Hello,
Are all the methods in the title the same method in reality, just with different names? I took the Chain Method from the GMS School of Phenomenal Memory or Pmemory. What I need to know moving forward is the same things so that I can research it in case I can`t go through a particular lesson or exercise.
Similar but not perfectly interchangable.
In a “chain” you have something like:
Image one connects to image two, then you kind of disregard image one and make image two interact with image three, then disregard two and make three interact with four… And so on.
A “Link” can be in the form of a chain, where each image has an interaction with the previous and next image or it can just mean taking two images and connecting them somehow. You could link two images at one loci, the move to the next loci and link two different images. The first set of images doesn’t necessarily interact at all with the second set, so it wouldn’t really be considered a “chain.”
Story method may involve carrying multiple links together through a story, so let’s say image one picks up image two and carries it to image three and then all of them interact with image four.
Similar but slightly different in how the images may be interacting.
Can I do the Pmemory course with what you have described as the link method? Interact with an action between the first 2 images, then the interaction between 2-3 images, then interactions between 3-4 images, and so on? Can I do It like this and be OK?
Also, If youve done the Pmemory course, would it be too much to ask for a text-only way to contact you, like email via PM or a Skype Id and I can ask you what challenges Im facing with today`s lessons and you in like 1 minute help me get unstuck so that I can finish my training?
I suffer from schizophrenia and haven`t worked in the past 10 years with Pmemory. I could get a job for the local government and work for the state with low stress and decent pay.
Is there any way you can help?
Thank you
Unfortunately I’m unfamiliar with pmemory, sorry! I wish you the best in your efforts with all of this!
Ok thank you anyway.
But what about my first question can I do the Link method instead of the chain which is more difficult and be OK?
Brilliant explanation!
Why not test both approaches and see which works better for you?
I think chain and link is the same. Unite words relating them by images connected. Story is similar but connecting inventing a story more complex not just looking the words only. Thats what i understand.
I feel similarly as @TheHumanTim does. But I’ll try and make it more simple.
All the terms are based on an association between two visual images. The link is just a synonym for me. The chain assumes many links without any more organization and is used for short-term memory tasks like competitions. When you want a stronger more long-term image, you create a story out of the chain that constrains the images to perform in a certain way that becomes a narrative worth remembering.
Doug
The best thing would be to use everything and not limit yourself… Chains, combinations, associations, series, order, sequences, lists, hierarchies, etc… All of this is what you are looking for is an order in your adjectives (images) and any or all Together they work, depending on what you are looking for…For a long time now, the chain using a story with a logical sequence has worked and continues to work.