Innordinate
MyPTSD Pro
Photographic memory doesn't mean that you recall everything that you've seen or paid attention to. It's just the way some people recall information stored in their brain, mostly from re-imagining but also includes the other 4 senses.
For me, when I'm trying to remember something, I picture seeing it in my mind again. For example, when I'm doing a test, I visualize the part of the text book with the correct information to answer a certain question. I can see the page as if it was in front of me at the moment.
I'm wondering really, if this effects the number of flashbacks I have, and the crappy ability I have to recall almost exactly, sights, sounds, smells of my abuse. I had no repressed memories.
The memories aren't the same as a flashback, in that I can see everything happening from different angles as I watch myself go through the abuse. For me, the term flashback is more re-living than re-imaging. But my memories of the abuse are so vivid, so clear, it makes it really difficult to be rid of them completely.
So, what I'm wondering is, do you have photographic memory or not and do you think it makes you're trauma worse/harder to deal with? and how so?
For me, when I'm trying to remember something, I picture seeing it in my mind again. For example, when I'm doing a test, I visualize the part of the text book with the correct information to answer a certain question. I can see the page as if it was in front of me at the moment.
I'm wondering really, if this effects the number of flashbacks I have, and the crappy ability I have to recall almost exactly, sights, sounds, smells of my abuse. I had no repressed memories.
The memories aren't the same as a flashback, in that I can see everything happening from different angles as I watch myself go through the abuse. For me, the term flashback is more re-living than re-imaging. But my memories of the abuse are so vivid, so clear, it makes it really difficult to be rid of them completely.
So, what I'm wondering is, do you have photographic memory or not and do you think it makes you're trauma worse/harder to deal with? and how so?