My sister and I weren't really close until more recent years. We liked each other, we just didn't have much in common as kids. But I am glad I can ask her somethings and she'll remember. But since we didn't hang out a lot, she doesn't remember everything for me. I wish!
Thank you so much, Amanda; every time I tune in, I learn something new! As you talk about your experience of SDAM, I am getting the impression that I may have it as well. Wow! Mind blown! I started watching because I recently figured out that I am aphantasic, and wanted to learn more, but so many things I had no idea about...!
I have a Playlist for SDAM. When researchers were first looking into it they hypothesized less that 1% of the population has SDAM. Now the number is higher. I thought I saw 3% but now I can't find where I read that to verify it. The co-occurance with aphantasia is pretty high though.
I think of journaling as a gift for old Emily I am giving myself memories. I don’t blog though just old school journal and pen. It’s not as much of a demand then if it’s a gift I’m giving myself but I don’t pressure myself to do it every day
Relate 💞👊. Memories ??? So so from 3rd person view and like searching microfiche. Sometimes there is a word, smell, emotion, physical thing that’ll trigger a memory. Wish was “normal”
I wonder how many people are affected by SDAM but they don't realize it. I think it's great that you pointed out that before your DX, you knew your memory was poor, but you weren't yet capable of saying how, simply because you couldn't know how others experience memory. I experience memory in connection with images, but I think it's my working memory that's not great. Ability to call a bunch of facts to mind while talking, for example, has always been a weak spot... and you need to be able to do that as a teacher or courtroom attorney.
I also homeschooled my girls for 5 years… sorry I just keep commenting as you go but I also journaled but there was a gap in the kids early years with no journals I didn’t know I had SDAM and now those memories are lost forever I do have journals going back to when I was 10 though we must have absent mindedly been keeping track without realizing we had that condition
Interesting I made up my own word for it because I didn’t know it was called semantic memory but I called it an imprint of something like I get an emotional /energetic imprint that can come back but no memory. Also it’s so hard to know what is caused by what at this point lots of overlap I gave up on that
I should get a diagnosis, with a lot of memory stuff mentioned in the videos. if its something you are able to talk about; how did you go about getting a diagnosis?
It would suck to have these conditions without siblings they are so great for filling in blanks
My sister and I weren't really close until more recent years. We liked each other, we just didn't have much in common as kids. But I am glad I can ask her somethings and she'll remember. But since we didn't hang out a lot, she doesn't remember everything for me. I wish!
Hello friend. It’s all so relatable we share all of these labels. AUDHD multi sensory aphantasia and SDAM thanks for raising awareness to all of this
Thank you so much, Amanda; every time I tune in, I learn something new! As you talk about your experience of SDAM, I am getting the impression that I may have it as well. Wow! Mind blown! I started watching because I recently figured out that I am aphantasic, and wanted to learn more, but so many things I had no idea about...!
I have a Playlist for SDAM. When researchers were first looking into it they hypothesized less that 1% of the population has SDAM. Now the number is higher. I thought I saw 3% but now I can't find where I read that to verify it. The co-occurance with aphantasia is pretty high though.
I think of journaling as a gift for old Emily I am giving myself memories. I don’t blog though just old school journal and pen. It’s not as much of a demand then if it’s a gift I’m giving myself but I don’t pressure myself to do it every day
Yes, having a goal of daily Journaling would definitely make it feel too much of a demand for me!
Relate 💞👊. Memories ??? So so from 3rd person view and like searching microfiche. Sometimes there is a word, smell, emotion, physical thing that’ll trigger a memory. Wish was “normal”
Thank you for sharing Amanda 🙂
I wonder how many people are affected by SDAM but they don't realize it. I think it's great that you pointed out that before your DX, you knew your memory was poor, but you weren't yet capable of saying how, simply because you couldn't know how others experience memory.
I experience memory in connection with images, but I think it's my working memory that's not great. Ability to call a bunch of facts to mind while talking, for example, has always been a weak spot... and you need to be able to do that as a teacher or courtroom attorney.
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I also homeschooled my girls for 5 years… sorry I just keep commenting as you go but I also journaled but there was a gap in the kids early years with no journals I didn’t know I had SDAM and now those memories are lost forever I do have journals going back to when I was 10 though we must have absent mindedly been keeping track without realizing we had that condition
No worries, more comments helps with the algorithm. Haha. But also, that's how I like to watch videos too. Comment as I go. It's more fun that way.
Interesting I made up my own word for it because I didn’t know it was called semantic memory but I called it an imprint of something like I get an emotional /energetic imprint that can come back but no memory. Also it’s so hard to know what is caused by what at this point lots of overlap I gave up on that
It's true it's hard to know what causes what. I like to sort things as best as I can to describe my inner experience, but it's never perfect
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I should get a diagnosis, with a lot of memory stuff mentioned in the videos. if its something you are able to talk about; how did you go about getting a diagnosis?