> With early onset dementia where working memory and self-suppression are removed, you can unspool the same commentary as often as you like by teeing up the sam

> With early onset dementia where working memory and self-suppression are removed, you can unspool the same commentary as often as you like by teeing up the same context to trigger it. My working memory is pretty much shot, between inherited ADHD and a brain injury. Whatever is in my field of vision makes up the majority of my reality - associations with things I see, and the trains of thought that expand from those associations. The rest of my reality comes from whatever memories my brain conjures up when it has nothing to focus on. I use what I call "external prompts" to function on a daily basis, or 'teeing up the same context' to trigger a memory to trigger an action. Something that concealed my brain injury as a child was how well I did for most parts of school. I did well because tests are a series of external prompts, and my long term memory is fairly accurate. My math memory is terrible, though, as I can only hold 1-2 numbers in my mind at a time. For instance, to remember the time, I always round to the nearest 5 or 0. 2:43 becomes 2:45. It takes less number memory when the last option is only a 5 or 0. I also use picture memory to temporarily store the exact time (as a snapshot from when I looked at the clock), although the numbers start mixing with previous snapshots.