Overgenerability of autobiographical memory（OGM） refers to that when recalling autobiographical events

individuals can’t retrieve specific events or episodes in a given time point

but trend to retrieve general and repeated events.The autobiographical memory of most emotionally disturbed patients

especially who with depression and post-traumatic emotional disorder

is overgeneral

and the relationship between overgenerability of autobiographical memory and emotional disorder is bidirectional.The measure of AM should be improved

and more longitudinal studies should be studied in future.The researchers should pay more attention to the application in patients with emotional disorder.