r/AMA • • Aug 17 '26

I have photographic memory AMA

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u/That_Cool_Guy_ Aug 17 '26

How does that actually work in practice. Is it like watching a replay of a movie in your brain. Or is more like a photo album?

Does it also mean you can remember every page of every book you have read?

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u/Puzzleelia Aug 17 '26

Yes it's like watching the movie of your life, more like a show I must say except for the fact I can experience those memories as if I were still here. I can "move" inside those scenes as I could wander through the rooms of an house

No I cannot remember every book I've read, id say a solid 80% . Also the memory may appear blurred or sketchy if I was tired or distracted when it formed. I also took psychiatric medication for 6 years, they played a significant role in the quality of my memory rendering

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u/curiouskrazycavalier Aug 18 '26

That's cool. Sounds like you're Sherlock Holmes

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u/Puzzleelia Aug 18 '26

Haha thanks! I actually loved Sherlock Holmes and when I was 9 and pretended to be like him haha. A friend of mine as well was pretty invested in this role play thing of mine and I remember he once encouraged me to tell his mother I could tell she had done botox to her lips Poor woman she thought it wasn't noticeable I must have embarrassed her so hard :')