Imagine being able to remember EVERY SINGLE DETAIL of your life from the time you were 12 DAYS old???

Rebecca Sharrok can. The 27 year old remembers EVERY part of her life (even dreams) all the way back to 12 days after she was born.

“My earliest memory of which I can date is from when I was twelve days old. My parents carried me to the driver’s seat of the car (my father’s idea) and placed me down upon it for a photo. As a newborn child I was curious as to what the seat cover and steering wheel above me were. Though at that age I hadn’t yet developed the ability to want to get up and explore what such curious objects could be.”

 

Sharrock is one of 80 people in the world with this rare condition called Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory

She can even recite the entire collection of Harry Potter books. Sounds cool? It’s not always easy.

“At night, I have to sleep with the radio on and a soft light. If it’s too dark or quiet my mind just chatters away with all these memories and I can’t sleep,” she told 60 Minutes.

“When I relive memories, the emotions come back. So if it’s something from when I was younger it’s like my mind is an adult but my emotions are the age that I was then.”

 

Filed under: Rebecca Sharrok