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Old Mar 31, 2016, 07:47 AM
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How good would you say your memory is? Is it the same for episodic (what did I eat yesterday?; when did I get my first bike?) and working memory (these N unrelated things I can quite easily keep it memory, where N is the number of items)?

How was it before the onset of BP, has it changed since? Did meds play are role?

Would you say your memory is more negative/fluid/associative/affectual or positive/crystallised/dissociative/reasonable: a memory where retrieval is based on similarity or categories, affect or rationality, function or (arbitrary) form?

These are not common terms to describe memory type, but I hope ther are clear enough.

I always had a bad memory (working and episodic) and meds have improved it.

My memory is very much associative/negative/affectual: I group memories based on how they make me feel (functional).
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