Not remembering something you just did

Post Reply New Topic

I do it all the time. Often I know that I've done something, but have to check it just to be sure. But sometimes I don't actually do things, I only go through the motion - for instance, I will look at my watch but not actually read the time, and will have to look at it again after five seconds.

that reminds me (no pun ) does anyone else have a strong sense of déjà vu quite often.

It is the weirdest thing. I wonder if it is related to my cognitive problems.

Have I replied to this thread yet?

Yes, me too. It happens a lot, but it's better than the alternative. I think of it as pseudo-OCD due to regular carelessness. For most people it happens at least a few times a day, I think, if there's a regular routine.

I want to thank you for that!
Now I know if I am crazy, at least I am not alone in my crazyness.

(oh, wait. . .they can cure crazy)

Merle

LOL! oh, yes, that was a much needed laugh for the morning I have had, TallyMan.

Merle

This could work for some routines. Thanks.


Yes! I do that too, and with the same example.

took me a couple of replies of people's laughter to even get that this was supposed to be funny...... and then a few min to figure out why...........

lol good one

One thing that helps me remember that I have locked the door (if i can remember to do it, which is about the fourth time I've checked it) is that I say "ok, I locked the door" out loud, it seems to help me.

If it helps you any, your problem is *******COMMON*******! Many memory courses refer to this kind of thing. Frankly, I am surprised it works as well as it does.

Just about a month ago, I remembered(about 5 miles too late) about a cup I left out. Rather, I had no memory of having thrown it out. It had SODA in it, and was PAPER. It was a TICKING TIME BOMB, and I had to either risk missing a flight or let it tick away. I let it tick. Early this morning, I looked for it a bit, and later found it in my bedroom. I KNEW it must be the old one because I remembered the new one as being left in the dining room. Sure enough, it WAS! Another week, and it might have started leaking.

I may be in my forties, but I DO remember the same sort of thing in my teens. BTW sometimes I can study words, and think WHY? I don't remember ANYTHING, and can't remember ANYTHING from the books! Other times, I think WOW, I must know 2000+ native words in each language, and it seems I know all the books. I just look forward to the day, if it ever comes, where I find the key to increasing speed and ability.

have you ever know all thos 2000+ native words in each language and then the next time you need that information it has lost its self in your memory somewhere? and you can't find it? and then later to much later, there it is when you wern't looking for it?

Merle

I am sad to say that that sometimes happens to me EVEN IN ENGLISH! Most words, including all those in english, to the best of my knowledge, that I have ever learned ARE there! Once there, it is unlikely I will forget them in the real sense. RECALLING is another story.

Sometimes I feel like an IDIOT because of this, even if the word or idea was one nobody in the area ever knew. That isn't an AS symptom though.

I was thinking about a method to remember repetitive tasks. Get the larger colored rubber bands and pick a color and code it with a task. Put all the rubber bands on the left wrist when you wake up in the morning and when you do each task, take the rubber band off one wrist and put it on the other. When you wonder 'did I turn out the light in the basement?' you can look at your right wrist (your RIGHT wrist, to remember you did it, right?) and see you have done it.

and if one can't remember which wrist is which, perhaps a small but tasteful tattoo?

I am going to try it, as long as I can get rubber bands big enough so they aren't tight. Hey, maybe a trip to the Dollar Store for those fuzzy scrunchy hair bands would make them practical and cozy. When I left the house, I would say out loud "I am hanging my routine reminder bands here on the key rack I have finished all my tasks today." Then I will remember all day(because I don't have the hair scrunchies on my wrist) that I have completed the task. I am sure this will alleviate my anxiety enough I can start to obsess about OTHER things.

Merle

I have problems with short-term memory all the time. I forget where I put things and forget whether or not I locked doors or left the stove on, etc. I didn't have a problem with this until a few years ago, when I began having problems with anemia and other health issues. I think blood loss may have caused me some very mild brain damage. Alzheimers doesn't run in my family, so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that isn't it...
I have to write notes to myself and carry a digital recorder around to make voice notes. I'd be lost without Post-its.

I and my Father are exactly like you, Thor.

I've developed 'locational memory'...I forget something, and I have to go back into the room where I originally left the thought... 50 is middle age; it's where you stay the same, and everyone else gets younger...