Thank you for this really interesting video. What impact do you find SDAM having on concepts such as personal ‘growth’ e.g. recalling and learning from past mistakes? What about remembering what you read?
At the end of the video I talk about how I can reread books like it's the first time. I'll forget the plot. I learn best by doing, I think there's some sort of muscle memory involved. If I just read a fact, I'll probably forget it, but if I learn a new skill and incorporate the facts I've learned I remember so much better. Now that's not black and white, I somehow did learn well enough in school to pass and get a college degree. I learn things, what my memory will keep or not, I never know. SDAM is about Autobiographical Memory, so it's chunks of my past that'll go missing. Some of my memory stuff could also be related to ADHD. Sometimes it's hard to know when one neurodivergency overlaps another. Hope that helps! 😁
This is fascinating, thank you for sharing. I process a lot in terms of sound and music, but orher areas are extremely visual. I'm now paying more attention. Do you have any output you'd call artistic?
Yes! I think of myself as an artist. I used to draw and paint when I was younger. I've been a graphic artist and I love crochet and sewing. I mostly have to follow patterns or use refrence art because of my Aphantasia. I'm not as strong of an auditory processor.
@@i.am.mindblind I’m curious if you have strengths in areas that have no need for the kind of memory/processing you are limited in, and what those might be. Neurodiversity is fun if challenging (bullying and painful difficulties notwithstanding).
@@wagneric222 One of my strengths is cooking despite not remembering what foods taste like in my mind (5 sense aphantasia.) I never follow recipes, but after years of cooking I just intuitively know what to do most of the time.
Well SDAM effects Autobiographical memories. So I learn facts just may not remember when or where I learned them. When I "remember" an event it isn't a relived experience. It's just a fact. Oh I learned that information at a particular seminar I took, for instance. But I won't remember the details of the seminar, I can't put myself back into that memory. I actually do learn better if I can see and hear something at the same time. But doing a thing is the best, but I guess it all depends on what I'm learning. Sorry for the long answer, this can be all hard to explain, but I'm working on consice answers. Also, because of my other neurodivergencies, sometimes what is SDAM and what is ADHD for instance, may get muddled!
@@i.am.mindblind Please give me example about when you see and hear something . Does when you read the document and hear the lecturer /teacher teach/say about document at the same time ? how do you learn skill ?
Where did you apply to fill in quizzes about aphantasia and SDAM? I also have both but it never occurred to me to try and contribute to ongoing research on them.
It was a while back, I just found them when I was googling to find out more info about these neurodivergentcies. I'm also in some FB groups and occasionally a research student will post some questionaires.
I think current studies suggest 1-2% of the population. I read "very rare" is 4% or less. Although I think as it gets studied more people might realize they have it too, but I still think it's rare. It's more than just being forgetful. It's not being able to relive your memories in first person or just having huge chunks of your life gone from your memory.
@@gailrothman7936 ah gotcha! Yes there seems to he a huge overlap between aphantasia and SDAM. But not everyone has both which is also interesting. And this combined with the ADHD can just make a mess of my memory every direction!
“Saddam” lol Okay maybe not like that 😂 Btw I like your pronunciation of aphantasia better. It’s how I would’ve pronounced it if I were reading it for the first time.
Haha glad I'm not the only one! I'm struggling to pronounce it with a long A, but it does make sense as a prefix. Atypical, Achromatic, Asymmetrical all have long A sound... Wish I had realized thst before "ah" got stuck in my head!
Thank you for this really interesting video. What impact do you find SDAM having on concepts such as personal ‘growth’ e.g. recalling and learning from past mistakes? What about remembering what you read?
At the end of the video I talk about how I can reread books like it's the first time. I'll forget the plot. I learn best by doing, I think there's some sort of muscle memory involved. If I just read a fact, I'll probably forget it, but if I learn a new skill and incorporate the facts I've learned I remember so much better. Now that's not black and white, I somehow did learn well enough in school to pass and get a college degree. I learn things, what my memory will keep or not, I never know. SDAM is about Autobiographical Memory, so it's chunks of my past that'll go missing. Some of my memory stuff could also be related to ADHD. Sometimes it's hard to know when one neurodivergency overlaps another. Hope that helps! 😁
This is fascinating, thank you for sharing. I process a lot in terms of sound and music, but orher areas are extremely visual. I'm now paying more attention. Do you have any output you'd call artistic?
Yes! I think of myself as an artist. I used to draw and paint when I was younger. I've been a graphic artist and I love crochet and sewing. I mostly have to follow patterns or use refrence art because of my Aphantasia. I'm not as strong of an auditory processor.
@@i.am.mindblind I’m curious if you have strengths in areas that have no need for the kind of memory/processing you are limited in, and what those might be. Neurodiversity is fun if challenging (bullying and painful difficulties notwithstanding).
@@wagneric222 One of my strengths is cooking despite not remembering what foods taste like in my mind (5 sense aphantasia.) I never follow recipes, but after years of cooking I just intuitively know what to do most of the time.
@@i.am.mindblindThat's interesting. Recipes tend to send me into a demand-avoidant ADHD freeze cycle. Cooking without thinking is far more enjoyable.
what about remembering what you listen/hear like video /lecture/ a song/verbal instruction ?
Well SDAM effects Autobiographical memories. So I learn facts just may not remember when or where I learned them. When I "remember" an event it isn't a relived experience. It's just a fact. Oh I learned that information at a particular seminar I took, for instance. But I won't remember the details of the seminar, I can't put myself back into that memory. I actually do learn better if I can see and hear something at the same time. But doing a thing is the best, but I guess it all depends on what I'm learning. Sorry for the long answer, this can be all hard to explain, but I'm working on consice answers. Also, because of my other neurodivergencies, sometimes what is SDAM and what is ADHD for instance, may get muddled!
@@i.am.mindblind Please give me example about when you see and hear something . Does when you read the document and hear the lecturer /teacher teach/say about document at the same time ? how do you learn skill ?
Where did you apply to fill in quizzes about aphantasia and SDAM? I also have both but it never occurred to me to try and contribute to ongoing research on them.
It was a while back, I just found them when I was googling to find out more info about these neurodivergentcies. I'm also in some FB groups and occasionally a research student will post some questionaires.
i have this too..how do we know it is very rare?
I think current studies suggest 1-2% of the population. I read "very rare" is 4% or less. Although I think as it gets studied more people might realize they have it too, but I still think it's rare. It's more than just being forgetful. It's not being able to relive your memories in first person or just having huge chunks of your life gone from your memory.
@@i.am.mindblind yes i am on all the FB groups and i def have this...found out after i learned about aphantasia...i fiind it fascinating
@@gailrothman7936 ah gotcha! Yes there seems to he a huge overlap between aphantasia and SDAM. But not everyone has both which is also interesting. And this combined with the ADHD can just make a mess of my memory every direction!
“Saddam” lol
Okay maybe not like that 😂
Btw I like your pronunciation of aphantasia better. It’s how I would’ve pronounced it if I were reading it for the first time.
Haha glad I'm not the only one! I'm struggling to pronounce it with a long A, but it does make sense as a prefix. Atypical, Achromatic, Asymmetrical all have long A sound... Wish I had realized thst before "ah" got stuck in my head!