Memory

Reply to Memory on Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:34:30 GMT

cfan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:34:30 GMT

Must take DHA, check out the brands and choose the one with the highest level subject to budget of course.

Reply to Memory on Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:02:21 GMT

Jennifer — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:02:21 GMT

KoalaMummy:
Jennifer:
I am taking fish oil supplements now. Less memory loss.

Omega3 fish oil? what brand do you take?

Taking Elfax. My children taking Nordic

Reply to Memory on Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:51:13 GMT

BigDevil — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:51:13 GMT

You had me going there for a moment...

Glad you're ok! :celebrate:

Reply to Memory on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:30:15 GMT

westmom — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:30:15 GMT

ks2me:
westmom, you don't mean you have this condition right? I thought this is a chain email you have cut and paste here?

Haha...I don't have this condition yet but i think I'm getting there soon....been more forgetful lately...like forgetting what I tell myself not to forget minutes ago...

Big Devil- thanks for yr concern and sorry to scare you...it's a chain email i got which i pasted here...

Reply to Memory on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:38:39 GMT

cluelessmom — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:38:39 GMT

Wahaha.... u guys are hilarious, feelin so much better now tat I noe I'm not the only forgetful one

Reply to Memory on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:58:50 GMT

MMM — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:58:50 GMT

daisyt:
Or sometimes, I want to put some important things in a more secure or difficult to find place till I also cannot find it a few weeks later.

:lol: I've the same problem.Keep the IMPORTANT stuff in a IMPORTANT place till I cannot remember where is that? :?

Reply to Memory on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:38:08 GMT

daisyt — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:38:08 GMT

Sometimes, I would throw away something and I forgot that I have thrown it away. The worst of me is, to hide something in a secret place then I would forget where I hide it. Or sometimes, I want to put some important things in a more secure or difficult to find place till I also cannot find it a few weeks later. So, I stop doing all these

I would also tend to forget certain things hb and me have done or certain places we have been during dating time. Is this normal? :?

Reply to Memory on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:52:40 GMT

corneyAmber — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:52:40 GMT

BigDevil:
westmom:
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
:shock: Oh my...is there any way to get better? Are you under any treatment?

westmom, you don't mean you have this condition right? I thought this is a chain email you have cut and paste here?

Reply to Memory on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:48:59 GMT

BigDevil — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:48:59 GMT

westmom:
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

:shock: Oh my...is there any way to get better? Are you under any treatment?

Reply to Memory on Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:44:59 GMT

corneyAmber — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:44:59 GMT

westmom:
(thought its quite apt to post this under \"memory\" thread:

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

:!: OMG I hope this day will never come..... :shock:

Reply to Memory on Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:38:47 GMT

westmom — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:38:47 GMT

(thought its quite apt to post this under "memory" thread:

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS…

Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests itself:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I head towards the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I picked up from the post man earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling box under the table, and notice that the recycling box is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling first.

But then I think, since I’m going to be near the postbox when I take out the recycling paper anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my cheque book off the table, and notice that there is only one cheque left.

My extra cheques are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the cup of coffee I’d been drinking.

I’m going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.

The coffee is getting cold, and I decide to make another cup.

As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.

I put the coffee on the worktop and discover my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I’m going to water the flowers.

I put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realise that tonight when we go to watch TV, I’ll be looking for the remote, but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but first I’ll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I put the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

The car isn’t washed

The bills aren’t paid

There is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the counter

The flowers don’t have enough water,

There is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book,

I can’t find the remote,

I can’t find my glasses,

And I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day,and I’m really tired.

I realise this is a serious problem, and I’ll try to get some help for it, but first I’ll check my e-mail…

Do me a favour. Forward this message to everyone you know, Because I don’t remember who the hell I’ve sent it to.

Don’t laugh - if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!!

Reply to Memory on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:35:43 GMT

KoalaMummy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:35:43 GMT

Jennifer:
I am taking fish oil supplements now. Less memory loss.

Omega3 fish oil? what brand do you take?

Reply to Memory on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:30:56 GMT

MMM — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:30:56 GMT

It's funny as hubby always asked me to remind him to bring the cashcard down for top up. I always tell him... you've to remind me to remind you.

Recently I had a scare.... I can't remember when was my last menses? So I was trying to work back to the supposed date as the last thing I want is to get pregnant and not knowing it.

Reply to Memory on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:17:49 GMT

en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:17:49 GMT

I think for an ageing woman my memory does not seem too bad if I bother to actually glance at the schedule. Otherwise, I will heavily depend on ds & dd to be my personal reminder. :lol: DH is hopelessly forgetful so can't depend on him.

For past memories, I usually tie things up to an event (likely the one that I will not forget). I will then work back ward or forward to get the exact date/data. For countless of things to remember for eg running errands, before I leave for the day, I have already schedule step 1 - 10 of the things I need to do. Hence, the risk of missing a step is lesser.

Reply to Memory on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:57:52 GMT

MMM — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:57:52 GMT

ks2me:
Are you referring to the red string old people used to tie on their fingers to remind them of a task or event? I thought that was quite cool...

Think Bert or Ernie also does it on sesame street??? :lol:

Reply to Memory on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:48:58 GMT

Blobbi — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:48:58 GMT

ks2me:
Blobbi:
but Chief, this could be the \"string\" you're talking about :).

Are you referring to the red string old people used to tie on their fingers to remind them of a task or event? I thought that was quite cool...

Can work also lah. But for people like me (it isn't just you, MMM!), my fingers will be all tied up and I won't remember what string is for what.

So now, I take fish oil too! Helps, I'm sure. Can't remember how it was before lah :roll: , but I imagine it must have been worse before.

Reply to Memory on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:44:46 GMT

corneyAmber — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:44:46 GMT

Blobbi:
but Chief, this could be the \"string\" you're talking about :).

Are you referring to the red string old people used to tie on their fingers to remind them of a task or event? I thought that was quite cool...

Reply to Memory on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:39:45 GMT

Blobbi — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:39:45 GMT

ChiefKiasu:
We never lose memory. It's there in our brain. Just that we lost the way to those memories by not keeping it organized. It's the equivalent of forgetting where you stored your hidden treasure because you had too many hidden treasures and no proper way of tracking where they are.

So in my humble opinion, people who are forgetful are people who have not mastered the art of organizing their thoughts in their minds. And it becomes worse if too many orthogonal things happen simultaneously. If you are able to serialize your thoughts and process each thread with a standard way of archiving the information in your brain, you should be fine.

Did you ever read \"The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci?\" The guy was a Jesuit priest sent to China as an emmisary of the West. He had to showcase how superior western science and technology was (and in those days in the 16th century, versus the height of Chinese culture, that was not easy). Anyway, he had a memory system where there were hallways and rooms for each memory, and he had a whole palace full of them.

The book is rather dry, so I don't really recommend it for pleasure reading. I forgot where I put it already :lol: , but Chief, this could be the \"string\" you're talking about :).

Reply to Memory on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:14:45 GMT

Jennifer — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:14:45 GMT

I am taking fish oil supplements now. Less memory loss.

Reply to Memory on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:44:38 GMT

corneyAmber — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:44:38 GMT

VitoRelax:
MMM:
I observed that my memory is getting really bad. Yesterday, hubby passed the school bus payment card. I think I left it on the table...... but now I can't find it. I just cannot remember where I left it :?

I observed that it's getting bad in recent months. Is this a sign of ageing?
dont worry, MMM.

It is a sign that you are only human

For once, Ah Pek easier to understand than Chief...

Reply to Memory on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:43:15 GMT

corneyAmber — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:43:15 GMT

ChiefKiasu:
We never lose memory. It's there in our brain. Just that we lost the way to those memories by not keeping it organized. It's the equivalent of forgetting where you stored your hidden treasure because you had too many hidden treasures and no proper way of tracking where they are.

So in my humble opinion, people who are forgetful are people who have not mastered the art of organizing their thoughts in their minds. And it becomes worse if too many orthogonal things happen simultaneously. If you are able to serialize your thoughts and process each thread with a standard way of archiving the information in your brain, you should be fine.

You always so cheem one ah? :?

Reply to Memory on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:19:10 GMT

blueblue — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:19:10 GMT

Don’t worry…u are not alone…I think my memory is worse than u.

Reply to Memory on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:47:41 GMT

BlurBee — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:47:41 GMT

Funz:
Ahhh. Swiss cheese memory. Dun worry, you are in good company.

Yup frens recommend gingko biloba. But that will help only if I remember to take it regularly.

:rotflmao:

Reply to Memory on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:46:23 GMT

MMM — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:46:23 GMT

ChiefKiasu:
If you are able to serialize your thoughts and process each thread with a standard way of archiving the information in your brain, you should be fine.

That reminds me... I save alot of files and many a times and eg. 1 month later, I cannot recall where I saved my working files or that email which I archived...... :slapshead: