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[quote=Anonymous]56 yo.  Eidetic memory for everything but faces.

[b]In school through HS[/b], I found the process to be awful because of the repetition.  If I got it the first time, why did I have to keep going over it? Net result was poor performance through HS because I did not do my Homework.  I had a a 2.4 GPA and was in the bottom half of my class.  But very god SATs (1560 in 1981).  I did not get into a good college.

I[b]n college[/b], though, I found it easy -- essentially straight A's for the first two years, in physics.  Transferred to a top school.  Suddenly I had to learn how to derive.  Presented a challenge.  One bad semester, then I figured out I had to do the HW until I understood how to do the problems.

[b]In grad school[/b] the only challenge was learning how to write so I could write my dissertation.

[b]Professionally[/b].It has been a huge asset.  I can recall the details of any meeting I have been in; sometimes people verify what I said, but mostly they just accept it.  As an example, there was a discussion on a technical approach to a problem in May of 2016....I mention that back in 1998, we discussed the same issue, and reached a different conclusion -- and the problem space had not changed.  Because of my memory, I was able to save a customer about 1.5 million in analysis and avoided a bad decision.

[b]Romantically[/b] it has been a curse.  I remember every discussion which pisses off my wife.  I remember every date, every vacation, every visit to family.  And I remember every problem -- I can not forget, for example, the time she slept with someone else while we were dating...I also remember every past partner in exquisite detail....and have been known to romanticize them (not good).

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