I constantly find myself unable to remember important details in my personal life. It's not all the time, but enough of the time to make a siginificant impact on my relationships. For example my wife might tell me that she has an important event at work that day, or that she has had a nasty headache. It's not that those things don't touch me, or that I'm so remote I don't care. But an hour later I simply won't remember. That can be incredibly hurful to other people. I've resorted to making a note in my phone to ask later about those things. When I do this, it usually works really well. To be honest people close to me accept this compromise well. In as much as that though they'd prefer me to remember and find it hard to understand why events important in their life can't just be remembered, they can live with this. However, there are times when I don't function at the level of remebering to put that note in my phone. That's harder to accept, which I get. It must feel like there's a simple explanation and I haven't bothered to do even that. I'm at a complete loss to explain why there are times when even this simple strategy seems out of reach. Is there anybody who's experienced similar things? If so, how did you cope with that?
Any suggestion gratefully accepted.
Phil
