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Are we supposed to have non-movie-like memories about the past? I mean, other than remembering "knowledge" such as sentences or dates or numbers or geography, e
by IAmNotAFix 6y ago
Are we supposed to have non-movie-like memories about the past? I mean, other than remembering "knowledge" such as sentences or dates or numbers or geography, etc, it seems that all memory about my "actual life" is movie-like.
- magicalhippo 6y agoI remember both moments and "movies". Some memories are more like pictures, usually accompanied with emotions. Other memories are more like movies, where I visualize the events unfold. I seldom remember what I dream, but when I do it's usually right before I wake up in the morning, and it feels like being in a movie. I often get aware that I'm dreaming and can control the movie (dream) to some extent. I can then get really annoyed when the alarm clock goes off before the exciting part is over.
- wongarsu 6y agoI experience movie-like dreams, but not movie-like memories. Not just the imagery (which is obvious, I'm aphantastic), but my memories aren't episodic at all. I have a sense of happened-after relations, but those are different from experiencing things one after another. Somewhat related, while I can't visualize memories I do visualize dreams. That would leave me to believe that dreams are fundamentally different (see also how the body has to seize many motor functions during dreaming, but we can use all of them during remembering).