I have an odd question.

[Pessimism]

When you think about something, or recall a memory, how would you describe it?

Is it like a flash? Can you actually visualize what it is you are recalling? Does it always have a visual manifestation? Do you recall conversations with others in audio? Or do you do it some other way?

 

[Satanstoenail]

Visual, with audio.

 

[Pessimism]

For everything? Are there some that never ever have a visualization?

 

[JontRevolting]

Occassionally scents will cause me to recollect certain things.These recollections are like dreams in that if I don't write them down immediately,then they'll be forgotten immediately.Which of course I don't,the sub-concious is a strange beast.

 

[Vossyrus]

It depends on what I'm remembering. Sometimes visuals or audio but that's generally for stuff that isn't that important to me personally like bits of a conversation or a scene from a movie.

It might be a bit strange but for me personally, it's primarily the mood/atmosphere that stands out. I think I'm really affected by this on a subconscious level because often I do recall certain atmospheres of which I'm not sure where they came from. But generally when I do recall a particular event or something, it's the atmosphere I remember and how I felt in relation to that. This of course makes it tougher to describe to someone though. I guess it's kind of like describing a dream. Even if I can remember exactly what was in the dream and what happened I will never be able to fully express the depth of the dream to someone, because I can't accurately explain the mood/atmosphere and how this alone affected me.

 

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[celestialelixir]

Occassionally scents will cause me to recollect certain things.These recollections are like dreams in that if I don't write them down immediately,then they'll be forgotten immediately.Which of course I don't,the sub-concious is a strange beast.

this.

But usually visually and/or auditory.

 

[Chanakya]

Lately, scents and certain words have been giving me ridiculously detailed flashbacks about life in India.

 

[Matt]

Almost exclusively visual, with audio when needed. Scents don't come into play at all for me. I also remember almost everything I read and I remember it as words on the page, like I re-read it in my head, if that makes sense.

 

[waif]

Visual, with text.

 

[Pessimism]

With text? How does that work?

 

[damnromulans]

I suspect WAIF has re-enacted the Bloodninja "rhinoceros" cyber fantasy many a time.

I relive the past through meomry film-vignettes, if that makes sense. I remember everything about where I was and what I was doing - scenery, weather, sounds, etc. Scents have the most powerful and instant recall factor.

 

[Krow]

brief visual...

Most things I recall that werent very recent are extremely vague/cloudy with details usually missing.

I've taken several sharp blows to the head in the past, concussions from baseball.... and I think they've fucked my memory to a point.

 

[waif]

With text? How does that work?

As in, I experience any audio as if I was reading it.

 

[Onder]

As in, I experience any audio as if I was reading it.

Go to the doctor.

EDIT: You have subtitles in your memories? What the shit.

 

[waif]

No, I just hear everything with the voice I hear in my head when I read.

 

[Onder]

Oh. When I read and realise I'm reading, it happens to me too. Like, the same w/ breathing. When you know about it, you just breathe manually.

 

[mutantllama]

visual and audio

 

[Onder]

I asked my mother and she said she had visual and smells. Haha. No subs.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

I think emotions have a lot to do with the way you remember things. When I try to remember a time or a place the memories that usually strike me the most are the ones that affected me emotionally and that feeling rushes about again.