Yasmin's Superpower: Hyperthymesia

0:00On April 7, meet this London teacher, Yasmin Omar, with a memory that won't quit. She can tell you the exact day of the week, whether, even her outfit from any date 10 years back, like a random Tuesday when she was nine. Yasmin recalls every student's birthday she's ever taught and relives family holidays detail for detail. She thinks it's hyperthiamsia that's super rare condition where folks remember their whole life in vivid chunks, but she's still waiting on a doctor's stamp. She's turned this gift into real help, like aiding police to catch crooks by pinpointing past events. At school, colleagues tested her on random history dates, asking for the weekdays, and she nailed everyone. Her family leans on her to replay old trips, making those moments feel fresh again. As a kid, it made her feel like an oddball, but now she calls it her superpower. Keeps her mood steady by diving into good times when she's down. Students love it, joking she's AI, or which, and escort her top marks and history exams back in GCSEs, thanks to all

1:03those dates sticking like. Glue. The flipside hits hard though. She relives bad stuff too, crystal clear, even triggering nausea a few years ago that docs link to traumatic. Flashbacks. To cope, she skips diary checks on tough anniversary days. Right now, Yasmin's linking up with top experts like Professor James McGaw for tests, since only about 100 cases got confirmed worldwide. Since 2021, with no standard diagnosis yet, Wild How One Brain Can Hold It All makes you rethink what memory really means.