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Losing things and memory problems

Billy87

Does anyone else have a problem with losing things? I am forever losing things, and I mean big things as well as little things. I have terrible memory loss where I always forget to pick things up and take them home and can never remember where I put things

In the last 2 months I have lost a laptop, my i phone and my ear buds as well as other things. Sometimes I just forget to pick things up but other times I have actual memory blanks where I have no memory of what I did with something, like the laptop. I put in the car when my wife picked me up but when we got home at the end of the day it wasnt there and I have no memory of what I did with it.

It all got better for a while but lately it has been the worst I have ever experienced in my life. Im kind of scared cos I dont know what Im going to lose next and I seem to have no way of controlling it. There doesnt seem to be anything I can do about it. Ive tried having boxes and places for things but it seems to happen most when I go out. Today I left my i phone and coat at 5 a side football

Has anyone else been through this and if so what helped? 

  • I have always been forgetful. 

    My husband had to ring my phone after work as I did some chores then couldn't remember where I left it. I go upstairs for something and forget what by the time I get there.

    When I lived on my own in a one bed flat I spent a lot of time looking for things. I even found things in places I previously looked.  

    I try where possible to put things in the same place, so when I go to bed my glasses always go in the same place. If I go on holiday I have to decide where to put them.

    When I worked in the office I left my handbag many times in meeting rooms. Many times someone appeared with it When I had a work pass, before they went around your neck I had to get a clip to attach it otherwise I would go to the toilet then not be able to get back in the office.

    When I went on journeys on my own I often had 4 bags so I knew to  count 4 before moving on.

    I often lose my bearings in large car parks too if I haven't memorised a landmark.

    I think it is harder when you are out as you are not in your comfort zone.

  • One thing I learned a few years back is that whenever you pass through a doorway or portal of some sort, your Brain seems to reset it's short term memory in some way. As an aircraft engineer requiring a new consumable item from stores, I could pass through two doorway before leaving the aeroplane, then the stores door, giving me THREE opportunities to forget what the hell it was I needed.

    Then I learned about the doorway thing well enough, to pause outside of the aeroplane and make sure I still knew what the mission was. if you've just passed through a doorway when you've forgotten where your keys ae, retrace your steps quickly back through the portal and it may come back to you.

    I've got the same problem here, 3 doors between me and our living space...

  • You're not alone Billy. I'm losing things all the time, forgetting things all the time. It doesn't matter how big or small. I've even lost my own car in a car park, more than once! My dad says it's because cars all look the same now but I was still upset and annoyed I forgot where I parked. For a 27 year old my memory is awful.

  • I seem to go through phases where my memory is bad and then it's fine again. I'm sure our use of technology is impacting our memory. Technology advances quicker than we can adapt to using it