Ever since I was a Teenager. I have been a rather forgetful fellow. Forgetting to be somewhere at a certain time.Forgetting names etc. Now I'm considerably older. I think i have probably got worse.
I am even worse with names now. I can be introduced to someone and forget their name 5 minutes later. About 10 years ago I was at an exhibition this younger guy came up to me and said hello. He had started work at a small company (5 people) that I worked at 1 month before I left. I had absolutely no recollection of him at all. I have always had a day book at work to substitute for my poor memory. for some reason if I write it down I tend to remember it to the point of if asked by a colleague i could recall where on the page it was written, some what like a photograph in my mind. I need to put reminders in my smartphone or I totally forget or remember after the event. I only remember fleeting moments in my life and of my children. My children constantly correct me when I say I remember when you did this and am told it was one of the others. My mind seems to work like a camera where I have only a snapshot of an event. I dont have a recall of the whole event. The only exception are traumas which one naturally tends to remember. The only new years eve I remember well is 2000. What I did on previous birthdays, Christmas etc has vanished. 2 months from now I will have no idea when I posted this. My memory only seems to be about 64KB. I was tested by a doctor for early onset alzheimers but he said I was fine. None of my friends seem to have such a poor memory. It's just so bloody frustrating!! Am I in the small minority?