Serious Forgetfulness

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Oh my god. I drive myself up the wall with this. I just left my bath running for like 45minutes o_O thank the lord for the overflow thing......I do it all the time but never for that long

I always forget that I have food in the oven, leave my hair staightners or curling tongs on, I forget what Im watching on TV when the ad's come on, I miss appointments, leave my door unlocked......blah blah. I swear one of these days I'l wake up dead because Iv burned the house down or something.

I have to write myself notes, but then half the time I forget Iv written them. I never remember where I put things. Il go up stairs for one thing and come down with something else.

It's making me mad, I need to improve my memory/concentration whatever before I lose my marbles altogether :mad:
 
Haha, you sound JUST like my mom! Seriously.

She makes the excuse that she forgets stuff because she has to deal with so much. Annnnd...I wouldn't totally disagree with her on that.

But yeah, I know where you're coming from only from living with my dear ol' mommy.
 
LOL you tit! However I tend to do the same at times, but after one particular incident I now no longer leave the Bathroom until it is done and the taps are turned off just incase.....:shame:
 
D. Kawashima's Brain Training. ;D

It happens to us all though, so don't feel bad. I once left my car keys in the ignition all day when I was at work.
 
I have that brain training, it doesn't seem to be doing much good :monster:

I left my door unlocked all night aswel

I uased to leave my keys in my scooter all the time when I was at work, one of the typist would always come over to tell me >_<

Incidentally, when it got nicked, the keys were'nt in the ignition.....just thought I'd point that out :wacky:
 
My memory's worst if I get distracted by something, and I'll completely forget what I'm supposed to be doing, or that I have a bath running/something in the oven. I'm way too easily distracted. ><

My memory is quite bad when I have to remember to get a form signed for school, or bring in a dvd/cd for a friend.. little things like that. And writing notes is useless because I forget to look at them. :monster: I've got into the habit of writing reminders on my hand.. although for some reason when I look back at them, I never understand what I meant by them. o_o The other day I had 'biscuits' written on my hand and had no idea why. =/

I usually have to tell my friends to remind me about things, or if I have something to remember I'll say it over and over in my head... Most effective method for me, tbh.
 
Wow, I have a very similar problem. Just like you, I forget I'm cooking something if I go watch tv. What I've found though, since coming to university, is that if I stay in the kitchen, even if I get distracted, I don't forget the food.

I have to write a list if I go shopping. Because I do it every time, I know what I mean by it. I also know what you mean about the tv. I've learnt that if its something I really like, I'll just leave it on through the ads.

Its funny when you talk about this though :P Makes you sound a bit silly :P
 
Yeah i'm very forgetful, but maybe it has something to do with that when I was little I kept running into doors, but not on purpose.
 
I used to not have a problem with this, but lately it's been getting alot worse. And it's not because I'm particularly forgetful by nature, it's just that I'm always in such a rush or I'll get distracted by the simplest things and stuff will totally slip my mind. Whenever I make pizza I always have to write on my hand "TURN OFF OVEN" because otherwise I'll forget. I just don't think about it, when the pizza comes out it's time for eating, not more oven crap.
 
I am usually alerted by the smell of burning but even then I sit there and think whats that smell.....then I realise and Im like oh SHIT! I left chicken nuggets in there for over an hour a while back. They were completely charcoaled, so I binned them put some fishfingers in and charcoaled those aswel >_<
 
I have a pretty good sense of smell, so its usually only just burnt when I realise. I also don't really have a tendancy to do it twice in a row. Then again, there's a first time for everything!
 
Oh gosh, I have a major problem with this. >.>

What's weird is that...sometimes I'll also remember things that don't really matter. You know, stupid funny stuff. But when it comes to important things...I am sometimes so damn forgetful that it could have gotten me into trouble.

For instance, a few years ago when my daughter was still an infant, I was cleaning her bottles and placed them on a pot of hot water on the stove. We didn't have one of those sterile bottle cleaners yet, so we had to use that old method.

Anyway, I went to my room to take care of my daughter...and completely forgot about the stove. I fell asleep and woke up around 4 a.m for some reason...and then I remembered! I quickly rushed to the kitchen and turned the stove off (I believe it was on for more than 6 hours) and lifted the lid - hah, bad idea! I barely lifted the lid and a bunch of smoke came out. I placed the lid back, but it was too late...the whole house smelled of plastic burning. >.> I believe five hours later, the house still smelled.

Anyway, I could've burned the house down because of my forgetfulness. If that stove was left on for a few more hours...

I don't even wanna go there.
 
i have a brain like a sieve sometimes, i'll walk downstairs to do something and then forget what i went to do, then i go upstairs and then remember and then go back downstairs again.

and sometimes i get lost in my own house, but besides that i have a pretty good memory really
 
Has it been asked?

How stressed are ?

How much sleep do you get?

How well is your diet ?
 
I do the TV thing. I will be looking at a show and once the Commercials come on...I forget exactly what I was watching and I have the hardest time trying to figure out what I was watching before. =/.
 
this happens to me all the time. my parents would ask me to get them something to drink and Id get up to get it and is asked to do something else. So I finish the other task, sit back and watch tv and they go "so, what happened to our drinks?" lol I hate my forgetful mind!
 
Korytco said:
Has it been asked?

How stressed are ?

How much sleep do you get?

How well is your diet ?
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Very stressed

Very little sleep

Poor diet :wacky:

I have always had a poor diet and insomnia, altho both have got progressivley worse of late >_<
I have always been pretty forgetful but it's getting beyond a joke -_-
 
Frisky said:
Very stressed

Very little sleep

Poor diet :wacky:

I have always had a poor diet and insomnia, altho both have got progressivley worse of late >_<
I have always been pretty forgetful but it's getting beyond a joke -_-
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Well every one of those factors is important and effects the efficiency , awareness of your mental health. This includes memory .
 
Sometimes I go into a room and completely forget why I went in there. Then I leave and remember like, five minutes later and I stick my foot in my mouth. :P

I tend to have a rather good memory though, because I obsess over things until they get done. Sometimes I accidentally leave the iron on when I'm in a rush, but that's as far as my memory will let me go. :elmo:
 
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