I've forgotten....

I have a cold and my brain is foggy. I even had a dream this week where I would put things down on a desk, etc. and they would literally vanish. It happened three times in that dream. I am that way when I get stressed anyway. If I do not hang my keys up in exactly the right spot as I walk in the back door, there is no telling where I will find them. I am going through some drawers and such and finding all kinds of weird things I did not remember having. I just this moment looked at a waste basket and saw a stack of important papers in there. I had cleared the table, hubby puts all kinds of important papers down and ignores them right on the table, but I wanted to put a new cloth on it. I had not intended to put them in the trash. I can lose my glasses even when I know where they are because without them on I cannot see to find them.

Sometimes i also loose my memory. I will something somewhere and i forget that. Then the deep search will starts, irritation comes. Then i sit and think patiently then it will definitely appears. But i never forget about my studies and career issues. In that i have so strong memory. Thanks for sharing,

I think we all have "senior moments". Sometimes we have so much going on that its easy to misplace things. Specially the ordinary things, the stuff we do everyday. I forgot to give my mom her car keys back, thankfully she has another set. I wish all good things for you. I hope your health issues get resolved and that nothing is serious. Maybe you can blame it on the gremlins, them darn little people who come and hide stuff.

Just about every day at work I walk in our supply room and I stand there for a few minutes looking around wondering what I came in here for. Sometimes I can't remember what I was gonna say but I have a lot on my mind and I think that has a lot to do with it. I think about 10 different thinks at once and then I get confused about all of them

I think if you are sure about how you are at organising things, it helps to see someone about your condition. Oprah always says to listen to that inner voice and your body will tell you if somethings not right. However do more observations and be more concious of how you operate. Sometimes like someone before me has said, it may due to stress. Maybe you should take raisins, they say that its good for memory.

I misplace stuff more often then I really should. I would leave my keys on the table and the next minute I would forget. Lately It has been getting worst, I am a tiny bit worry about that.

Well I think you need to go and have the test done to ease your Mind because having all this on your mind the worry the stress will not help you and can cause you to forget things I do it at times I mislay my Keys it just happens Girl but if you are really worried go to the Doctor Hugs

my memory is gettinga work over lately as to what time to take kids to work and pick them up these are our visiting family. Mine is thinking a day aead of time nd start to get ready only to remeber that my appointment is the next day. but for the most of it memory is fine lololol I hope ya find everything and soon

Hmmm.... What was the question again?

Hi, dear! I am really worried about the stigma of that disease, the heightened awareness, and I am actually thinking that the concern & hype, that overcomes me once I "mislay" something, is creating the confusion! I like you, am routine, but if I lose just one thing...that WORD comes popping into my mind...and keeps rearing it's ugly head, reminding me that that is what is happening. I know it is something we need to be learned about...but it shouldn't be foremost in our minds...so we afflict our own selves with comden\mnation...and the fear that is it creeping up on me. OH DANG..it, I know what I am trying to say..just NOT saying it right (just forgot...LOL!) Did what I wrote make any sense to you...I heard, read about it when I was younger..stored the info..and went on, now when something is amuk..we put it down to the awful word. I'll just be quiet now!

When things weigh heavily on our minds, we tend to do things without thinking about them, like putting objects in places we wouldn't usually put them. Instead of racing around looking for the missing objects, sit down, clear your mind and think of something else. Eventually, your mind will come up with possible places that these objects could be in. Or you could just look in the freezer - that's where my mum always puts things without thinking. Ever since having kids, I have noticed that my memory isn't the same as it was. My short term memory and information retentive memory are not too good these days, but my long term memory is just as good, if not better. I guess the brain only lets the important stuff remain in our concious memory and files the rest somewhere like 'noted, but not going to use...ever'. There are memory exercises out there that can help to improve ones memory as well as ones concentration. Word and number puzzles are great for this, as are math equations. Techniques like picture association help too - a lot of people use this technique without even realizing they are using it. I hope you find the items that for now escape you. While the hose can work without the nozzle, and the lawns aren't going any where, the glasses and keys are probably items you need and use on a regular basis.

Hi MsTickle, I think its because you are so worried about your health problem that you are misplaceing your things, don't worry about something that I don't think you have, my husbacd is forever misplaceing things and takes about an hour looking for them and in the end I always find them for him, my hub is a healthy bikeing fanatic and somethimes I think his brains are cook with all that cycleing, please don't worry, it will work out for by itself. Tamara

Sorry to hear that you have not been well. I too have been having issues over the last week. I never get sick, but I have had massive back pain which drained all the energy out of me and left me confused and in a daze as well. I could not find my car keys for a day. I eventually found them in the back roller door to my garage! I had just returned from a weekend away absolutely exhausted and could not find the key to the side door, so I used my roller door key on my car keys to open it and then rolled the door down from the inside, leaving the keys in there on the outside! My back finally improved yesterday after getting gradually worse for a week, so I am back on track now! :-)

I remeber all things where I have lay them.Be careful.If it is important to you ,you must take care about where you have lay them.the location I lay a thing is where I always lay it.You can keep it a habit.Everything is located clearly.So you can find it easy.

if i have misplaced something or i don't find a thing i need...then there are two ways to get it back...most of the times i try to recall all the events of the day ..that what i did and when...and suddenly i remember and if i go to that place i get my thing there...or otherwise...if i have tried my best and i can't find it...then i proceed to my work.....trying to carry out my work with the substitute...then suddenly that thing comes to my sight....don't doubt your memory and take tensions unnecessarily...when u say u r well organized then u will find them...and i t happens sometimes in everyone's life....

yea,i worry about that too.more so because i had people in my family with altzheimers,dementia,and parkensons. stuff,i'm usually good about knowing where it is. but as far as conversation,i sometimes have brainfarts mid sentence. but as long as i eventually remember what i was trying to say,i don't worry so much. when i can't,then i know i'm in trouble..

I read that as 'the nozzle off my nose'! Made me look twice! I'm fairly organised, though you might not think so to look at my house. I do tend to know where things are though. I think I just go around with a mental map of where I saw things last. I hate it when other people tidy up as it really messes up my system.

I think everyone has his/her moment of forgetfulness, does not matter at what age and what condition. I often thought of a name than when I was about to say it I forgot that name and had to describe this person and let others support me with a name. I am forgetful with items, too. So I put everything is a certain place easier for me to see and find.

Oh wow sorry to hear of all the tension and stress you have been under. That alone can be the contributing factor as I am also a very well organized person and when I have lost in my brain, I tend to not find things and then they show up in the very same spot I check a hundred times. I do hope all is well with your health and you can resume back to ye ole self.

Hi Ms Tickle. This has been the scene in my house for the past few years. I used to be a very organised person too. But since my health went bad, I find it very difficult to do any cleaning work or organising work too tedius and have no strength to clean after cooking and sending my daughter off to school and my husband off to work. Sometimes my husband gets annoyed at the way things are at home but he does understand that it is because of my health and not laziness. I have tried reducing the work load by hiring a maid and now I feel much better. And am taking further steps to reduce the stuff at home-there are a lot of things and clothes which I do not use and have become old. Am sorting them out and giving them away to poor relatives and charity. Am planning on selling off some furniture so that there is much space at home. Tackle your health first and get your mind off it and all will be well. Our mind is the main culprit and don't worry, things should work out fine for you.