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I was talking to my co-worker yesterday about religion and faith. To make a long story short, he was telling about this girl who somehow became “ill”. It seems like her brain started to process a lot more images than most people do. For example, he told me that she would be at the super market and all the labels and other information that people usually don't process (at least at a conscious level) would pop on her mind and she would become overwhelmed and confused to the point where she finally had to stay home and couldn't go anywhere.

I thought that was interesting, because it shows the theory behind PR.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? If this is true, is there a name for her disease?

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I heard a similar story about a guy who could not focus on one person speaking if there was more than one person talking at the same time, like in a crowded room. He would hear every person's voice who was speaking, not being able to separate one from any other.

There was a Russian journalist who remembered everything (literally) he saw, heard, smelled etc.

He could hear colors and see sounds. That, however, created him whole bunch of problems because he could not distinguish what is really happening from his memory (it was so powerful). For example, he had trouble recognizing people because when he met someone he saw hundreds of faces from different perspectives, in light or dark etc. and he couldn't remember who the person he met was.

This russian guy went by the name "S", as far as i remember. I`m not sure, but i think Win Wenger covers him in "The Einstein FActor". If not, then it is Tony Buzan.

Many times the things he remembered were symbolized by something else. For instance, the number "5" could be a picture of a pentagram in his head. This way, his memory wasn`t totally photographic.