[MEM1976]

I have yet to meet someone as scatterbrained and forgetful as myself. Everyone who knows me personally knows that I have been like this forever. I feel like I live in another world inside my head. I call it auto-mode. I'm going through the motions, but I'm not here. I constantly misplace everything... keys, license, money, books, you name it. When I used to work as a receptionist, I would have to relay who was calling and by the time I pressed hold and called the extension, I had already forgot who had called. Short term memory is SHOT! But the interesting thing is... I have an amazingly vivid memory when it comes to memories of my past. I have memories all the way back to being 3 years old. Memories that strike me emotionally are super vivid, even if they weren't that important. In some mundane memories, I can remember what I was wearing, the smell outside, the song on the radio and sometimes even the date. Its CRAZY! I am definitely a scatterbrain. These are a couple of other examples:

~ I read alot of books, mostly metaphysics, psychology and such. Even though I understand what I read and I feel I retained the information, I find it very difficult to explain to someone else.

~ I am also really good at trouble shooting and figuring out complicated stuff, but I can never expain to someone else how I did it. And if I had to do it again, I usually have to start from square one, unless the task becomes routine.

~ When I have a conversation with someone. I am a super good listener. People know this and seem very comfortable talking to me. I can focus on one situation very attentively, and I have great abiltiy to empathize. But..... when some one asks me to recall what exactly was said on either end of the conversation, I can never remember. I think I absorb more of the FEELING of the conversation, rather than the words spoken.

~ I am always getting lost, even if I've been to a specific place several time. I have to go there often in order to remember where it was. Landmark and such, just dont register in my brain. Which is wierd, because I have a vivid imagination, I think in pictures.

My sixth grade teacher called me Space Cadet! My fifth grade teacher tied my notebook and pencil to my desk, because after lunch I could never find them!

[ii V I]

This is quite familiar. I often find myself checking my pockets for keys, Id, and phone to make sure I haven't forgotten them at some point. I once had to get my ID replaced three times in two weeks. I am directionally challenged, must have landmarks. The ten minutes before you leave your house can be an adventure trying to find things.

[MEM1976]

This is quite familiar. I often find myself checking my pockets for keys, Id, and phone to make sure I haven't forgotten them at some point. I once had to get my ID replaced three times in two weeks. I am directionally challenged, must have landmarks. The ten minutes before you leave your house can be an adventure trying to find things.

Lol Yes! Thank you! Before I leave home its crazy. Sometimes I have to go back inside a couple of times. Then I will find what I'm looking for and leave something I already had. ( Your probably like... ok dude I'm not that bad!) Anyway thanks for sharing. Love your look... very cute. Everyone needs LONG hair!

[lovestyle]

I used to think I was scatterbrained when it came to losing things, but I'm learning that I am certainly less so than other P people I know, lol. But I definitely have a horrible short term memory- I can't even count the number of times I've opened a new window in Firefox, only to forget what I was doing in the time it takes me to press ctrl+t. -_-;;

[Emiva]

I am absolutely horrible with names.
If I forget your name, please don't feel insulted.
I just remember your face/ your emotions at the time I was talking to you.
I hate it when people think you are just lazy/don't really care to remember people's names. Because that is not the case at all, and many times I feel very silly and self-conscious.

[Pilgrim]

when i was in pre-school the teacher asked my parents to get my ears checked because i never listened to her.

turns out i was fine, i was just spacing out all the time lol

[heavenswolf]

I've lost at least a dozen pairs of glasses in the past two years and am constantly losing my keys. I replaced them 5 times, and that's only in the past two months! I also sometimes walk upstairs or in a room, forget why I went in there, walk back, remember, then walk back again and still forget for a few seconds before I remember again.

But it's not that bad. As long as I don't die from my ignorance. '-_-

[FallenofTrack]

I am really bad at keeping things in a specific place. I have a habit of leaving little things all over my apartment, so that when I need them I can't find them. Trying to find the keys for my apartment is always an adventure, unless I consciously decide to put them some place specific the last time I use them. I also end up doing multiple checks to make sure that I have everything I need before I leave the apartment, otherwise i will forget something. I've always been forgetful. Like some others have stated, I will walk into a room knowing that I need something from that room, but as soon as I get there, I forget what it is I needed. I'm also very bad at remembering names. Having said that, I am really good at recalling conversations and things that people have told me, in great detail. If I wanted too, I could easily use information against people because of my recollection of things they have told me, but I don't.

[Now and Then]

God, yes. Yes. All of this I can relate to. YES.

~ When I have a conversation with someone. I am a super good listener. People know this and seem very comfortable talking to me. I can focus on one situation very attentively, and I have great abiltiy to empathize. But..... when some one asks me to recall what exactly was said on either end of the conversation, I can never remember. I think I absorb more of the FEELING of the conversation, rather than the words spoken.

This, this.


Oh, and don't get me started on remembering names. Dear God, no way. Please don't give me that look. It cannot be helped. I swear to God.

[AutumnMarieGrey]

Oh dear...this seems far to familiar
I think my memory capacity is fairly big, the problem is it's filled with (mostly) useless infomation. I can remember song lyrics perfectly from just one listen, fact after fact on certain subjects, things from not only significant but simple days (both within the last few years, and my childhood) - I can go back to certain dates, and explain in great detail, like yourself, the clothes I and others were wearing, smells, weather, sounds(especially music), conversations word-for-word, and even go as far as remembering both date and, if something important to me occurs, even the exact time.

Then the other hand turns round to slap me in the face - I lose/misplace everything, I go from one room to another to get something and have forgotten in seconds what it was, names evade me constantly, I'm now banned from making toast by both family and friends after almost buring my kitchen down several times because I've forgotten it's on, can rarely explain any book or film to someone, and I've made lunch for myself and left it on a table only to go back to my kitchen and make it again - fortunatly I've been able to sell this of to whoever else is in the house by saying I was being helpful and made them lunch too :)