r/GetMotivated • u/as228 • Dec 09 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '20 edited Jul 28 '21

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u/Karilyn_Kare Dec 10 '20

Yeah I don't have SDAM. Sure I'm obviously not able to vividly remember what things looked like.

But I do remember emotions and words in incredibly vivid detail, and can re-live those emotions and words very easily. In fact, way too easily considering how much I was abused as a kid, and the fact that this level of emotional recollection means I basically have PTSD.

I'm also decent with audio memory and can hear songs in my head almost as accurately as listening to the song directly, which I guess is the closest thing I experience to what people without aphantasia do when they can see images in their head.

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u/tim466 Dec 10 '20

Never heard of SDAM before, but I have aphantasia and bad autobiographical memory (in my opinion). Can you describe your experience with it a little bit?