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Does anyone else have trouble remembering things more on (Original Post) raccoon Sep 12 OP
I can't even make coffee if I do things out of order Walleye Sep 12 #1
I haven't noticed that, but names of old colleagues, etc. are fading away. Joinfortmill Sep 12 #2
I don't have the instant recall no_hypocrisy Sep 12 #3
Same here. ShazzieB Sep 12 #6
Mid-sentence Bmoboy Sep 12 #4
The other day I mixed up holidays AnnaLee Sep 12 #5

ShazzieB

(18,556 posts)
6. Same here.
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 10:39 AM
Sep 12

Especially when it comes to names. It's definitely an information retrieval problem, rather than literally having forgotten. Very often, the name I'm trying to recall will pop into my head after a brief delay.

It's really annoying not to be able to immediately access information that I know is stored in my brain somewhere.

Bmoboy

(405 posts)
4. Mid-sentence
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 08:30 AM
Sep 12

If I can't recall the next word, I used to be able to fake it, find another word to fit, or just substitute "what's it" or "thingamajig."

Now I just stop and look confused.

AnnaLee

(1,155 posts)
5. The other day I mixed up holidays
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 09:53 AM
Sep 12

I was talking and used a religious analogy that is associated with Easter. However, I prefaced my comment with Christmas. Only days later did it occur to me that I had exchanged Jesus's death with his birth. No one corrected me and, since they were in their 30s, they must have picked up on it.

Oh, and all the other stories I could tell. If only I remembered them.

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