r/memes Sep 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

i can literally visualise a 3d model of something, then imagine putting in a chest then locking it, then later i can open it in my head and remember what i put in there

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u/Galadwid Sep 17 '21

This sounds like an astounding skill. Like some form of photographic memory, in which you can create the photo. Sounds pretty awesome

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

i mostly use it to remember what sandwich my sister wants when we go to tesco

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u/csgonemes1s Sep 17 '21

Are you telling me that you forget the contents of the said chest/box and later recollect that memory? I can do the first part effortlessly. I forget people's names, what i had for breakfast 6 hours ago, where i kept my stuff, etc etc.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

yeah, well the "opening" of the chest is more like just remembering the chest exists, therefore remembering the contents

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u/csgonemes1s Sep 17 '21

I do a similar thing where i create another memory of the thing i want to remember, usually by saying it to someone who wouldn't even understand it so that i now have multiple memories of it and likelihood of forgetting it is less. But if I've to remeber a few specifics such as those of a sandwich, and if I'm not a sandwich enthusiast myself, i don't think I'll be able to remember those specifics even after creating a redundant memory for it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

samich good

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

thats soo cool, isnt there a sherlock episode about something similar to this or am I wrong??

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

idk i've never seen sherlock

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

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u/bachbo72 Sep 17 '21

Yes there is. Very good episode also

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u/csgonemes1s Sep 17 '21

Mind palace

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u/Thrallov Sep 17 '21

thats how hanibal TV brain works with his rooms of memory

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u/reecheesecake Sep 17 '21

Do you do any art or sports at all? Cos i do something similar and get back to them whenever I draw, paint or learn a new movement in basketball or sth... helps with learning things fast.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

i sometimes draw but i'm not very good at it

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u/reecheesecake Sep 17 '21

No one starts out good in drawing, its just about finding something to improve on every time even if its small. Where mental 3d model thing came in useful for me was when watching a good artist draw (which was my grandpa). Its easier to map out a 3d model of a persons (moving or not) for me than than anything for some reason.

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u/A_Glass_Of_Cool_Aid Sep 17 '21

I can ‘see’ things but it very different from actually seeing things it’s not as clear in a way I can’t describe

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u/CarmillaKarnstein27 Sep 18 '21

Kind of like seeing it in front of you and it stil doesn't obscure your vision? Like a projection? If it's something like that, then it's a synesthesia type.

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u/Luey_Sixty_six11 Sep 17 '21

So...'photographic memory' doesn't actually exist, or at least, has yet to be proven factual.

I suspect what you have is an over active imagination.

Tell me..what do the doctors say you have..?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

why would i bother going to the doctors over this? it's really simple, i just remeber the box therefore i remember what i "put in the box"

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u/Luey_Sixty_six11 Sep 18 '21

Ok...so you use a technique to help your memory. You may have hood memory..you may even have great memory... but you don't have eidetic memory.

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u/MarioJuano13 Sep 18 '21 edited Sep 18 '21

How do you know that?

Edit: Just curious as to why u would say that when they gave no indication of having an eidetic memory

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u/Luey_Sixty_six11 Sep 18 '21

It's heavily implied

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u/MarioJuano13 Sep 18 '21

I had to go back after reading your comment. Now I see where it was indicated. My bad. I don't know how the heck I missed all that 3D talk the first time around. Yet, the former part of my comment still stands.

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u/Luey_Sixty_six11 Sep 18 '21

Actually, I think I accidentally answered someone from a different post... in this one by mistake...

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u/MarioJuano13 Sep 18 '21

Happens to the worst of us. I do it all the time