Alexandra Wolff has what’s known as . She is one of only 55 people in the U.S. who have been identified with this ability. All of these people can remember details about their lives that the rest of us couldn’t hope to remember: the strangers they pass on the street, the first thing they saw when they woke up seven months ago.
And though it’s not clear why the brains of people with HSAM can do what they do, what is clear is that this ability gives them an access to the past that’s profoundly different from you and me.
If you think of 2013, probably only a handful of memories stand out. The day-by-day is a blur.
We forget most of our lives.
But Alexandra says that remembering even an inconsequential trip to Target is an almost physical experience for her. She says she sees what she saw that day, hears what she heard, and emotionally feels what she felt at the time.
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