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Spokane_Girl
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 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: Asking questions and not remembering |
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Is there anyone that asks people questions but don't remember asking them it?
I ask people questions like if they have seen this movie or that movie and they tell me I have already asked them it. I always feel like I can't even remember what conversations I had with people. That's why I say I have a bad memory. Does anyone else do this?
What about telling people something and not even remembering you told them, so you end up telling them again? I do this and so does one of my aspie friends. But I don't know if he does this because he doesn't remember he already told me. Now he asks me if he has already told me "this" before he tells the story.
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nekowafer
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I do that allllllll the time. Thankfully my boyfriend does it too, so he's a little more understanding about it. Anyone else would just get annoyed with me. |
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zeldapsychology
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Spokane_Girl.  It's normal I do it all the time. I feel bad afterwards myself like (oh I didn't know I mention that to you already.) But on I go it's no big deal. |
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malithion2
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I do that too! Sometimes my friends don't mind or they bring something new to the repeated question. |
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pakled
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| something like that. People will introduce new people to me, and the moment the name comes out, I become a complete blank. |
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gbollard
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Poor short term memory is an aspie trait.
I'm usually good at conversational recall though. But if you ask me what someone's name is.... nup....
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Silver_Meteor
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Yes this happens to me a lot. Or else I will ask repetitive questions out of anxiety.
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Greentea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Aspies tend to focus on one thing at a time, and deeply. If my mind is busy with something else, I'm likely to not register the answer to my question. Like if I'm worrying about the impression I'm making, reminding myself to make eye contact, etc. I'll register little of what the other person is saying.
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Jayman
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| I never do this. I have a sharp mid-term memory as I call it. My dad is always forgetting things I tell him and I am the opposite. |
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DevonB
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Happens all the time. But now I get to blame it on middle age and menopause!
There's an up side to many things. |
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craola
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| Yes a lot, luckily no one minds too much |
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Sora
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know if this is the same:
I can remember if I told something, always. I just do not remember whom I told something.
People, to me, tend to blend into all the same. If I told one, I just remember that I told a 'person'.
I remember their responses, what I said, down to the very sentences that were said. I have no recollection who I talked to.
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Dyingearth
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| i do it |
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Tim_Tex
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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No.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Hehe, this happens to me often. I sometimes forget getting an answer and ask the same question again later. 
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