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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The awkwardness thing is huge!

NP here.

I remember people easily, including small conversations we may have had in passing. I often feel awkward when speaking to an acquaintance and I know all about them but they barely even remember that we once spoke. I spend a lot of time thinking about what is the 'normal' amount of remembering to try and avoid looking rude (acting like I am meeting them for the first time) and wayyy to invested (because I remember all this random sh*t about them).

I also used to get bent out of shape when I was younger and used to remember everything about others, but they didn't remember everything about me. I wondered if I didn't 'matter' to them. It took a while to realize that *I* was the odd one...

Like others have said, though, it definitely was a major advantage in school. It actually let me excel in an academic environment despite my ADHD.[/quote]

I have this too. I can remember minute details of people’s lives I met once. It always irritates me when they don’t remember me. OTOH, it’s great because I’m a therapist and it really helps in my job. [/quote]

I posted previously on this thread but you made me think of something: I too have to sort of “hold back” what I remember about people because adults get weirded out that you remember tiny things from some previous interaction as if you purposely committed that to memory or something (they have no idea your brain does this to and for everyone). However, as a teacher, it’s a HUGE asset because I remember everything about my kids. I can look at their names in the roster before meeting them and then at the meet the teacher day before school starts I greet them by name and they feel super special. The first journal prompt my kids did this year back in August was their favorite thing to eat. Last week, FEBRUARY, I was talking to one girl and was trying to explain metaphors and a kid jumped in with “compare it to your favorite thing to eat.” I said “OH, her favorite thing to eat is chicken and dumplings” because I remembered reading that back in August. I have 145 kids- the fact I remember things about them like that ALWAYS makes them happy. They believe they’re not noticed for being special at this age, especially by teachers, so though it’s awkward with adults, it really does help me in my job with teenagers. [/quote]

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