Memory
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ks2me:
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.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...
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. -
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: -
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. -
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.
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Jennifer:
I am taking fish oil supplements now. Less memory loss.
Omega3 fish oil? what brand do you take? -
(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!! -
westmom:
:!: OMG I hope this day will never come..... :shock:(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.
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westmom:
:shock: Oh my...is there any way to get better? Are you under any treatment?Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. -
BigDevil:
westmom, you don't mean you have this condition right? I thought this is a chain email you have cut and paste here?
:shock: Oh my...is there any way to get better? Are you under any treatment?westmom:
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. -
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? :?
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