Are you a forgetful person???

I am afraid I am more and more becoming one of the 'forgetful' people - it's really annoying because at one time I remembered anything and everything. I have and do know people who have always been forgetful though - my sister is one, she can never remember my birthday, she's either a week early or a week late. Last year she decided to call in her words, a week early because she knew she was late last year. LOL she actually called on my birthday last year, by accident. I still love her though and just figure whenever she calls it's going to be a surprise rather than knowing she's going to call on my birthday.

I think as we get busier AND older, sometimes things can slip our minds easier. I know I have forgotten things at times and I am only 34. Never anything important, but small things may slip my mind. My son wears a certain T-shirt for school every Friday and there have been times when he's said "MOM, you forgot my T-shirt today " so then I respond "MATTHEW... you should have gotten it out yourself !!!"

I am not yet either but my best friend who is 46 is starting to tell the same things to me over and over. I could see if it was days apart, but this will be with in an hour or two of telling me something. The really weird thing is that my grandmother who is 86 is starting to do the same thing. I can understand her being so old but my friend worries me because she has a spot in her brain and after 4 years of tests they do not know what it is.

Maybe your friend is getting senile... :/ Or she is a really good actress. :P I am not that forgetful normally. In case to make sure I don't forget, I normally note down the things I need to do, the appointments I have made, etc. The more you use your memory, the better it will become. If you get dementia for instance, it means you seldom use your brain to think. If you keep on using your brain, you will hone it such that it gets sharper with age.

No one is an exception from forgetfulness. But too frequent to be forgetful is something abnormal. I forget only uncommon things. But if at all I want to remember I pay more attention that's all.

Does your friend have a medical condition that is causing her forgetfulness? my friends mother started showing those symptoms..she was able to hide it from most people for a few years but then it became so bad she lost her job...she had a diease called piks..it is pretty rare but should be checked out...my husband is very forgetful..yesterday he forgot what time he was supposed to work(while at work no less)his shift was 11-8..he thought he worked 8-5...even he didnt leave our house until 10am...he arrived home 6pm..and i asked him are you sick? he says no why? ummm because you dont get out of work until 8 tonight...he had to call his boss and apologise for leaving early...hmmm made i better get him checked out...

oh yeah, i am a forgetful person, sometimes even worse.i can forget what i want to do in only few second, or i forget whre i put my stuff etc.my friends all know about that. I really hated being a forgetful person because sometimes people use it to put a blame on me even if i didnt do it or say it, they will say " i think u're forget that you say it because u r forgetful".sometimes i still can remember something for a long term even not all things

I can be forgetful about little things like groceries but I think I have still a while to go before I forget important things like appointments or birthdays and anniversaries. I usually keep a list of the groceries that I will need when I go shopping but I have often arrived at the shop only to discover that I have forgotten to bring the list with me. However, I think quite a lot of people do this sort of thing. I don't think any of us has a perfect memory.

im not a forgetful person..especially on appointments and dates..but lately i noticed that i tend to forget some events that occur just in one month time...it started actually after i undergo some minor surgery years back...is there any cure of this?? any food that will help retained memories besides nuts?

Oh I tell you what, even my son makes fun of me for my forgetfulness. I seem to forget everything these days. I have always been bad for forgetting but it seems to be getting worse. Here's the weird thing. I can remember lots of things, eg. phone #''s, invoice #'s, what I did with a file three weeks ago. That kind of thing. I can't remember to take the chicken out of the freezer, that I told my son he can't watch tv (until he's been watching it for an hour) and small things like that. We will be walking into the house and I'll say "Oh man!" and my son will say "I know, I know, you forgot!" Isn't that horrible?

At the moment becaujse my life is not in order I do get quite forgetfuland I don't like it lol..There are so many niggly things in my brain and I need to write things down so I can remember them lol..otherwise I will be a walking disaster!!

age is such one factor in the "remember yes-remember no" issues but it's not limited to that. nutrition could also be another factor. i've seen from a television talk show that inorder to polish one's memory, he should keep his brain working. one tip is to pick one from a deck of playing cards and remember it. he should do that everyday, thereby accumulating the number of cards that he needs to memorize which will increase his capacity to remember things.

many things influence forgetfulness , Age factor, Stress, lazyness. I do forget things cause of the stress i am undergoing. I cant sleep for 6 hrs a day atleast cause of the busy schedules i have. I do forget many things which i think of doing in 5 mins time. This happens very often when people are preoccupied with thoughts of the family , job, house and friends.

yeah, nowadays, we are more more busy and we became forgetful. I think what you said is very common. I myself often forget things, even just 1 minutes ago I'm thinking, but sooner I'll forget that. And I don't really want to be that, everybody don't want to be that, I know. My tip is write down things you plan to do.

I also have a friend like that. And lately Ive been forgetting things too. I think its because Im getting older now.LOL Thats what they say anyway. I hope this isnt an onset of oldtimers for your friend. And me too.LOL

it is not too good to be forgetful.you know alot of people forget alot because they are busy thinking about so may things. i forget at times but i dont like it still. some people forgetfulness might be due to some illness while others natural because they are too busy with so many things in their mind.in the case of your friend, i dont want u to be upset with her just be praying for her.it is not good for some one to tell you to wait her in some place and then forget like that.i know that you are upset about her behavour but please be praying for her. you said that both of you have not seen forlong.I want to ask u a question do you think that you still know this person you called your friend very well like u use to.people do change. she might not take your friendship serious the way she use to many years back.so she might loose interest on u and even forget most things she has with you.i have an elder sister who ones had a child hood friend that travelled to another city to stay for many years and when she return back to the city again to visit my elder sister she was not at home and when i told her her friend came to look for her she said that both of them are no longer friends that they dont know each other again because both of them are completely grown up and might share different ideas about life.i want u to get close to whom you said is your friend .study her and find out if she is still the nice person you use to know.if she is not then run away from her but if she is nice continue with the friendship.if u see more forgetfullness in her ask her if she got accident and hit her head against any object.if she said no then take the issue to God in prayer.we all need prayer.pray for your friend.i will join u too in the prayer.i have started mine now.please pray for your friend.God bless u

I'm a young guy still and have good senses yet. Yes with age approaching and kicking our minds we tend to forget somethings. My mom is a big example of the topic. She forgets sometimes where she has kept the keys of almirah or what she was suppose to do next. I think even I'm catching something but not a lot as I'm still young but one day I will also suffer from the problem that's sure .

Most of the time things we forget are things that we don't have interest in. Things that we don't want to remember. If something is interesting and you like it you would not forget it.So simply if you want remember something have interest in it and you would remember. I'm generally not a forgetful person.

I am forgetful .but in this context I would like to tell about an incident that happened a few years back before our marriage. My husband and I had planned to meet at a shopping mall one evening.He asked me to be there at 5pm in the evening. As planned I went to the shopping mall at 4.45 otr so. I thought that there was another 15 mins and hence I was window shopping for some time. Time went on and on and on it was around 5.30. Then I thought that he might have been stuck in traffic jam. So i thought i shall wait for 10 more mins and then calll him. At around 5.40 I tried to reach him on hsi mobile but that was of in vain cos he did not pick up the phone. Then I thought might me that hes driving that he ahs not taken the mobile. I waited for 10 more mins after that. Then I could not wait.I called him again but this time again there was no response.It was around 6.10 in the evening.Tears were about to come down my eyes I decided to call again. and at last he picked the phone this time. To my perplexity and anger, I was able to sense that he was in half sleep. With tears rolling down I asked him about our schedule of meeting him at 5. He just woke to reality telling me that he has totally forgotten and had gone to sleep. He had forgetten to keep the alarm and he had forgotten the planned meeting. Anger and irritation reached to the pinnacle inside me. But unfortunately I ahd to let it subside and talk to him. Finally he persuaded me telling that he would be there in the mall within 10 mins. As promised he refreshed and was there in the mall in 10 mins.And I cant ever forget the apologies he made to pacify me that day!

I do a forgetful person, in many time i often forgot to do something or i miss something. For Solution i bought phone cell which has organizer, so i always make a note,alarm, or appointment to help me remembering all my activity :)