Insight into our crappy memory
I've come to understand two things about my/ our ADHD affected memory:
1. I less I know about a subject, the harder it is for me to remember. If you tell me just your name, I'll never remember. But tell me what your name means, where it comes from, etc. And it becomes very easy.
2. Most of the time when I can't recall something, I haven't actually forgotten, I'm just not finding enough information (from part 1) to hold on and draw from.
My friend asked me if I remembered the pub we went to a few weeks ago and I was gone, blank. But then he reminded me who went and what we drank and boom, I remembered the pub and even what we talked about. This happened two times. Now I can remember it easily because now its in my head as the pub I keep forgetting.