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🌈 breaking ranks. 🇺🇦<a href="https://fnordon.de/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a> about severely deficient autobiographical memory - and maybe that's what it has been all along.<a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181112-severely-deficient-autobiographical-memory-is-surprisi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181112-severely-deficient-autobiographical-memory-is-surprisi</a><a href="https://fnordon.de/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a>

Mx. Alba :tranarchy_punk_transgender:<a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Introduction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> with a billion <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/hashtags" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hashtags</a>... I'm Alba, a <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/trans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/nonbinay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonbinay</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/bisexual" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bisexual</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/autistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autistic</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/vegan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegan</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/antifascist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascist</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/activist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activist</a> from <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Nijmegen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nijmegen</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NL</a>. In addition to my <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/autism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a>, I've also got <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ADHD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/hyperlexia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hyperlexia</a>, related auditory processing and executive function issues, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/aphantasia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphantasia</a> and <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/SDAM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory). I'm an IT <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> at a large <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/international" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#international</a> company, a volunteer for the <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/radical" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/intersectional" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intersectional</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/anticapitalist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anticapitalist</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/political" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#political</a> party <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/BIJ1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BIJ1</a> and a freelance <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/translator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translator</a>. I speak <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Nederlands" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nederlands</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/français" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#français</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/English" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Deutsch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deutsch</a> and <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Esperanto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Esperanto</a>. I play <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/saxophone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saxophone</a> - I have a bari sax, a tenor sax and a soprano sax. I also have a <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flute</a> and a <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ukelele" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukelele</a> but I don't play those nearly as well as the saxes. I love playing <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/TTRPG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> like <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/DnD5e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DnD5e</a> and <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/PF2e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PF2e</a>, and I have two <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/cats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cats</a>, an orange slonk called Hobbes and a void chonk called Nita. I used to hang out on mastodon.lol until early 2023 when that instance shut down. I then moved to todon.nl and recently decided to hop on to blahaj.zone :Blobhaj_Love:

kamikat1/2 In tonight's edition of "kamikat recognizes her childhood "phases" as hyperfixations. I have SDAM/aphantasia, so I don't remember anyone specific, but I feel like I probably had some good counselors in school who funnelled me into socially acceptable stims/hyperfixations. So, just like sign language became an acceptable stim, rapidly cycling through musical instruments in 7th grade was the only reason I went to school every day. <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adhd</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/aphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphantasia</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a>

Anna Nicholson<a href="https://queer.garden/@scintilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@scintilla</a> Having had similar feelings, I wonder if I should just rename my suspected SDAM to HBS – heartless bitch syndrome 😉I’ve added aphantasia to the tag pile below because (a) I’m also aphantasic, and (b) there seems to be a lot of overlap between aphantasia and SDAMI wouldn’t be surprised if there’s also a link to ADHD’s ‘time blindness’ (bad name, but it’s the best we’ve got that’s in common use)<a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SeverelyDeficientAutobiographicalMemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeverelyDeficientAutobiographicalMemory</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/aphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphantasia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyADHD</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/TimeBlindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimeBlindness</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/TemporalAgnosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TemporalAgnosia</a>

Anna NicholsonThis brilliant video by Mica, <a href="https://mastodon.online/@PonderfulYT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PonderfulYT</a>, is as clear an explanation as you’ll find of the neurodiversity movement, neurodivergence and neurotypicality, and their relation to disability: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iicSLx19pc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iicSLx19pc</a>And it’s not just good because Boba tries to steal the show! 😻<a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/NeurodiversityMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeurodiversityMovement</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodiversity</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurodiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodiverse</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodivergence</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurotypicality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurotypicality</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurotypical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurotypical</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabled</a><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anxiety</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/aphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphantasia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/bipolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bipolar</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BPD</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/BrainDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrainDisease</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/BrainInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrainInjury</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/cPTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cPTSD</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#depression</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/dyscalculia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dyscalculia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/dyslexia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dyslexia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/dyspraxia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dyspraxia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/hyperphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hyperphantasia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/LearningDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LearningDisability</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/OCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OCD</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PTSD</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tourettes</a>

Anna Nicholson‘To help make connections: name 5–7 things that interest you but aren’t in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.’OK, I’ll try to choose things that aren’t in *any* of my fediverse profiles! Hmm 🤔How about <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a>, <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/HumanComputerInteraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanComputerInteraction</a>, <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#learning</a>, <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mindfulness</a>, <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a>, <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> and <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/UrbanDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UrbanDesign</a> for starters?Relatedly: <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActiveTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveTravel</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/aphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphantasia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/AutobiographicalMemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutobiographicalMemory</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/biochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biochemistry</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/BodyDoubling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BodyDoubling</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/CellBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CellBiology</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ColourPerception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColourPerception</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consciousness</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genetics</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/GreenSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenSpace</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/HCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HCI</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/hearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hearing</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/hyperphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hyperphantasia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/mind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mind</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neuroscience</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/perception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#perception</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SoftwareDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareDesign</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/TransitSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransitSystems</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/UrbanTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UrbanTransit</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/UserExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UserExperience</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/vision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vision</a>

Anna Nicholson‘… But you are wrong to say that we cannot move about in Time. For instance, if I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence: I become absent-minded, as you say. I jump back for a moment. Of course we have no means of staying back for any length of Time, …’So said the Time Traveller in the first chapter of HG Wells’s science fiction classic The Time Machine: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35/pg35-images.html#:~:text=But%20you%20are%20wrong,for%20any%20length%20of%20Time" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35/pg35-images.html#:~:text=But%20you%20are%20wrong,for%20any%20length%20of%20Time</a>I was reminded of this when I heard Brian Levine talking about SDAM in this Aphantasia Network AMA session: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvam_uoBSLc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvam_uoBSLc</a>‘In my work we always talk about the feeling of mental time travel, or re-experiencing. So I’d want to know, do you feel like you’re actually travelling back in time, like you were there?’I wonder if the idea of ‘mental time travel’ came directly from WellsI’m even more curious to know if that’s what it really feels like for most people: is this another one of those things I thought was a flowery metaphor but turns out to be much more real? 🤷🏻‍♀️<a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SeverelyDeficientAutobiographicalMemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeverelyDeficientAutobiographicalMemory</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/aphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphantasia</a>

Anna NicholsonI was just having a discussion with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@lauravivanco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lauravivanco</a> about aphantasia and SDAM: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@lauravivanco/110729611947017752" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastodon.scot/@lauravivanco/110729611947017752</a>I am aphantasic and have a very different kind of autobiographical memory from that of other people I’ve spoken toBut then this occurred to me:Why should I accept Brian Levine’s 2015 (yes, 2015!) coining of the term ‘*severely deficient* autobiographical memory’ for this aspect of my neurotype?Being Autistic, I’m pathologised by the medical model as having a ‘autism spectrum *disorder*’And being an ADHDer, I apparently have an ‘attention *deficit* hyperactivity *disorder* (yeah, get two Ds in there, why not!)Yet many Autistic and ADHD activists who subscribe to the social model of disability and the neurodiversity paradigm are making inroads into persuading at least some academics and clinicians to treat us as disabled, not disordered, not deficient – just a different kind of human, not humans that have gone wrongMy aphantasia/SDAM (I have a strong hunch they go together) may have strengths and weaknesses in comparison with the imaginative capacity attributed to the mythical ‘normal’ personBut because it’s out of the ordinary, it has to be called *severely deficient* by the gleeful (probably) neurotypical researcher, doesn’t it!In 2015!Still!<a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/aphantasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphantasia</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SeverelyDeficientAutobiographicalMemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeverelyDeficientAutobiographicalMemory</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodiversity</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SocialModelOfDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialModelOfDisability</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyADHD</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/NothingAboutUsWithoutUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs</a>

Ada<a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mike@social.chinwag.org</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@Stefwill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Stefwill@social.chinwag.org</a> I was about to say the same thing. <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Aphantasia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aphantasia</a> and a splash of <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/SDAM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a>, which seems to manifest to some extent or another in most aphants

Simon :ir:To give an idea of what I can remember, from my "primary school", which I left ~25 years ago, I could probably describe fairly detailedly how the empty building looked with layout etc., but I can only recall a handful of "social situations" which happened there. For the situations, the best description I can give: It's like if you are shown a photo for a brief time so you have an overall idea of the situation, but very little details - and it's all a bit fuzzy. I couldn't at all describe how the people looked, but I can mostly remember who were there. I can for some of the episodes also remember there were strong emotions, though I can't really describe them - which is probably "standard" alexithymia.So why am I talking about this on my "autism account"? While I haven't seen any data which indicate that SDAM is an autistic comorbidity (but given how little is known it's probably hard to say yet), it does greatly affect my autism discovery in not being able to look back. It also means I don't remember experiencing common autistic situations of being misunderstood etc., but I can see I have the reactions other autistic people describe e.g. with trying to preempt misunderstanding with detailed emails covering as many possible avenues for misunderstandings etc. This leads me to believe these things absolutely happen to me and my unconscious brain registered it and I "learned" from the instances - but I can't recall them.I would like to make all this more coherent and concise, but I have been wanting to make this post for a month - so I'm posting this "introduction" now and will add more as I learn.A huge thanks to <a href="https://mstdn.social/@autism101" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@autism101</a> for talking about this on Twitter. It has made a significant impact for me to know this isn't just me, and made it easier for me to understand the impact of my memory on me.<a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/MyExperiences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyExperiences</a>

Simon :ir:As part of my autistic discovery journey I heard many cases of people talking about how after they found out they were autistic, they looked back and in retrospect they displayed many obvious autistic traits. I never had that experience, since I realised that I simply don't remember. I have no problem remembering facts, including the events that happened and the parts I "needed", but I can't remember details of the situation. Since I never had a problem remembering things I had to remember (ignoring short term memory and general executive dysfunction here), this just wasn't anything I questioned before - but it was quite obvious now that I do remember things differently than many (most?) people. It's not something that has changed as I grew older - I just didn't think about it until recently.A few months ago Autism-101 posted on Twitter mentioning SDAM (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory). That was one of those lightbulb moments - I suddenly had a name which just clicked and described what I experienced. On top of SDAM people a fairly new idea, and therefore in early stages of being defined, the descriptions I have found so far of SDAM are mostly fairly academic and not too great at describing how people really experience it, so I'm not certain I have SDAM - but it fits very well.For reference, the main SDAM academic website describes it as: Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM) refers to a lifelong inability to vividly recollect or re-experience personal past events from a first-person perspective.<a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/SDAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/MyExperiences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyExperiences</a>

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