Perfect Memory

Ever wished you could remember everything? Well, that would be a disorder called hyperthymestic syndrome.

A 2006 Neurocase article first covered the case of Jill Price, whose memory was described as "nonstop, uncontrollable, and automatic" and reached this conclusion:

It is somewhat surprising that superior memory does not necessarily facilitate other aspects of everyday life, and in fact, in the case of AJ her memory was not helpful in school, and causes her to spend much of her time recollecting the past instead of orienting to the present and the future.

A book written in 2008, called The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science - A Memoir detailed the burdens created by her memory:

For me, because of the way my memorym works, not only do I often return to yesterday, I can never escape it. I live with a constant, unstoppable parade of yesterdays of my life flashing furiously through my mind.

Still wish you had perfect recall?!