Springsummer Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Say if you chatted with someone at least 4 times over a period few years and even the last time you chatted was 2-3 years ago. Will you fail to recognize that person at all? like totally unrecognizable, no memory of having ever seen that person? is that normal? even just a random stranger? Link to post Share on other sites
Shanex Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Memory rarely fails me. What context are we talking about? Sorry to be crude, but I would remember a crush, or a hookup from 15 years ago more than a random chat with a stranger from last year. By the way, what did I have for dinner yesterday evening? 3 Link to post Share on other sites
basil67 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Someone who was memorable will be remembered. If they weren't particularly memorable, they will be forgotten. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
CautiouslyOptimistic Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 This would be fairly normal for me. I have a pretty bad memory and I'm particularly bad with faces. I will remember how to spell your weird last name before I remember your face unless you're very peculiar looking or we've had 3 or 4 face to face meaningful conversations. I think there's an actual name for this shortcoming. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Author Springsummer Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 um...interesting. Maybe because I am a very impressionable and visual person? I was the "artist' in my classes back in schools. I loved to draw portraits. People's faces will generally give me deja vu feeling if I have seen them, sometimes even once. Maybe it's one of my problems....too visual and idealistic Link to post Share on other sites
CautiouslyOptimistic Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 um...interesting. Maybe because I am a very impressionable and visual person? I was the "artist' in my classes back in schools. I loved to draw portraits. People's faces will generally give me deja vu feeling if I have seen them, sometimes even once. Maybe it's one of my problems....too visual and idealistic I don't think it's a "problem." Maybe more of a left brain/right brain thing? Link to post Share on other sites
grays Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I used to be really good at remembering and recognizing faces and had a good memory in general but in the last few years not so much. I think a lot of it is due to age (I'm 48) but maybe also that Ive had some trauma and general temultuousness lately. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
basil67 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 um...interesting. Maybe because I am a very impressionable and visual person? I was the "artist' in my classes back in schools. I loved to draw portraits. People's faces will generally give me deja vu feeling if I have seen them, sometimes even once. Maybe it's one of my problems....too visual and idealistic I don't so much remember the faces. I remember how interesting they were to talk with. I will easily remember a vibrant personality. Link to post Share on other sites
anika99 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I'm bad at remembering names but I never forget a face. Link to post Share on other sites
lovephule Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 This would be fairly normal for me. I have a pretty bad memory and I'm particularly bad with faces. I will remember how to spell your weird last name before I remember your face unless you're very peculiar looking or we've had 3 or 4 face to face meaningful conversations. I think there's an actual name for this shortcoming. Prosopagnosia (when it’s extreme). Link to post Share on other sites
SevenCity Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I'm terrible with names but will often remember faces if the person left an impression (I'm better at remembering attractive women). I've put a lot less effort into remembering anything since I've been dating as it just wastes valuable space in my brain that is better served storing less temporary information. I dated this one girl last year that was like Groundhog Day. She literally could not remember anything. It was like her short term memory only lasted a couple days. She used to keep pictures of past events or she would forget they ever happened. It was as if she had a brain trauma. Strange and frustrating to say the least but she was fine with it. Never met someone like that before or since. Link to post Share on other sites
Author Springsummer Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 I dated this one girl last year that was like Groundhog Day. She literally could not remember anything. It was like her short term memory only lasted a couple days. She used to keep pictures of past events or she would forget they ever happened. It was as if she had a brain trauma. . OMG...wonder how life works for her though? you need certain memory capacity to function well in many aspects of life, right? Link to post Share on other sites
Author Springsummer Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 I'm bad at remembering names but I never forget a face. Never? wow, I can't say that. Today, I just found out that I can't really recognize someone I met just once one year ago. Link to post Share on other sites
Author Springsummer Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 sigh.....so I guess this thread is like many thread in this forum...we don't have a conclusion...not even generally? People's memeory vary wildly, some from one extrem to another. so, maybe I can conclude that the man either has memory problem or I am really not memorable, or both. None of them are good. so I guess I would have to pass. can't over this. Link to post Share on other sites
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