing memory for things that happened in the past! I'm always blown away by stuff she says! Yet her short term memory like you mentioned is so Swiss cheese! :) I love these videos and find them incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@lisafrequency55]

My aspie loved one has very good long term memory. His short term memory is ify . He seems to get stuck on past memories a lot. He does seem to relive past events and is able to recite everything that was said by all the people. He seems to feel a need to go back in time a lot what is frustrating for the normies around him is he wants to take us all back there with him and tries to force us to listen to his account of the same events over and over.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah!!

[@wjsntopia]

I am so happy I found your channel! With every video, the more I understand my Aspergers and why I am the way I am. Thank you so much!

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey I am so happy you are here! Thank you so much for the kind words and thank you for the comment 😬⚡️.

[@kalinap4894]

My favourite film is probably the 2017 IT

[@yaoifunfun4094]

This was the video that I decided to subscribe. I am a writer; i.e. fanfiction mostly fanon; & original fiction too. My readers all tell me, that my writing is, "like watching a film unfold." I have always been polite and thanked them for that interesting observation; but, it was not until seeing THIS video of yours, that THAT comment they have often made to me, FINALLY makes ANY sense! So, thank you for that. Also, I have an unusual job too. And it is that ability to rattle on and on about a WIDE range of topics that makes me very good at what I do. : ) So, while some people may find that having Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, (writing backward) and Dysverbia; (speaking backward) a problem, I never have. Ever since when as a child, I was a sass, never letting others tell me who or what I was inside; and I don't know what happened when as an Adult, I had just allowed that to happen, time and time again. Tearing at the threads of my human tapestry, as others did their best to unravel me. So, recently, I have had an eye opening change in my perspective about myself. See, ever since I could walk and talk, I knew I was 'different.' I 'felt' words, and colors. Some things, IF you even mentioned them, I could even 'taste' them. I got called an 'oddball' a lot. My constant mistake in being too trusting and answering others questions no matter the rudeness of the boundary breaking on THEIR part had become, was my undoing self-esteem wise for a l o n g time, until I went to College and learned differently. Self- taught how to read by age 4. I learned to write my ABC's and 123's backward first, then front-way's, as I used to call it. And although I have SEVERE Math Disorder, I had memorized formulas in Algebra just so I could just get halfway through it enough to FINALLY graduate College by (also, I had to in writing) promising the Dean to give him more Sciences to balance out my Degree requirements. My family made fun of me for even finishing College, as I have done nothing with it, *in their eyes* due to no career path was achieved through it. I don't care, because of my unique *disorders* I was able to take some cool extra courses so I learned a LOT of things most people with only an Associates Degree never get the chance to do. :P Plus, the College paid for my diagnosis, because I was always running away from Math. That ANXIETY was SO severe? I got physically ill, EXTREME headaches, and chills and even vertigo, See, as a child back in the 60's I had a cruel Math Teacher who used to BEAT me and make fun of me, and get the others involved too. So, I always had to deal with the cruel teasing's of others; a lot of people too; peer's and even family picked on me for it, still, I tried to see ANY of it as a cool gift and NOT a disability. Like, I can see a picture of me at an early age; and suddenly I remember EXACTLY what had occurred before, during and after the photo was taken. I used to think I was a FREAK, because THAT was how I was labeled as a kid. Constantly told this, you kinda start believing it. I am also on the High end of the Autistic Spectrum, and I think that is cool too. Not sure IF I have Asperger's, but, would not be surprised IF this were so; for I can go on and on about A LOT of topics, lol. From Socrates to Marvel, and don't EVEN get me started on my HP 'Drarry' ship! Just recently realized I was also Asexual, so THAT has been quite the surprise as well. Although I have always believed that, 'Label's" were for Soup Cans and NOT Human beings; still, I now understand why they Naturally Occur in our Society. It assists us in better understanding one another. Understanding brings about positive changes, and positive changes help us all to evolve into better human beings. : )

[@bettyred]

My son can remember in great detail things in the past. Down to colors, smells, music that was playing and details said.He cannot remember the order of daily events like getting dressed then brushing your hair and teeth etc. He cannot memorize multiplication no matter how hard anyone has tried including tutors etc yet he is one of the most intelligent students in his high school. Anyone else have these issues?

[@dez4228]

bettyred67 red Yeah I have almost the exact same kind of memory that you are describing to the T. The only difference was that I couldn't grasp English or writing but excelled in math through most of my school career :)

[@bettyred]

Nathan Lajambe Yes usually it is math that is a strong point or the arts or music. For him it is the arts and music. He was playing the drums at two years old like an adult. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate hearing stories of other people on the spectrum.

[@nunpho]

bettyred67 red I'm similar, do you know what dyscalculia is? I have that too, it seems to tie in with autism a lot

[@bettyred]

jo I will look in to dyscalculia thank you

[@nunpho]

bettyred67 red no problem, I never even knew what it was until I was an adult and I think people should be as aware of it as they are with dyslexia. I'm in my 30s now so maybe they recognise it in schools today but they didn't when I was a kid and I even got private tutoring but it didn't help. I just can't remember numbers, dates, times etc and I couldn't tell the time properly until I was in high school.

[@andydavies6051]

Everyone of these I’ve seen is giving me more understanding. I can barley remember my parents birthday but can remember exactly where and what I was doing when I learnt the word ‘synonymous’ 🤷‍♂️

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah I’m totally like that!

[@MT-kx7ff]

I both love and hate my mind. I remember almost everything I see, hear, and smell. Sometimes it comes in handy, especially when I have to clarify something or break up a confusion-based argument between two people. I can use it to impress my friends and family, especially when I draw or recite poetry from memory. Other times I'm sent into deep depression or anxiety by something troubling I saw when I was three. It doesn't help that it's all photographic, either. As for my favorite movies, I love the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and The Philadelphia Story.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@crazy4disney710]

Oh my son remembers important dates birthdays, anniversary, upcoming appointments. But does forget to brush his teeth or get his phone before leaving the house. And was always laughing to him self. It used to brother me because I didn't know what he was laughing at. But now he's older and sometimes shares what it is. It make me happy 😊 I was actually looking for your Autism and video games video but can't find it. When I came across this one. 👍🏼keep up the videos I enjoy them all.

[@snowball_from_earth]

I am not diagnosed with Aspergers, but I remember completely random facts or events from years ago, but have no idea what people said a few seconds ago. When someone tells me fetch this and take that upstairs I'll go there and have no idea what I was supposed to do. And if someone asks me things like "Have you already fed the mice?" I have to think of me in the situation of feeding the mice and then check if I find that memory of today. I also really hate history lessons for having to remember every date some radom human did something stupid. I would like to hear your opinion on that. I'm also thinking about telling my mom I would like to get it checked, because then I'd have a reason for all the weird stuff I've done and know I'm not just weird. My mom somehow suspects I might have Aspergers and asked me about it a few times. Any recommendations are hugely appreciated.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Potentially on the spectrum.

[@lindamanlises3426]

Snowball e

[@ihavenothadmycoffee]

I can totally relate to that. And I am not diagnosed either. So, about history, I draw mind maps, because is easier for me to memorize the mental image (not just for the date, but all the information)

[@ihavenothadmycoffee]

@Fires And Flowers that is not it. For example, I have really good memory for facts. Is so easy for me if I am interested. I can read a scientific text once and remember almost everything, but I strugle when I have to memorize dates, names or faces. Or I can be talking to someone about something important, then something interrupts the conversation and when I try to continue, I can not remember what were we talking about

[@Maius26]

If you have good visual recall, as most of us have, try to put conversation content into visuals straight away, you may find it easier to recall that way. With dates and so forth visualize the numbers, or create a visual mnemonic for it. Good luck.

[@shnn1a]

Learning what filmographic memory is just change my life

[@ricky8562]

This is so me. I have terrible short term memory but amazing long term about the most random things.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@catwhisperer3628]

I can remember being six months old, laying on couch, staring at x-mass tree lights and dozing off. I remember how the colors blurred together and also thinking how I was wondering when someone would come in and pick me up. I knew that I could not walk yet. I remember even my thoughts on that occasion.

[@adamhager159]

Cat Whisperer I remember a thing that happened when I was about four or five. I was riding on the bottom of the shopping cart cause I was a difficult little turd😂 well anyways my father was pushing the cart and I was touching the ground... My father reprimanded me for doing this, and I waited for him to look away and did it again, and as it happened I got my thumb run over. Needless to say my thumb is fine, but Darnit that hurt. Looking back I admit I was at fault but it was freaking hilarious to me now.

[@catwhisperer3628]

That's funny. It must be something significant to us that registers these memories in our brains. I laughed when you said it was your thumb, because I hurt my thumb at about three years old. Playing with a bike in the garage and my dad just got done telling me to leave it alone, also.

[@bollyollybolly]

My memory is weird. I can't remember very important things or dates. Though, I can remember numbers. I've memorized the phone number on deodorant, toothpaste, and other random things. The other day I decided to memorize a few numbers of pi, I'm already at 23 digits in. I plan on getting a lot farther. My short term memory on the other hand, is horrible. I'm not sure how my memory works, but I'm currently trying to figure it out.

[@Nightelfmusic]

Omg yes same i can't remeber dates, but figures, measurements, phone numbers and random letter number passwords idk why, but i read three times and it's mine for life!

[@solbioknao7478]

Same I learnt 500 digits of pi in 4 days but I can't remember the name of my friends

[@adamhager159]

Olivia Is Quite Annoying wow, I never thought to do that. I guess it wasn't my fixation during grade/middle school. Mine was chemistry, and physics then.

[@nephco]

This is so true for me. Wow. It sounds like I am experiencing the same phenomenon. I can remember all my computer and website passwords from up to 20 years ago or measurements of tools I need to pick up at Lowe's Hardware, but I can't come up with a family member's name. I have to use my phone to take notes on new names or I won't remember at all.

[@aurielle3]

This is very interesting. My son is almost 8 and we've known about his aspergers since he was about 5. He has such a difficult time remembering things I've asked him to do or not to do. But can remember several specific events in detail from years ago. Now it all makes sense. Thanks so much for making these videos.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey no problem I love making videos :)!

[@ParanormalGeek]

Oh boy the more videos I watch the more I can relate

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah!

[@gingern3554]

Same!

[@calmstep4642]

Desperate for my diagnosis. Been diagnosed with OCD ADHD ANXIETY DEPRESSION PTSD. my three kids are autistic two high functioning. I understand them so well which is a plus however frustrating when o have my meltdowns and sensory overloads. Blah yikes arg. I feel like I'll never find someone to evaluate me. Thanks for the videos!!! My husband is so glad i found you

[@miriammaldonado7848]

Good morning Dan Could you please make a video on children's homework from kindergarten to 8th grade, thanks love your attitude!

[@janetzinati1190]

I have brushed up and tricked my abilities and skills to be able to perform to my better best bc from one aspie to another I look up to U and now U and a few others in the aspie world have mptivated me and peaked my interest in starting my own blog with all my horrible and great experience in this mind I've been hiding in my whole life to share what people have always wanted to know about me bc ive never let people in till now bc I'm not good at socializing about myself or about others who nake me feel weird bc I know I have always been weird...I've just acfually learnt to figure out how to even accept who I am and to be prkud of wvwrything I've accompliahed even if it is still just all in my head. Now I'm going to try and make it a reality from Canada... U ROCK!!!!!

[@angelabarbera3353]

I am not diagnosed but I meet about 85 to 90 percent of traits that I've been diligently researching for some self identity. I am currently in my 3rd semester of community college pursing a degree in psychology. One of the biggest struggles that I have is not knowing how to study to retain information. Everything you describe in this video describes me. I still make A's in classes that highly interest me. Biology still interests me in many ways, but there are many parts like the different types of bonds and all that good stuff that is less interesting to me because my brain just can't comprehend it into a simpler explanation. Any tips that could help?

[@colleenc1993]

Hi, I got diagnosed 2 years ago & I’m 24. Ur videos have been helpful. Ur talk at the Autism show in Manchester was great 👍

[@tiiaj7589]

Yep. I remember things from decades ago and feel exactly how I did at the time. Something I did wrong? All the guilt and anxiety come pouring back as if I just did the same thing again. I hid my moms purse at a store once to “teach her a lesson”(😂)as she wasn’t watching it. And the sounds of panic she made are perfectly fresh in my memory. I was maybe 10, so 30 years later... 🙄

[@shaneoid361]

Hey thanks for doing these vids. I've just been diagnosed at 40 with autism, but obviously had it throughout my life, it's interesting to tuck in to finding out which aspects of my life have been caused by autism and this video has been interesting. BTW my favourite film is Masters of the Universe, particularly for Langella's Skeletor :)

[@TheAspieWorld]

Love that movie! Hey welcome to the community!

[@JTCano42]

What would you think about a superhero who has aspergers? I'm thinking about writing a book or comic about their problems dealing with the condition and trying to save the world at the same time. BTW, my favorite movie so far is Rogue One, but I think this year's IT will change that.

[@Tony1035610]

JT CC have u seen mob psycho 100 or parasyte the maxim? They are pseudo about autism

[@fleurcasilda4374]

JT CC That is such a cool idea! You should definitely do that I love making comics too :)

[@JTCano42]

Fleur & Cas Tudor-Oakley yeah. My idea is that the guy can read and control minds. But the problem is that, since aspergers are extra sensitive, in crowded places he hears everybodies thoughts, and like the noise for many aspies including myself, give him meltdowns. And those meltdowns are expressed in psychic pulses that hurt the other people. He uses pills to lower his brain activity, so his powers only work voluntarily. But the more he uses them, (to read the teachers mind in an exam, for example) , the more his brain activity increases and he starts hearing other thoughts unintentionally. Which is something he's trying to avoid.

[@MickeyD2012]

They already have one. He's called Batman.

[@fleurcasilda4374]

JT CC that's such a cool plot! I love it, its very ingenious I will have to do something like this with my comic except I would have my Asperger's character have animal abilities mainly feline and be able to telepathically communicate with animals especially cats as my character will relate to cats well and cats are thought to have Asperger's characteristics :)

[@mmatrainee]

Yes. Love your videos after just figuring out I have this ASD thing. This is one of the main things I love about this, being able to watch memories, I thought everyone could. They are a double edge sword though, as bad memories are very clear also.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@hatfieldrick]

Hmm. I'm kind of like that in a way -- my short term memory IS pretty crappy, but my long term memory is weird. I don't think I ever really forget anything, especially if it's funny (I have a great memory for silliness while the serious stuff tends to escape me) but it's like I only have a handful of memories available at any given time, and I find it difficult to dredge up the memories I need when I need them. Very specific things will pop into my head in a random sort of way but the worst part is that I have no sense of chronology at all. Events seem to organize themselves in my head by similarity, rather than by linear order, so for instance all winters seem to be one winter, and I really have to carefully examine a specific memory to figure out when it actually happened, and most of the time I really can't tell if memory A came before B or vice versa.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@randompersonontheinternet9744]

I know I'm late haha but I just wanted to say how fascinating it was reading a comment by someone else perfectly describing my brain. You're definitely not alone!

[@milasaba7594]

Filmographic memory is so great. I remember everything from around 3-4 onwards. Its nice to hear others experience!!

[@mauricecherry1209]

I can relate with short term memory.

[@TheAspieWorld]

+Maurice Cherry yeah!

[@EzraCubas]

My long term memory is phenomenal. I remember conversations I had with people word for word 20+ years ago that everyone has long forgotten, and people can't believe I can regurgitate it. I can also still see the words I've read in books from 20 years ago on the pages of those books. As far as short term memory I have to make to do lists or I'll forget. It also takes me a little longer to process verbal instructions. People often have to repeat it 2-3 times.

[@natalia-grace9314]

My short term memory is rubbish! What sucks is that people don't believe me because I have such good long term memory. I'm almost 17 and I can remember things from back when I was about 3. I usually can't remember the words of the conversation but I can remember what it was about. I actually had a memory from when I was 7 pop into my head earlier today and it was so funny. I also don't tend to see my memories in colour, but sometimes I do. Also, my favourite movie is "Ironman 3" :)

[@thesharingtreewithshari2735]

I love your microphone 🎙!! Every video is awesome! Love to be on your show!! I tell everyone about your channel! So grateful for you! Thank you, Dan! My favorite movie. The Temple Grandin Story!

[@l0ker507]

I still have to go thru the entire calender to remember what order the months come in, like alphabet is for most people.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yes me to!! I always get confused after August :(.

[@garywhitta819]

Thank you sir! You have helped me more than you will ever know. I remember long before I could talk. It was texters for me.

[@otaku5869]

What's the show on hulu about an Aspie girl?

[@kaitlinbrix]

Please Stand By is the name of the movie I think

[@BlakeBigfoot]

@evakatrina a that's not true.

[@nicolezuzelski5735]

My favorite movie is Inception. I've always been able to take control of my dreams and this is one of the those rare movies that I cannot poke hole in the science/logic that drives the story.

[@juliannagitchell8881]

So, if you remember verbal conversations but not the periodic table, maybe you should have someone read it to you. ;)

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah!!!

[@samfarrow348]

It's fascinating since you've said about short term memory and long term memory. Anything visual will stick into my mind for years and that I remember very clearly of what my primary school used to look like as well as identifying pupils with certain colours and clothing. And like you, I'm absolutely shit at remembering birthdays or when I go to the shops, I always need a list of what I need to get otherwise I'd be lost.

[@THEZONEXP]

I'm on the spectrum and I have a photograph memory , but like you said certain things on my short term I forget . But I make lots of notes to keep up with everything . Great video by the way :)

[@TheTrooperMB]

yea i'm bad at remembering short memory things , my job helps me training with that , but i'm a Bass player and i memorize tunes very quickly otherwise.. idk how :D

[@Hvime]

Do you also have it hard to remember conversations but easy to remember places and event that happens there .. Like a flash I can get my memory back from an event.. like if I walk by a playground then i remember every time i was there and with who and what we did, but can't remember conversations or details ..

[@Hvime]

But also remember like when I think of the person or something... it happens the same

[@moshow93]

One of my oldest memories was from when I was 1 and a half when I figured out how to get out of my crib. I got out late at night to play with my blocks and Lincoln logs.

[@TheAspieWorld]

I love really early memories!

[@zayiith]

Well, great episodic memory can be explained because of your over stimulated mental state, which would help drive info into memory easier. Just as synesthetes have great memory, you max experience something similar. The reason why a semantic memory may not get stored as easily may be largely due to lack of stimulation with the piece of information. You can change this. So when your mom asks you to get nut milk, just imagine she pours ice cold nut milk all over you right in front of the fridge. And to recall it, think back to the spot in front of the fridge, and you will remember the episode. This way you just turned your semantic memory into episodic.

[@TheAspieWorld]

+Visual Spelling for Kids wow that’s awesome I didn’t know that!

[@miriambucholtz9315]

That sort of thing is why I don't have trouble remembering things in the first place because I always visualize stuff. And yes, I'm a synesthete. Too bad it doesn't work for numbers, although I do use color for them.

[@breadfan_85]

Like you, my short term memory is garbage, but my long term memory freaks people out. It really takes them back, how clearly I can recall past interactions we've had.

[@rachelpowell2947]

I can remember things people said to me years ago, including the tone of their voice and the context of the situation in which it was spoken. Ask me what the date or even what date it is, ask me what I had for dinner last night, and I will most likely draw a blank. DX'd with Asperger's at the age of 41 after realizing my already DX'd son acted a lot like me.

[@TheAspieWorld]

+Rachel Powell Haha yeah I know that feeling!

[@ArtsyMegz_On_Etsy]

Yeah, I definitely have videos of memories go through my mind throughout the day. That is probably why it takes me so long to grieve a loss. Since there are people out there who don't think in pictures or videos, it's easier for them to get over something, because they aren't reliving it in a video inside of their mind. I relive past memories quite vividly.

[@englishroberts7419]

I had the filmographic thing all through childhood. photographic too because i could close my eyes and read a page from a chapter that i had just seen. however i went through severe depression and overused alcohol for a few years. idk if it was the stress (ptsd) or the booze but my cognitive processing went way out the window for a while. it is getting better with improved diet and stress management (and getting away from a dramatic relationship i was in at the time). wondering if i can ever get it back. i miss it.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Hey thank you for sharing your comment.

[@Weaseldog2001]

I could do that when I was younger, but as I got older, that skill faded. Our brains lose most of the plasticity by the time we're in our early 20s. It's easiest to make new neural connections up to the age of 21.

[@LeightonW87]

In this video you pretty much descripted me and my memory, it isn't as good as remembering the whole conversation but I remember chunks of it if that makes any sense. Music lyrics is also another thing I've noticed I've been remembering more lately, I never knew the lyrics that good years ago but today if I heard a song from the 90s such as a rowan Keating song (or any song that was over played on the radio) I seem to know pretty much every lyric even if I weren't listening to the lyrics at the time. I also remember having a MSX game console but none of my family can remember having one. I remember playing it alot too which annoys me when I was told we never had one, I also remember holding the cartridges too. Yie ar Kung-fu's cartridge art I remember the most.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@jasonvancura2139]

I have a photographic memory and I'm autistic. I know a lot about music and can name the artist who sings a song and the year the song was released. I also have good calendar memory and can figure out the day of the week dates fell on when given specific dates.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@mswhite1004]

Aspie savant perhaps they have twins like that

[@gullibull3940]

I can remember and quote obscure movie lines or film scenes with unbelievable clarity and not remember what I had for lunch. Maddening.

[@hedgelord0]

The more I watch your videos, the more I think I have AS, and just never knew.

[@ShinyNix86]

Omg!!!! I know this is an old video now but I go back through ones i missed and found this one because I'm having issues with memory & going back to college is scary! You always just blow my mind! The thing you said about color blind memory is crazy! I have something really Similar, I can vividly see everything within the Last few years or so, but everything starts becoming a sort of muted color the further back i go into my memory. Most childhood memories become a sort of sepia color unless they're negative memories & those are dark black & white with occasional colors like the movie sin city. However, any really important & happy moments are in bright vivid colors i can replay when needed. It's like my brain stored them into an important folder i could go to anytime i was in distress because i always think of that when I'm in a scary situation. I can see it, feel it, smell it, especially my memory of Going to the beach with my gparents. Sorry so long, that just really excited me to know other people are similar to this!

[@ThePatrick42044]

I told my mother I remember my dad and his friends climbing up a bluff and then repelling down... She asked how could you remember that? She said I was only 6 months old when I was there watching my dad and his friends... Lol

[@adamstone2727]

I am pretty good with short term memory with one big exception-people’s names. I need to hear someone’s name multiple times to remember it. The strange part is that I never forget an animal’s name. I know my neighborhood dogs by name but not all my neighbors’ names. It’s a strange blind spot in my memory. Long term memory-I can relive events from many years ago in vivid detail. Not always a good thing when the event was painful. But also, it can be wonderful remembering good times. I retreat in to those happy memories when I am in a stressful situation for me, like being somewhere crowded or loud.

[@lexort4204]

I almost didnt leave a like because the like count was at 117 (master chief) but ofcourse i left a like, how can i not with great content like this!

[@TheAspieWorld]

+Lexort 420 Haha! Thank you!

[@LouisesJourneyxo]

I remember things in a video type format aswell I thought everyone did that until now lol. I can think back to a specific memory and watch it back

[@lunargem6217]

3:22 this happens to me all of the time!

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah!!!

[@caitlinhanna5523]

I always remember conversations in specific places then every time I go to them it plays in my mind

[@darkblue9314]

I'm only good at remembering things I care about lol, and my memory really comes in handy there. My memory works like this, if you tell me to do something I will forget it because I tend to space off, but if you tell me something and then change even the slightest detail of the story I will know that you are lieing or that you got it wrong, obviously if 10 years pass I'm not going to remember every detail but quite a good amount. I remember things in images or videos, I'm pretty good with numbers but if I memorize a date I could forget it after a month, depends how interested I am in it.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yeah!!!

[@beeallen-hine1421]

Females always got teased about being able to recall any argument or conversation with their boyfriend at any given second we could replay it verbatim whilst the guy stands there stunned . I was always like “ well I can remember all conversations with purnt near anyone going all the way back as a small child . Plenty of times the person I’m recalling it back to will have no memory of it and I’d always say how do you not remember? Now I understand that NOT everyone can do this . Thank you for your videos so I know I’m not alone in what I’ve gone through for 51 years and being labeled as everything but ASD .

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@anjilou1027]

When you say you remember things like a movie, what exactly do you mean? Because when I remember something I remember it as if im standing at the side watching it happen. I don't remember it as if I was sat in the situation and people always tell me that it's odd how I remember things as if I'm watching not taking part. I never thought it was an autism trate as in my research I have not come across it. My memory is amazing with long term too, I remember conversations word for word and it bugs my family as I constantly correct them because of it haha. My short term memory is pants though, although I am very good with birthdays, appointments and pretty ok with names too. I quite like your videos, reading and researching is good but when you have someone who is able to "speak the same language" as you it's even better, you manage to put into words exactly how I feel or how I experience things and it makes me feel a little less alone, so thank you for your videos :)

[@TheAspieWorld]

I mean like remembering things in a picture format.

[@anjilou1027]

The Aspie World still don't understand but that's ok. Thank you for replying

[@themandoLAUREN]

I have Aspergers but I also have ADHD and Epilepsy. So one one hand, my memory can be insanely good and I can in detail remember things long term, but then I can also be really forgetful with both short term and retaining information long term since Epilepsy really does affect memory.

[@TheAspieWorld]

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[@kittenbraden9800]

Hey! I'm really low on spoons today, so this comment just consists of a request. Could you maybe add subtitles to your videos? I dont mean to sound accusing, it's just that I have a problem keeping up with that flood of words and as you know, visuals or in this case text would help a great deal. The video is helpful in that I can finally see that there are other people like me and that my issues don't stem from "not wanting/trying to pay attention".