The Boy Who Can't Forget (Superhuman Genius Documentary) | Real Stories
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2016
- Can you remember what you were doing on 15th March 2003? Or what the weather was like on 30th May 2007? Twenty-year-old British student Aurelien can. This documentary asks if we could have an almost endless memory, would we really want it?
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i just finished watching a video about a man who forgets things in 7 seconds
JustMarcel. How I’d it both of us
lmfao same
Same here. Crazy
Same lol
ME TOO
Poor kid, can't say "sorry, I forgot"
:(
@@emirkurniawan2558 "what? no i certinaly just said that to you just now."
"nah nah, see, i literally cant forget. you didn't say it"
well he can't forget but he can say "i didn't think about it"
generally when we forget something it isn't that it isn't there anymore but that we didn't think about it until it is too late.
Definitely a underrated comment
That's not how the "I forgot" excuse works.
HAHAHA
So fascinating. I've kept a written diary since 1988. I have forgotten so much BUT when I go back and read one, say from 20 years ago, all of it comes back to me. So it isn't actually forgotten... just strangely stored away.
No one's brains really ever forget anything in the truest sense. It's just a matter of trying to bring it back to the surface from the depths of of our mind.
I can mostly relate to that. I kept a diary for approximately ten years from the age of 34. When I read it I mostly remember the events, but sometimes I can’t. Like it happened to someone else 😮 I also have kept some concert tickets from when I was younger and it’s a bit sad that I don’t even remember that I’ve attended some of them…
I also have a diary but even when I read back things from like 4th grade, I can’t remember those things ever happening. I have a very bad memory though. Whatever is stored I can’t access as well as others
It’s a problem with retrieval! Those are your retrieval cues, that’s actually why memory is so confusing, because most researchers agree it is not a problem with storage, but retreival, and are you get older you get worse at retrieval (tip of the tongue feeling)
I'm sure he has an exceptional memory, but the smirking and giggling makes me somewhat suspicious about the true extent of it. 🤨
I knew a 87 year old man who could tell you what he did 60 years ago where he was working what car he drove the model and color . He could tell you everything week by week month by month on what he did on a daily basis . He remembered all his childhood friends , his school teachers names even what cars they drove . The amount of detail was incredible. He also served in the military and lived a crazy life for awhile . I remember sitting with him and asking random questions like " hey Jimmy what were you doing in 1964 " . He would pause for a second and boom . Well In 1964 I was this old and my mom and dad was working here and I was at this school dating this girl driving this car ECT . It was amazing . Meanwhile I can't remember what I did yesterday 😂😂 some people have this gift and it's definitely rare
I have a shittier version of this kind of memory, I can remember details of weeks but it's like solving a puzzle, I need to remember little pieces of information and then put them together... although I can remember facts from the people I know and I can even recognize people I've only seen only once in my life years afterwards (although if people looked alike, I wouldn't be able to tell which one is the correct person)
imagine the cringy stuff that gets in his mind while he is trying to sleep...
Nightmare nightmare nightmare
😂MY BRAIN!!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Duuuuude you are so right
Kinda Cool dough my biggest fear is forgetting Stuff I have to Constant take Picture and take Notes
Some times an ad starts and i forget what video was i watching
Simply Drug Addict strong username to comment ratio
Me too
Me too!! My memory gets worse every year. Scary at times. Since I'm 40..
Cork Soaker me 2 my memory is bad it’s getting worse and I’m 29
Cork Soaker that’s how you know you’re in too far lol
Along with having amazing memory, he deserves an applaud for managing those memories so well. A person can go crazy with so much memory that never goes away.
They're always tired and fatigued.
WHY DO U THINK SO,
@@SurajGupta Why are you screaming?
@@SurajGupta I can confirm, constant thoughts, especially memory are extremely tiring
Events and memories we wish we could forget,we just cannot and it can be pure torture.
11:33 At this point I'm almost as suprised at how eventful his life is as I am impressed by his memory
And here I am, sitting in my bed and struggling to remember what I started watching and how I got here ....
Olga Pasternak hands down-best comment!😂
Same
Olga Pasternak you just took the words out of my mouth
None of you are funny, cute and or amusing. Take your mediocre lack of wit and scram..
I M funny hearing that from a person like you who takes the time out of their day to hate on someone. good one
Fuck man he was always doing something cool on each day he remembers, learning to drive and canoeing and shit... Id be like "uhhh oh that day...it was a saturday night.... I was watching netflix...alone..."
The same except UA-cam instead of Netflix! XD
Don't worry, he's making it up.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Every day of my life is almost the exact same.
That's a good technic to remmeber every single day hahahaha
Imagine being forced to acknowledge every embarrassing moment of your life, forever.
What a nightmare.
But don't we all remember our embarrassing moments? Or maybe just the most memorable ones I guess.. but I still feel like I already acknowledge every embarrassing moment of my life or is it just me lol
My roommate in college was like this. You could ask him about a day and he could say "my mom came in in the morning, so and so were arguing, etc". I wanted to know why, and he said that when he was a child when he was going to bed he would play back the day in the most detail he could because he felt like he needed to remember everything, so I think that part of his brain grew extremely to be capable. His memory wasn't limited to just autobiography either - I remember him drunk singing Spanish songs he had heard once, and he didn't even speak Spanish! He was out of the park intelligent as an adult, exceptionally witty and charismatic (and flamboyant), really a character, quite unique among the people I've known. Everyone who ever met him remembers him. Unfortunately this came with not being challenged and chronic substance abuse and I don't know what became of him.
so is a smart person someone that can remember everything or is a smart person someone that can use that info for useful things?
@@MrFatdubyman that's a good question.. And there's probably not just a single answer to that question, but i would say probably both?🤔🤷🏽♂️
Although it feels like you meant this, as ofc it's the guy who worked for the memory and managed to use the knowledge and better his life with it... But i still think the answer is both🤷🏽♂️..
@@MrFatdubyman It's not that they're smart, they are capable of remembering everything they see & everything they did on a daily basis.
It's a rare ability to have, and often enough most people who do have it go crazy or insane due to all the thoughts & memories they have to constantly manage.
Stuff like alcohol & drug abuse is also common, they do anything they can to just have 1 day of not remembering.
Many people have been wrongfully put into mental institutions back in the day with this ability to.
Gets in an argument with girlfriend:
"Oh is that so? That wasn't what you said september, 23, 2009, saturday morning before we had pancakes for breakfast that were a litle too salty but it was balanced by the orange juice that was very sweet so it's ok! BUT IT ISN'T OK NOW JESSICA!!!"
HAHAAAHAHA! Spot on! Spot on! My kind of humor and to be frank, I'm sort of a light version of the people in this doc. And my memory kind of works like you just described. That's why I laugh so hard! Though, not with specific dates most of the time. I'm actually quite bad with that for the most part, unless I can sort of tie a memory to a few other once. But I still just get a rough estimation of let say within 1-3 month of when it actually happened, if we're talking about something that happened a year ago or more. But I have very vivid and quite close to photographic grade memories when it comes to the visuals and sounds as well as the feel/touch of a material or person etc. But the touch is less than the visual and sound. Smell a lot less, but at the same time not, i.e. when I tried to remember what something smelled like I have a hard time remember it. But if I smell it again, I almost always recognise it as something I've smelled before, if even just once. And I remember who or what smelled like that most of the time quite instantly as well. And it's similar with taste, but it's not as accurate as the smell. But when it comes to memories that I can access and that's circling my head, I still remember the visual and sound much easier, though perhaps not more exact. I also almost never forget a face or a place I've been to. You could just show me a random photo of a building on some random street where I walked only once and the chance I remember it is somewhat high. Have I past the street and building a few times, It's almost a guarantee that I will be able to tell you where it's from and approximately when I was there. Probably not the street name though, unless I purposefully, really hammered that in at the time, because I have a really bad memory when it comes to names, like embarrassingly bad. It's the opposite with numbers though. Like not on a genius level or anything but, I can hear a string of up to 8-10 digits once, and as long as I concentrate somewhat well at the time of hearing it, I will most likely not forget it for up to half a year or even a year. After that I have to dig a bit. And sometimes the numbers aren't in the correct order, but they are the correct ones and I will partially at least remember bits of the order or how the numbers where grouped together most of the time, so it will be quite easy to put it back together again. Anyway.. a very long reply it became.. sorry, I get carried away sometimes, or most of the time actually lol.
Have a good one!
@@Superknullisch i pressed 'read more' and my jaw dropped, i think i just had a stroke trying to read that on dark mode with white letters
@@ghoulfangs oh, sorry about that!😅😉
I'm not your average Joe though, which you probably figured out already hehe! But I hope you at least found what I wrote as somewhat interesting, and that you got something out it. Also, hope you didn't have an actual stroke😉
@@Superknullisch its like 4am and I really wanna read all of it but my brains not working can someone like remind me in a few hours so I can read this
Lol
These are the people we need to ask about the Mandela Effect
Ikr
No
@Layla W
we all have that ability. take three hits of N,N, Dimethiltriptamine.
He will remember the wrong thing.
Kino omg yes!!!
The contrast between Aurelien and Jill is interesting. Jill dwells on negative events, and appears to be in a constant state of agitation. Whereas Aurelien, though he can undoubtedly also remember his bad days, does not have those memories invading his thoughts constantly. When Jill said she went to therapy, I wonder if her ability to remember was the focus, or if she was. In my (non-professional) opinion, it seems like Jill has some issues that her extraordinary memory simply AMPLIFIES -- instead of CAUSES.
jill is 51
aurelien is a student
he has lived a sheltered life
good family relations
went canoeing with his family
spent quality time with his mother
he has not yet been challenged by the world in a way that jill probably has been
lets see how he copes up with his life maybe 10 20 years down the line
i hope he has a great life but too early in his life to pass a judgement
16:34
@@bluenotebook489 Agree with Blue. And as product for mass media consumption, Jill may not be as agreeable or media friendly as the more entitled younger Aurelian, and has also being women of a certain 'era' she was likely treated differently (suspiciously), and probably 'sees' herself and her experiences differently (being a totally different person! , living in a totally different society, class, gender, culture etc) from a teenager in an obviously well off family. Over ten years has passed - perhaps he can tell us how things things have panned out. Jill has since been diagnosed with Hyperthymestic Syndrome aka Hyper Superior Autobiographical Memory.
Seems to me their memory manifests rather differently. Jill's brain throws them all in her face (well, her mind's eye) constantly. Aurelien's brain does not.
Has nothing to do with age or "entitlement" whatever that is supposed to mean.
Jill seems to remember emotions along with details.
Aurelien uses images to remember and compulsively surrounds himself with the photographs he and others have taken of his life. Pictures are more likely taken during positive times so he's immersed in the world of his more positive memories. Jill writes out her daily activities compulsively and it seems to be almost a form of therapy for her. She's probably more likely to be noting some of the more negative aspects of her days just as people are more likely to write a negative review after a bad experience than a positive review after a good one. Thus Jill lives in a world of her less favorable memories.
this, paired with the ability to delete/remove memories, would be the best gift one could have. Knowledge is power.
I walk into rooms and forget what I'm doing instantly. That's my super power.
😂me too
The trick is to walk back to where you came from and you'll instantly remember why you left in the first place. I would just walk in and out of the kitchen at work lol
😆😆🤣🤣
@Hoodie this had me cracking up, youre not the only one
I got that power from weed!
this man would be the best witness to a crime
... or worst
"It was on a thursday. It was a bit cloudy."
"I remember I got a ticket that day because I had constipation from the night before and spent way to long in the bathroom"
But It wasn't that cold, and I already packed my lunch on my bag, suddenly I heard someone screaming....
I then contemplated quenching my hunger for about 1.5 seconds because I hadn't eaten anything since the night before, instead of calling the police.
I thought life was tough having a strong memory.
After seeing this, I’m never complaining about how much my own keeps me awake ever again.
I couldn’t even imagine.
Fr! When you go through something embarrassing and think “god, I can’t wait until I forget this ever happened and don’t think about it late at night!”, but that never happens for these people!
@@mollylakritz8726 Exactly. 🙏💯🫶☮️
He's not lying that smug on his face shows genuine smugginess that he could do it lmao what a legend
I will forget that I commented this
Friendly reminder to not forget! ^_^
Hey a reminder dont forget!
Did you bish lol 🤣
Yo you commented on this mini documentary of a British boy who can't forget his past. Just a reminder.
*can't forget anything really.
Half way through watching this documentary I remembered that I'd watched it once before.
Haha, I have that sometimes too. You have must tons of UA-cams videos too. XD
Hhahahahaah
Best comment I ever remember seeing
Read John 3:16 🙏
Lol
can we appreciate the Hull's professor who did a scan on Aurelien's brain? She seems so excited while learning about him and it makes my heart warm to see someone who authentically loves their job!
😂😂😂 me too
Easy to love such a job. Hard to do so when underemployed and underpaid because the job market sucks and your country's passport won't allow you to work abroad and corruption and your country's in the Balkans and has among the lowest wages in europe.
@@Untilitpases how did you manage to make even this into a political rant?
@@bruhbruhh8806 the point essentially is that being "touched by someone loving their job" points to a severe sorry state. It should be the default, however, in today's age that's something akin to witnessing an endangered species.
@@Untilitpases in todays age? Your acting like people from the 1800’s enjoyed working in coal mines, whaling stations and rubber farmers. Most people don’t like doing their jobs, but that has been the case for all of history. Doesn’t make it right, just don’t assume today is somehow worse than the past.
I just finished watching a video about a man who forgets things in 7 seconds.
7 second Clive. What a talented man.
Can't win a fight with him because he will bring up EVERYTHING you've done lol
😂😂😂☠
What that mouth do?
Mouthy Mama nah I don’t think he’s that kinda guy
True
Brennan Huff 2x
Imagine having a very bad day and then you remember it 10 years after.
VINDOMRAM VINDOMRAM Hahaha cons of remembering it all
Thats all I remember
Doesn’t everyone remember their “very bad days”?
Yes. Exactly. That's what she tells
We all do that
As a person with scarily good memory, I can relate to the anxiety and depression it brings along. I in no way can remember days of the week or something, but my brain is full of random conversations, facts, smells, feelings, music, images from the time I was 3 years old until now. It's not always cool. It's exhausting and ADHD-causing.
I agree because I’m the same! Some things I remember in complete detail that seem unimportant to others and some things are very important to me yet others don’t remember. It’s so strange.
Right there with you. Stupid crap from 20 years ago relays in my head all the time. In fact I even remember both my 3rd birthdays. One at my moms and one at my dad's. I remember the bike I got like its a picture.
You just described my existence ❤
Maybe you are better as an experiment, since your case is not that severe.
Mine isn't that good, but the random memories, thoughts, and images that constantly pop-up is very distracting.
I'll look like I'm listening to what you're saying but I've noticed your freckles and now I'm back a billion years ago and that really cute boy with the freckles and I'm standing on my best friend's porch at night looking at him, and I have no idea what you said or what the teacher said about conjugating French verbs, because the day was nice and I stared out the window and I interrupt you constantly because every single thing you say makes me remember something in pictures and I can't sleep at night because I can't turn off conversations, images, thoughts, pictures in my head and I'm going to dream about things that were prompted by random crap from that day... Sooooo, yeah...😂
What im finding with all these people is that they are the most delightful people and they seem to have the most incredible parents
Imagine not forgetting all your lessons in school.
That would be heaven for me.
Imagine not being able to block out..... *memories.*
@@wouldyoulikesomewiessedtea8757 Oh no....
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
Always A+
I’d be pissed too if people ask me to describe hundreds random dates all the time.
The trauma. All their memories are now filled with people asking them what they did yesterday, and the day before. Poor bastards; it's inception.
well then that person shouldnt go around and bragg bout it then
Fr. Would be mad annoying after awhile
It's nothing short of a miracle that these people are able to function with any semblance of normalcy. My memory is better than average, and I often just grin and bear it when someone speaks of a time/date/event inaccurately. I can't fathom how they deal with it.
i'm just imagining these addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as my genius unfolds itself before their very eyes. what fools, how i pity them
So many of us develop bad habits and vices in an attempt to simply forget things from our past. This guy is an inspiration to me in the acceptance and importance of remember both the good and bad of life.
i think when he's angry he goes HISTORICAL not HYSTERICAL😂
Good one 🤣🤣🤣
Sales Fam lol ur stupid
@@slimbeatz4125 bruh it was a good joke
@@slimbeatz4125 Do YOU not understand the joke?
justbellaforshort it was, hence me laughing and saying you’re stupid. As in silly.
Every woman has this *super power* during an argument...
Yeah but they forget all the stuff and choirs men did till the present day. They only remember the fence that isn't yet painted.
hahhaahahah.
@@Mayathehut I think you took the joke waaay too seriously haha. But Science actually says that women's language is better than males language in general. " If women were so much better than men then why wouldn’t they have done something sooner?" If you took the time to research why this is, and also study how people work from a psychology standpoint, women "don't do things sooner" because our society and people have it imprinted that women are not capable of doing better, keyword capable. A young boy who fails a test is told he must do better, a young girl fails a test she is told the test was too hard for her. Many, countless of women are proud of their male counterparts for what they have done, we are just sad and disappointed that women have not gotten the same opportunities as men, YES we are different, and men's language is better in some aspects and women language is better in others, however, men and women deserve and are entitled to the same opportunities in life. But there is much more to it than "women not doing anything"
100% yes! hahaha
@@Mayathehut issa joke
When I was younger and my life began having new and interesting events day by day, I could remember and describe every of these days.
When this guy grows older and starts working those younger years would be the only things he could remember so good.
Cuz ii was a new, fresh and important experience. No point in remembering working routine.
Definitely one of the most fascinating documentaries I've ever watched. I can't believe that I actually watched this almost an hour long video in one go and that too at midnight.
I can't remember what I had for lunch 2 days ago.
😂😂😂😂
i can remember to pull my pants up after using the restrrom
You've changed!
ragazziita
ragazziita 2 hours ago i can't remember
I think it’s for the better that most of us don’t have this level of memory.
Yes especially when trauma was involved
We do we have to just practice more than others and in this case .....THEM 🤙🏿🤣😤👆
exactly i mean it brings more disadvantage than benefits
nah i want it
I wouldn't want it.
I can’t believe everyone doubts these people. They are amazing
Indeed. That statement that it was all due to obsession, was ridiculous. Even a layperson with some healthy common sense knows that. It's looking at things upside down. This arrogant over-psychologizing by professionals like doctors and psychologists, of phenomena that are beyond the normal expectation is a bad disease that hurts a lot of people.
The actress Marilu Henner of the TV show "Taxi" also has this unique ability. I find it fascinating.
It's an extension of the human trait of fearing that which we don't understand; they're trying to fit it in the little box of things they comprehend because they're not willing to accept that there are things we have yet to discover. That Professor at Hull was the epitome of the wonder we should feel at finding things we don't know and learning about them. The other thought I have is that too often people in the profession of psychology/psychiatry act as though they have all the answers instead of remembering that in fact they have very few and every instance that I've seen of that has lead to direct harm to the person involved.
This guy is like a living CCTV camera, limitless storage. Amazing.
"This is not possible, because normal memory doesn't work like that."
It's almost like this isn't...normal memory.
Don't be silly
Almost
@Rudwarf why do you want to know my name do you mean my real name or my yt name
@@gigglepencil5433 He means your youtube name. Where did the idea of giggle pencil come from.
@@alexiscruz7771 well I like giggling and pencils are pretty gosh darn great
They should do a documentary on me except it's about forgetting everything yet still being able to function somehow. "Meet this remarkable 40 year old man whose short and long-term memories are almost entirely detached from his waking consciousness. He can barely remember what he ate for breakfast 2 hours ago. Yet he somehow keeps managing to find work, pay bills, and appear functional despite his dysfunction. He's 8 times Amnesia Champion."
Interview: "I don't think I've met anyone quite like you."
"Well, I may have met people like you but I wouldn't remember if I did. I can't compare you to anyone because their names elude me and their faces come out like blank blobs in my mind."
"Fascinating. Simply fascinating."
Damien Holland I'd watch it lol
Damien Holland I'm dying 😂😂😂
LOL
hilarious! thts a good one 😂😂😂😂😂
Damien Holland You might think I'm bullshitting but I'm literally that. LITERALLY THAT.
As a mother of an autistic child, I believe all of these different scenarios with the brain, daily detailed memory, the man with the 7 second memory and my child's extraordinary detailed information (not dated or in time) and feelings of a certain situation are all linked. We just don't know enough of how the brain works. These are fascinating older documentaries.
I wonder if they ever did a test where they amplify only certain parts of a brain and see what happens, and if they also decreases one part what it would do
A friend of mine has this, it was amazing when we were kids but she too has suffered immensely as she has aged.
my biography : a boy who can't remember
arjun sharma lol
Hahahahaha... Best Comment EVERRRRR! =D
arjun sharma bhahhahah
arjun sharma mine would be .. the girl whose always tired
LOL 😂😂😂 take my like sir
When you do something embarrassing and your mom is like "Don't worry, nobody will remember in a week."
These guys: *exist*
lmao you don't want this guy at your high school reunion.
I thought of this story this morning. Yesterday I did some memory training and this morning I noticed that I woke up to remember a lot more of my dream than usual. I did some more memory training in bed with my eyes closed and suddenly a part of my dream which was hidden to me, I remembered it!
I think that just everything which is lost to us now could be unlocked, because it's all there. We just don't use our memory. Also, our memories don't change. We just change them by not using the actual memory.
What memory training technique do you use to remember more of your dreams?
This is an amazing gift, it is a superpower indeed. He can use it for so many things in life. Knowledge is power.
The worst thing is that he can't rewatch his favorite shows, because he remembers them perfectly
And he can't replay his favorite games... although I must say that multiplayer games must be pretty easy for him, though.
except that if hes bored he can memorise a whole show/movie in his head and watch it without any device lmao
@@seawater3129 yeah
I have very good auditory memory but that doesn't keep me from enjoying songs that I like. If anything playing back solos note for note in my head gives me a better appreciation for it.
@@seawater3129 now that would be cool
Fuck that be horrible. Remembering every wank would be torture.
what?
Fab Chaz but do you remember the specific date and time and every detail
Fab Chaz let me guess. fabfab fab
But at least you'd also remember every time you had sex.
It is indeed *not* fake. I can tell because I have the same ability as him. I always thought it was normal to an extent. But then I started questioning why or how I can do it because people would be amazed that I could remember random stuff like that (except to me it isn't random at all). It's even weirder how I can remember in great detail what had happened. Like for example I can remember when i went on vacation in Maui, Hawaii in June of 2012, and I can visualize (and draw a blueprint schematic) of the whole hotel room (it was more of an apartment because it was so big). There is so much stuff I can remember. Even things from when I was 3 or 4. It's insane now looking back at it now because like I said, I didn't ever think it was anything extraordinary. So I can definitely tell you that none of this is fake.
This is incredibly rare in the world. There is only reported to be about 60 cases in the world with people with this extraordinary ability to remember every single day of their lives. It is really
I have a son who's the same as this , drives me crazy because he remembers things from 30 years ago.
damn i cant even leave my room without forgetting what i left for. so i just get food. lmao
an thats why you are obese
omg not but lmao
I get out my bus pass to open the front door! lol
the thing is, we're all gonna forget about this comment one day
ilunga in like 2 minutes
Damn he must do great on tests lol
(Edit: 3 years later I don't even remember writing that comment lmfao)
I was about to write the same
How come he isnt a scientist
Em Imagine how he’d do on the ISEE and SATs
he is probably very weird in-person. Sciences require brilliant, but different people.
ye
I first watched this on a Wednesday in July 2018. I had just shat myself.
I have the ability to forget a movie once I’ve seen it. So I get to enjoy the same movie over and over again.
I grew up in school with a girl who was on the autism spectrum and struggled in academics. Despite this, she could tell you the full names of everyone in your family, all of your birthdays, and other things such as what day an event occurred on years prior. Even if you were not friends with her, she went out of her way to ask your birthday, and then remembered for years after. She was such a sweet girl for this. Even if no one in the school acknowledged it, Shukri would make sure to wish you a happy birthday. This was true for every student and teacher in the grade.
I’m on the spectrum and I remember everything from age 2-6 very well. I’m now 21, and I have such a useless memory. I remember everything that’s not useful in any way. Lol. People on the spectrum seem to be more inclined to have very detailed memories.
very interesting. one of my cousins is on the spectrum, and he can remember a lot. he remembers everyone’s names and can recall certain things in the past. we always say he’s the one who can remember things because he can. interesting how you brought this up
Cousin is brilliant. He has a calenders type of quirk. He texts 250 people twice a year and reminds them of daylight savings time.
I have autism and I'm like this too.
"You're a big bully, Bobby Quindle Throckmorton Clabbenforth, and by the way Happy Birthday next Tuesday..."
that must suck for people with a shitty past
and PTSD
I am someone that remembers stuff very well and I have PTSD. But there's therapy where you can learn to (figuratively) put everything in folders, stuff it in the cabinet and only take the folders out if you need to :P
And apart from negative memories, it's actually quite helpfull. I've confronted people before, that denied several important details. I went up to the bookshelve, got out the photobook and without any effort, found the right picture with the evidence on it. 'Look, it wás that black sweater. The one you said didn't exist"
Same with e-mails with information or I recall specific words that people used in a conversation.
I once wrote out a full conversation at home after a a collegue at work threathened me.
This person got angry and said I'd taped him. 'Nobody can remember thís well, you recorded my story, didn't you?' I could honestly say I didn't and he got a warning for his behaviour.
Widdekuu91 👍👍💋💘❤
im trying to forget so i dont kill these dam fucking backwards dull hicks and keep on wishing the homies were here instead...and yes on the homies part..I dont SINCERELY mean that...
well hes goes fishing in zambia and goes to chocolate playlands so i think hes got it pretty good.
I used to work for a mental health agency. There was one guy who I'd worked with for years before I realized that he had a perfect memory, I picked up on it gradually through normal conversation and eventually I started throwing out random dates or random events and he could tell me exactly what happened, who was there, things they said or did. Any name I gave him he'd remember their birthday. I also noticed that he had really good rhythm. Like perfect timing. Would make a really good drummer .
I like Jill, she's fiery and tenacious and I love it. though I do feel bad knowing she struggles with the burden of her powerful memory.
The human equivalent of never clearing cached data
Maybe hes just got more ram
Human equivalent of automatic backups
All he needs to do is just delete specific files in the Temp folder if he wants to forget certain things
except he doesn't drop dead until someone helps him forget once a month
he must lag alot
i can't remember what i did 10 minutes ago
Actual Bias Trash me too lol
Shit, what did I do 10 minutes ago
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rioli howsh hi
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Amazing and heavenly talented. Brilliant Institutes should felicitate this absolutely brilliant genius. Regards always
It sucks in a way that you can’t forget any of the horrible things that happened to you. Loved ones that tragically died and may be abuse that you had growing up as a kid. I’m thankful that I don’t remember some of the stuff that happened to me when I was little. They have to relive it second by second like it happened yesterday.
Not necessarily. Only if they are reminded about it 👍
Jill seems like she’s frustrated that she’s misunderstood. I hope she can heal from her past.
She literally lives her past and the past is a knife. She's perpetually under a knifeb
I get the feeling that the memories come unbidden for her, whereas the boy actively seeks them.
Why is someone in the field of psychology so overconfident and smug about something that even brain experts are trying to figure out? The field of psychology itself is not even an exact science. Makes me think about the saying that goes something like "the more you learn you find out you know nothing". OCD doesnt make your memory like that ever, ocd is just a by product of having this ability. Some deal with it well but some don't, like Jill. She might be even falsely blaming herself and saying her ocd is why shes suffering like this and then comes this overconfident "psychology expert" saying IT IS her ocd ....
Poor Jill, she is really not a happy person. She never once mentions remembering anything positive.
She sounds similar to be I know in that they're pessimistic. The difference is, she has a superb memory.
It's incredible how a person his memory would only last 7 seconds it's incredible I can't imagine what he feels..an now a days every one looking for that little key to just remember a little more..I think that would be me..
That scientist nailed it. They're all 3 obsessed with remembering. Hence the journals, pictures, etc. That's how they do it.
exactly, there ain’t no way they remember something they don’t care about
I can’t even remember what i came in the kitchen for😂
That's the door effect, nothing bad, it's caused by instincts, cuz you entre new environnement by entering new room
to check if the refrigerated was running? lol
Or keep opening the fridge door when you know that there is nothing good inside.
I am so glad that I do not have this. I would be so overwhelmed with everything, and I wouldn't be able to forget any of the bad memories or anything traumatic from my past. It sounds like a curse not a gift.
You can ?
True. Happiness wears away, trauma and pain doesn't. Dopamine is limited, depression isn't. Unless you have an easy life, everything goes smoothly, then you're gifted. Of course it's his choice what he thinks about, but sometimes it's better to forget.
The Underdoggg Music that’s not typical. Blocked memories are the brains way of coping
Yea remembering tbe detail of the exact time you got hit with a belt is painful
Tash i think forgetting is something important for us humans it’s normal to forget otherwise life would be so hard when we were able to remember every single bad experience we ever had and feel the emotions again.
I’ve known several men who , when given any date, could give you the day of the week . Awesome guys . 💕
😅😅😅
Thank you for sharing.
True story: I'd completely forgotten I'd watched this video before until I looked down & saw I'd left some likes in the comment section!! 😂😂🤣🤣
Dreaming Dreamer 😂 😂
Dreaming Dreamer hahaha
you
You and I are on the same boat
Me every time I find a reply I wrote
😂😂😂😂😂
I just watched the 7-Second memory guy
Camioup I watched it too but it was boring
SabzyRapple Srsly?
Camioup me too!!
Camioup Same! i love these videos, they are fascinating
Angela R me too!!
I have PTSD and cannot forget things that happened 25 years ago. Nothings compared to these people, but it definitely affected me negatively.
He's certainly lived a life worth remembering. So many travels and exciting experiences. Wow, my life is dull!
Tests must be easy for him
not necessarily true. Able to remember everything you did dose not mean that you can remember all the equations in math. Just like some people are good at remembering the weather every single day. Memories can be extremely specific
Ben Lee He's smart enough to study if nothing else.
I would imagine someone with this gift would hold one hellova grudge if you pissed him off 😂
Zelthane 😃😄
Zelthane hell yeah they would. You herd the lady say she still has feelings about everything that was said to her.;(((;)))
That's what I was just thinking about.
Zelthane lol
YOU NEVER GAVE THAT PENCIL BACK IN 2ND GRADE XD
I don't believe Jill is obsessed with her memories. That's just insane. It makes more sense that she simply remembers every day of her life more clearly. That is wayy too much to memorise. That man trying to minimise her capability to remember by saying she is just obsessed with the past is insulting. No wonder she was offended. How rude. Shes an amazing woman with an amazing memory!
Totally.
Even if she were “memorizing” each day.. that’d be just as impressive.
It’s like they just can’t grant that to her, but are happy to entertain it with the 17 year old boy and the other man.
Picking a random month and writing down everything you can remember isnt hard for someone with a good memory. I can do that and in great detail to some degree. But to be able to put those events to a specific day, know the day of the week, and all the mundane stuff like the weather, what you ate. That's really incredible.
My violin teacher knew a man like this. He could recall any specific conversation in perfect detail and could play any song after hearing hearing it once. When he asked about it and found he had perfect recollection, he said “what a blessing” and the man replied “what a burden”.
I can do this actually. The first time it happened I was in the 5th grade, hanging out with a group of friends at their condo's pool, when it started raining so we went to the clubhouse. A friend of mine started playing the piano, and I liked the music so I approached her and watched her play it. Once she got up, I took a seat and played it back. She was astonished. I also remembered 90% of my lectures, so I didn't study at all through school and university. I remembered lectures like if they were a story, so writing essays always came easy to me. My 10th grade history teacher, Mr.Riley was known for never giving out 100% on exams, so the entire class would wait for him to pass them back to see what my grade was. He would nitpick like no other lol I had so many 94-99% scores, so we knew it would happen eventually. Anyway, I ended up with several of them by the end of the year.. he was pretty chill about it in the end. fair play haha
I have a very vivid memory. Everything plays like a film in my mind. I remember everyone's birthday, favorite things, and other personal details they share. As a child, I was my parent's portable phonebook whenever they had forgotten to bring theirs out, growing up in the 90's that was a useful feature lol I remember what I've read and what page in the book it's on. I can recall conversations word for word, the location in which they took place, the weather, what we were wearing, fragrances in the air, music that played in the background, and strange details about the environment with tangents lol. For example, we were sat at the library and my friend were telling me the story of how her boyfriend got fined for jaywalking mere days after they had a conversation about it , and the girl sat at the table next to us typed quite loudly so I kept getting distracted by the noise. My friends would often joke about how they wanted to steal my brain. It's a blessing and a curse.
I don't remember everything like Jill and Aurelien, but I remember much more and in greater details than most other people I know. Anyway, I had an awful concussion a few years back, which has left me with a TBI and many long-term effects so my memory is not so great anymore whomp whomp :(
lol that's ironic. i had a professor who went to see a brilliant pianist perform a show. afterwards, his wife had a chance to meet him and told him how she wishes she could play as well as he did. he flatly responded with "no, you don't," and went on to explain that you'll never get to his level of skill without making a ton of sacrifices to your social life and mental health in order to practice for hours every single day.
@@bluetextonwhitebg Until some piano superman is born.
@@aaaaaaaaa8886 What is the earliest thing you remember? I have a couple of memories where I'm not sure wether I could speak at the time, I learned to speak relatively late because I had hearing issues. Do you have anything like that?
Bland I could read and write as a newborn and I remember emailing too
My Friend: "Which day is today?"
Me: Searching for mobile...
Ikr me too lol
Truly appreciate this video. Mostly appreciate the direct insight. Now i know why.
I first heard about this when the American actress Marilou Henner has this rare condition that only around 100 people worldwide have. I hope the woman (I literally forgot her name) gets the help she needs. She sadly seems so tormented😔
the lady has obviously had a much harder life, i feel bad for her having to re-live it everyday.
Racist!!
the proud pinoy Are you stupid
I wouldn’t say harder just different.
I writed things down in a piece of paper to not forget them , i forget where i put the damn piece of paper.
I write grocery lists & forget to take them to the store😞
Writed? Hmm...🤔🤔
pierre valerus It's "wrote". Not "writed". It's an irregular verb.
😂😂😂
Wrote
Besides the documentary being fascinating am I the only one thinking how much I absolutely adore the house they're living in???
Actress Marilu Henner, Henner can recall past events in almost photographic detail thanks to a highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) She'd said repeatedly that those memories for her came with the emotions just as strong!
When the producer said "The book is wrong" was badass!
Even I knew that date was wrong. Why do people not check their facts I wonder... Even the scientist had it wrong. I wonder how that "obsessive diary douchenozzle" explained her remembering random facts?
And there's me. I forgot I've already watched this
Lol, I've watched UA-cam videos more than once, forgetting I've watched it before 😅
You remember that you forgot you've watched it... Soo how do you know you've already watched it?
@@jamesrich3426 Snippets seem familiar. Forget the details.
I've been this way X 13 years due to hepatic encephalopathy. That resolved but short term memory is damaged. Was a really sharp nurse.😢 I'm adjusting.
@@jamesrich3426 Actually just remembered I had something similar when i first got fibromyalgia 30 years ago. Used to joke I'd save a lot of money on books cause I could read them over without remembering the unfolding of events or the end.
That only lasted a few years.
bruh its embarassing, there have been times when i comment on a video and then scrolling down find a similar comment i made about a year ago
I was half way through watching this when I realised I had already seen this documentary. I think I don't have to worry about super memory...
I believe it because I remember some of the most trivial moments in life along with those most affecting me.
He can remember all that, when I can't remember to do my homework
me!
PrettyGirlPlayz_Msp Same..Lol..
SAME
Haven't you heard what the other man said? ''we forget easy things as where the key is for example'' so who knows what you are able to do with your memory ;)
12:39 his expressions say 99% bullsh!t
The guy at 24:50 who claims that she is simply “obsessed with her past” and claims that alone explains her abilities is absolutely ridiculous !
Kain 1045 absolutely! What a pathetic imbecile
It’s also extremely unethical to claim someone has a psychological problem when you have never met them to conduct any kind of diagnostic assessment
Right and he had the nerve to publish an article I am glad that there is actual scientist that actually worked with her and many others that can back her up!
Lots of arrogant men decide things about women like that. My friends psychiatrist father said my inability to drink milk was neurotic without meeting me. (It isn’t).
professional psychologist over here
i remember almost all the things and visualize in my head but I don't know the dates, just the memories. But when I visualize it, I can feel the same as that day. Kinda weird when I comeback to myself. Is like I travel in my mind to feel the joy of those memories. it happens randomly.
Russian neuropsychologist Alexander Luria discussed this phenomenon in his famous 1968 book The Mind of a Mnemonist. I'm amazed this is not mentioned in this film.
The power of creating associations in your mind! I remember A LOT from a young age, but am by no means one of these rare people. I do it by having a web of sorts in my brain. Everything is organized and connected. It may stem from early childhood trauma.
I forgot what I was going to write
Lol 😂 hilarious
Lmao! XXD
Hahahahaaaaaaaaa joweeeeeee
I forgot what I was going to reply
Brillant
This guy would be the best at any exam
Maybe not mathematics
J Wunder He could remember the format and the timetables
AtlasRedux bloody
Yay and I can't even remember what I had for dinner yesterday! Epic!
I used to be very similar to people like this till I started having seizures 8 years ago, now there’s giant gaps in my memory where years have disappeared and some of my friends I don’t even remember anymore but they remember me, I’m glad they still want to be my friend. When they talk about stuff I’ve done it’s like there talking about someone else, other stories they talk about I remember but I don’t remember them being there