I'm so forgetful....are you?

My memory has gotten worse after having my baby, but I don't miss place to many everyday things. I have a certain place for my keys, cell phone and purse and keeping them there really helps. And for tasks I keep a calendar near the laptop to look at before I go out for the day and that helps a lot too. But I have noticed that i've been 'putting away' a lot of semi important documents away and I just can't remember were they are. I have not having my memory like it was.

I have the same problem. I am very forgetful now a days. I blame it on my increase in age and my kids, stress or whatever but myself. I believe it is me though. I don't exercise my mind, at least that is what a friend told me. She said that we have to constantly stay alert, meaning we have to do some math or recollect some old memories and yes take notes. Take Ginkgo biloba pills. One time I placed my car keys in the fridge and went all over the house looking for them. I set the keys down while I was getting juice for my daughter and the phone rang. That was just too much for me to juggle.

Yup, we only have a one bedroomed flat but it is like the Bermuda Triangle. Put something down and it is lost forever. Sometimes we even lose Gissi - you may know him from other posts - because he tucks himself away behind or under something and then when it is home time there is a general round up. I am a writer and I can remember everything about the books I am trying to write and sell but if somebody telephones me I have to write down the details of the call immediately or I totally forget that someone rang at all. We have a special book and then when my partner arrives home he can check for messages. I have to write down all sorts of things because my brain just will not retain them. You may find that as your body recovers and the hormones balance themselves after the birth that your memory will improve again. However, it may be the distraction of having a lovely baby and if that is the case your memory really will get worse when little darling learns to walk lol. With regard to memory I read that an action becomes habit after six weeks of persistently repeating the action. For example, if you get really tough with yourself and put your keys on the same hook every time for six weeks, eventually you will put them on that hook without even thinking about it. Then you can move on to something else. I found that worked for me, but it doesn't work if your Partner moves things about. Also, if I have something I absolutely must remember I take a sheet of paper and write the reminder in big letters and tape it to the net curtain on my front door, so that I can not leave home without doing whatever it is that is so important. I hope some of that helps.

I think it happens to a lot of us. There are some days it is a lot worse than others. I find sometimes it could be Best to make notes of what I need to do, and accomplish, otherwise I would misplace my head. I guess it is just a part of nature and life.

I know I do, but I blame it on the multitude of things I'm trying to do at the same time! The things that I used to remember real well, and now have trouble with are; grocery list--if I have more than three items, I have to make a list! telephone numbers--ever since they came out with cell phones, I can't remember a single phone number! except my own! numbers--since my part-time job requires me to deal with a lot of numbers, I have to make a list of the numbers that I need to remember! Stick 'em notes right here on my computer helps me remember a lot of important things that I need to remember!

I'm starting to be forgetful too....must be age catching up on me

You're not alone out there. I am also a person who can easily forget things. Sometimes after I done something, I always thought I may have forgotten something and can't remember at all. I have a short term memory where I can easily not remember. My wife although very tired to let me at all times but I really need her to remind me of something. I try to make a note and stick it on place where I can easily see and never forgot...like putting a note on windows desktop. I've been taking medication to improve memory...I ate ginko biloba tablets. This helps me although it takes some time depending on person's capability.

I misplace my keys everyday lol. I usually just throw them on the couch when I walk in the door and they fall between the cushions :D.

Yes. I am forgetful at times. Mainly the credit card due dates. I had to pay the late fee charges many a times. I put a reminder starting from 2 days before and by the time the actual day comes I cancel the reminder. It is funny but it happened with me twice. I am really very forgetful.

i am in the same boat, but it is because we just have so much on our minds...like me for instance, i work 2 part time jobs, help out in different areas at church, have 2 kids and a hubby and a house to look after! so yup, i buy sticky notes and use em!

i have experinced that too.sometimes,somethings easy n fast,i may forgot where i had place it but when something big n had past,i may remember it.I think this happpend when the memory inside the mind is pack and so the simplest little things may be easily forgot.As a student,i need to work out something so as not to be so forgetful.

hi there dayzz25 i am like that too forget things i don't know why that happens but i need to keep some sort of diary for myself so i don't forget like if i want to do the washing i might go into another room then i say to myself why am in this room happens to me sometimes i don't know why thanks for this discussion

Recently, i started to become forgetful. Sometimes i have to quench my head to remember a thing i was about to get. It really just very hard for me to remember. Sometimes i even think i have alzheimer. This is some kind of cognitive deterioration from which we become less active that make me prone to behavioral changes. SO i have to write down everything i have to do. If not everything is forgoten. Sometimes it just at the tip of my tongue, yet i just can't say it. oh, how time flies. I miss those jolly moments duing my younger years when i was still so clever and witty. Now, though wiser, i seldom forget good things i have to do. Thanks for this topic. more power.

well i think that creating notes of what you have to do is the best way.. put it in a place where you can always see it!!

hehe happens to me too... but most of the time i will just put them in one place so i will know that if its missing, someone took them.

OH yes!!!!! I"m usually thinking about so many things at the same times that I keep forgetting this and that.Misplacing things is so normal I don't even get surprised anymore LOL I usually am better when I"m on holidays - less thinking about too many things at the same time:) - but once they're over back to my forgetful self . I used to write notes to remind me of what I needed to do but I would forget all about the notes as well - even when they were right in front of me LOL

It happens to me too. SOmetimes I feel like getting senile at 38. Sometimes I forget where I put things. Worst one time I forgot ask for a loan from a bank and forgot about it and wonder why I'm paying something extra. I need to focus more than before and had to really put extra thoughts for those important task or events, otherwise I just forget.

I am forgetful ..what i do is what ever comes inside my mind i always do it in an instant or i dont want to be lazy and put the thing in the right order for me to keep everything organize.

as for my case, sometimes i am forgetful sometimes not...i guess sometimes it depends if i get enough sleep...and also, there are things that i don't forget no matter what and there things that i easily forget... i used to make notes but now, i don't have much time to make notes...if i don't forget, i do make notes...

when i am at work,i always make a note if i could not deal with it at once.i have a terrible memory,too. i offten couldn't find something at home.i just put them in someplace where i ever wanted. sometimes i have to tear the house upside down,in the end,i did not find it. -_-||