#Memory Problems

[mysteryboxwrapped]

My favorite is- saying something to someone, they respond back and then I realize I had no idea what I said to begin with.

This happens more often than I like.

The most terrifying part of having memory issues is when you can feel something from 5 seconds ago be thrown out the window and there's an empty hole where it once was. You remember that you forgot something.

[solidwater05]

Apparently this needs to be said so

Forgetting things is morally neutral! Memory issues are morally neutral!

You're not a bad person if you...

forget things quickly

forget people

can't remember entire stages of your life

can't remember important things

can remember some things very well and forget other things all the time

can't remember things (or anything!) about your interests

forget to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, etc

forget to reply to texts

remember things and immediately forget them again

can't remember birthdays, events, etc

frequently answer 'I forgot' to questions

can't retain new information

forget things you used to know

only remember things when it's too late

have vague, distorted and/or unreliable memories

depend on others to know how an event you were in played out

have other symptoms that are worsened by memory issues and vice versa

... and anything else I might have missed!

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[nippelitietoturva]

glitter text gifs for ppl w bad memory inspired by my last night's rambles

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[danneroni]

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[technicolortrenchcoat]

I don't think people without memory loss realize how truly devastating it is and how it changes everything about how you live

They don't realize that the memory loss can be as disabling as to require you to keep a chart of daily activities to check off because you literally cant remember if you did them.

They don't realize that you literally cant graduate from higher education, you cant remember things for long enough.

They don't realize how hard it is to find employment when remembering new instructions is difficult.

They don't realize that you're taking photos and videos and collecting mementos and trinkets and hoarding them because without them the memories literally do not exist for you.

They don't realize that you are grieving every moment that you want to remember, as you are living it, because you know you wont remember it. You know you wont be able to go back to it the way other people can.

They don't realize it even chases you into your sleep. I have the same recurring nightmare every night, and have for years, and it's about losing my memories. Never being able to get them back.

I don't think people without memory loss realize how truly devastating it is and how it changes everything about how you live

even your dreams

[burntoutuserboxes]

[This user has memory problems.]

[howlingwolf23]

"if memory serves,"

Memory does not serve like a butler.

Memory very much does not serve.

Memory barely works.

Memory is the vital employee who knows they are vital and are an asshole about it and just pops in randomly.

That's memory

[theautismcorner]

sometimes i forget my trauma has completely rewired my brain and fucked my memory and then I'm listening to music and reading fanfic and my brain decided that is the most opportune time to remember the least helpful memory of just being anxious in Disneyland during a horrible part of my life

[anxietyfrappuccino]

i'm the kind of nerd that enjoys all the different kinds of nerd stuff but i could not tell you a single thing about any of it, i am a black hole of "oh, that's cool" and then it's gone

[cringecorp]

Just because I’m obsessed with it and think about it all the time and watch videos about it and edit the wiki page and read about it every day doesn’t mean I know anything about it. God

[ettle]

Shout-out to everyone with memory and attention problems.

To everyone who is afraid to ask questions because you know the other person will just get pissed off and say, "I already told you this."

To everyone suffering the 1000 cuts of "I just said that"

To every event or plan ruined because no matter how hard you tried you forgot something important you needed to do or get.

To having to just trust when people say X Y Z happened because it's not like you could be trusted to remember otherwise.

To having no memories to cherish if you didn't think to document them somehow.

You aren't a bad person. You aren't uncaring or lazy.

[t3acupz]

memory problems so bad i’m about to start writing shit on my body like that dude from memento

[chaos-in-one]

"It's important you remember -thing-!"

Girl I barely remember today.

[burningsolarsystem]

Love how one of the biggest reasons I thought I couldn't have DID was because I didn't experience blackouts.

Then proceeded to refuse to consider it after I discovered that PDID is a thing.

Meanwhile, ironically, though I don't have major blackout moments, I do have a few minor ones on occasion.

I can't tell you how many times I might get snapped at for asking a question I just asked a minute ago. Not fun to try to explain "Oh sorry, my brain forgot it existed." So I just laugh it off and pretend I'm not terrified of the fact I don't remember the fact I just asked the same question.

Or I'll be cleaning and suddenly "come to" while walking to return an object I cleaned back to its place and I'll have to look at it and look around to see where I got it from because last I remember I was cleaning a different object. Like idk, what do you mean I cleaned this, since when?

And later in I'll laugh about these moments, but at the time it's pretty terrifying that I can't remember something that literally happened a minute before.

So idk. But at least some things are starting to make sense.

(Sorry for the run ons and bad grammar and stuff, I'm hoping it's not too bad. I'm tired and today was a day.)