Panmnesia

From Activating Evolution

Panmnesia, also known as Hypermnesia or Total Recall is the psychic ability to easily remember and quickly recall everything that one has ever experienced or learned in one's lifetime. One with this ability usually needs only to read, hear or see something once and they will never forget it. They continually learn for the rest of their lives and their brain will simply compress neural synapses to contain it all, allowing memory of every event, experience or bit of knowledge from birth to the present. In addition, this ability may even be accompanied by the inability to have one’s memory altered, and immunity to the memory-numbing effects of drugs (a faculty called Anamnesis).

Note: This ability may be more of a curse than a gift if the user has encountered many traumatic events in one’s lifetime; this is especially true if affected by one with Mnemokinesis or Mnemonic Recollection

Note: This ability implies that the user can remember everything, but every moment of their lives is not constantly in their conscious mind; they must consciously make an effort to recall desired information and memories (for example, if they wanted to think back to remember an important piece of information, their contemplation on the topic would activate the part of their brain that stored that piece of information).

[edit] Variations:

Eidetic Memory

• Eidetic Memory, also called Visual Memory or Photographic Memory is a version of Panmnesia, in which the user doesn’t have total recall, but can remember visual information much more readily than a normal human. Those with eidetic memories usually only need to read or see something once and they will never forget it again (they may have a hard time recalling it, though, after learning numerous other things). Sometimes, if one with this ability tries to retain too much knowledge at one time, it can cause fatal mental damage.

Phonetic Memory

• Phonetic Memory, also called Auditory Memory or Phonographic Memory is a version of Panmnesia, in which the user doesn’t have total recall, but can remember auditory information much more readily than a normal human. Those with phonetic memories usually only hear or listen to something once and they will never forget it again (they may have a hard time recalling it, though, after learning numerous other things). Sometimes, if one with this ability tries to retain too much knowledge at one time, it can cause fatal mental damage.

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