Iim to have this level of bad memory?

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I recently realized I have a very very bad memory, (unsure if short-term or long-term). I realized a few months ago but I never actually questioned if it was normal. I have serious trouble remembering what happened even the day before, to the point where I can't even remember what I had for dinner yesterday. I have completely forgotten my childhood from when I was a child to last year. I don't remember my first friends, my birthdays, or my high school teachers' names. Then again this could all be totally normal and I'm just being a dumbass lol.

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  • Daniboi
    5 years ago

    The stuff about "I can't even remember what I had for dinner yesterday", that's normal, but not remembering your friends is kind of not normal, but again, birthday parties and teachers's names is totally normal

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  • Boojum
    5 years ago

    Sorry, what did you just say?

    There's loads of stuff I don't remember, and I have no idea why some of the silly crap I do recall has stuck.

    I have to think hard about what I had for dinner last night, and I don't think that's because I'm a doddering old geezer who's losing his marbles. I think it's simply because it just wasn't that memorable.

    Not many people have accurate recall of a lot that happened in their childhoods, and it has been proven that much of what most people do "remember" from their early years are actually fake memories constructed from old photographs or stories they've heard from others.

    However, if you seriously do not recall anything at all from before a year ago, then I think you might have cause for concern.

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  • lmaowhatdoiknowboutusernames
    5 years ago

    On the one hand, I'm having similar issues, in 2017 I actually thought it was 2016 for about half a year until I finally realized that my friends noted down different dates than me. This year I thought I was in the first half of twelfth grade even though it was already the second.
    But on the other hand, I can still remember things from my childhood, at least a few teachers names and friends.

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