[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

What's funny is I have the same problem here as I do when I pick up a guitar and somebody asks what songs I can play: suddenly I draw a total blank. Sometimes I sit there and say: "I don't remember a single Chicago Cub player. Sammy Sosa?" I draw blanks on the present, major success stories, etc. during the moment. It is a pressure thing, I guess. Yet, in normal conversation or thought I'd have no problem having perfect recall of whole starting rotations from two decades back. Then I also have some Mandela effect going on where I could've sworn I saw some player in some uniform, etc. What often causes this I think is I remember them having a big moment against that team or in that stadium, but not necessarily playing for them.

Same. I'm not sure if I remember more from my teens/20s because my cognitive abilities were sharper then, or if our memory capacity has limits, and instead of dumping older "core" memories, my brain is dismissing recent experiences instead.