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 think there's more people with SDAM than researchers first realized, but it's still a small percent of the population making it really hard for people to understand our experiences.
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 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
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 have never heard of that before! I’m am mind blown. I am female, 32 yo, and currently going through a neuropsychological assessment because I suspect I have ASD. It always bothered me that my autobiographical memory is so poor and I actually told that to the psychologist, but I’ve never even heard about SDAM. I don’t know if I have it, because I do have very very few episodic memories, but maybe it’s a sprectrum also? I don’t know 🤷🏻♀️ I’ve noticed my father is exactly the same. The human brain is such a mystery! I also believe I have a degree of aphantasia but it’s not the most severe form, it’s just very very hard to visualize something and it’s fuzzy at best. Anyways, thank you so much for all the information, it was really informative and I learned a lot from you! Sending you lots of love ❤☺️
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!
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 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
My memory remembers and recalls feelings and visuals. Word recall however, seems non-existant. Repetition is the only way I can retain words. Got in a lot of trouble across my life for not remembering names.
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?
Unfortunately, it's still being studied and not in diagnostic manuals yet. I'm medically diagnosed autistic and adhd but aphantasia and SDAM are self diagnoses right now unless you're in studies. I basically read as much research as I can on the subject and am in a Facebook group with other people with SDAM. We compare experiences.
@@i.am.mindblind hecky alright. i wish i was able to join a study myself. something like this could be huuuuge for a ton of people I've personally met in my lifetime. it could even pave ways to figuring out those brainfart moments we all have but just accepted as "normal." one can dream. keep all of us informed as you discover this kinda stuff
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
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 think there's more people with SDAM than researchers first realized, but it's still a small percent of the population making it really hard for people to understand our experiences.
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 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!
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 have never heard of that before! I’m am mind blown. I am female, 32 yo, and currently going through a neuropsychological assessment because I suspect I have ASD. It always bothered me that my autobiographical memory is so poor and I actually told that to the psychologist, but I’ve never even heard about SDAM. I don’t know if I have it, because I do have very very few episodic memories, but maybe it’s a sprectrum also? I don’t know 🤷🏻♀️ I’ve noticed my father is exactly the same. The human brain is such a mystery! I also believe I have a degree of aphantasia but it’s not the most severe form, it’s just very very hard to visualize something and it’s fuzzy at best. Anyways, thank you so much for all the information, it was really informative and I learned a lot from you! Sending you lots of love ❤☺️
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!
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
Thank you for sharing Amanda 🙂
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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.
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My memory remembers and recalls feelings and visuals.
Word recall however, seems non-existant.
Repetition is the only way I can retain words. Got in a lot of trouble across my life for not remembering names.
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?
Unfortunately, it's still being studied and not in diagnostic manuals yet. I'm medically diagnosed autistic and adhd but aphantasia and SDAM are self diagnoses right now unless you're in studies. I basically read as much research as I can on the subject and am in a Facebook group with other people with SDAM. We compare experiences.
@@i.am.mindblind hecky alright. i wish i was able to join a study myself. something like this could be huuuuge for a ton of people I've personally met in my lifetime. it could even pave ways to figuring out those brainfart moments we all have but just accepted as "normal." one can dream. keep all of us informed as you discover this kinda stuff
I cannot remember my recent past.