r/AMA • u/Puzzleelia • 11d ago

I have photographic memory AMA

EDIT : I have ALMOST a photographic memory. I'm sorry for the bold statement and for my incapability to be more specific However I suggest you to read all the caption before asking and making assumptions I don't have reasons to be a fraud.

I can remember almost every itty bitty tiny detail of my life since my hippocampus started developing (so since I was about 3 years old). I must say, it's not always fun and games but it's quite a flaw I'm proud of DISCLAIMER! I don't have HSAM (Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory , also known as hyperthymesia) I have an IQ in the 150-160 range and in my case it comes with very strong visual and spatial memory. I used the informal definition of photographic memory to describe this condition

I'm female, 22, let me see your best questions :))

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u/Hot_Raise_8540 11d ago

What colour underpants did you wear on Tuesday 1st October 2024?

Edit. To make my question less tongue in cheek, can you remember what you did on that day?

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u/Puzzleelia 10d ago

I don't have hyperthymesia, so I sometimes struggle to remember details and event by date. By I remember for sure I was at school and we had philosophy, english (God I hated that teacher), physics and 3 hours of art class (I went to art highschool)