ADHD - The curse that became my superpower

[PINKBUCKETS]

In school, i could not hold my attention no matter how hard i tried. I was too ashamed to tell this to my parents and they would’ve wrote it off as just me being plain stupid.

But i knew I wasn’t dumb. I could retain info for the stuff i was interested in.

So time moved on, i learned how to brute force info into my head, how to improvise in conversations when i don’t actually know what I’m answering for. And with this i never failed an exam, but i had no hope of me being the best.

Fast forward to when I’m 23, i get diagnosed with severe adhd. Got on meds (wasn’t like how anyone described. I didn’t gain any superpowers to learning. Just basically puked due to side effects everyday). But with time. I got used to it. And i could finally hold my attention.

Then i discover about the memory palace method. I used to drift off anytime anywhere, create stuff out of thin air. And now people are saying this is the most efficient way to store info?? No way!!. - that’s what i thought.

I gave it a shot, and yup. It works. Wayyy too well.

Now I’m prepping for the hardest exam my country can offer, and I’ve never grown more confident.

Question- I’m running out of areas to store info. What do i do?

[TiagoParriao]

Two months ago, I found myself with the same problem as you. I had already used up all the available locations for my memory palace. Then I came across two tips here, and the second one worked surprisingly well. Just last week, I took the OAB exam (the Brazilian Bar Association exam) and managed to pass, largely thanks to the memory palace.

The first tip is simply to go out a few times during the week and take photos/videos of new places. I found this too time-consuming and decided to avoid it, but it might be useful depending on whether you have a job that involves spending a lot of time outside.

The second tip, and by far the best one so far, is to use house rental websites that allow you to explore properties in 3D. I have four links, and the first one works best for me, but all four are great. Here’s an example:

Homes For Sale (my favorite)

Zillow: Real Estate, Apartments, Mortgages & Home Values (my second favorite)

Portfolio – Google Business View | Interactive Tour | Merchant View 360 (very good)

3D Virtual Tours: Explore, Discover & Create | Matterport (very good)

You need to find this option:

3D

and every house that show up to you will have 3D tour available

So after choose the house press “3D/360º”

Inside of one of those houses

One piece of advice I can give is that this method is just a little less effective than using places you actually know. Sometimes you might forget the location where you stored the information, or even the information itself, but it’s still extremely useful. I almost never have problems with it. I recommend using it together with Anki to keep reminding yourself to review, especially because when you’re studying for exams, you usually have many different subject areas, which means many different memory palaces. And the best part is that there are virtually endless places for you to use.

[Biondi1789]

Its late maybe. But I think you can combine with other things like link peg or Major and you have a lot of places