Is anyone forgetful frequently?

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I forget to do things. At work, I may forget to put one of the room service dishes on the counter in the service area after I picked it up in the hall so I end up taking it down to the housekeeping office with me where the rest of the dirty cups go, so I leave the dishes on my cart and bring them back up with me and put them in the service area. Sometimes I forget to take the bottles off the cart and put them in the recycle bin but I do it on the next floor instead.


I also forget to do chores at home too. The carpet needed to be vacuumed and I finally remembered to do it on Friday.
The funny thing is I used to not forget, when I see something needed to be done, I do it or it drive me crazy if things weren't spotless. I was OCD back then and then I learned to have a few things out of place when I was 17 or 18 and not have it be a big deal it is driving me crazy. Now I have grown to be lazy as if I have poor self help skills lol.

I tend more towards absent mindedness, especially if I'm distracted. If I'm in the middle of something and someone says something to me, it's like I completely lose focus. Since I've worked in restaurants the last few years, I've had to train my coworkers not to talk to me when I'm assembling orders, as I'll invariably forget some small item if I get distracted.

I have the memory of a stereotyped goldfish.

My attention rapidly shifts every few seconds. I learned to come around it by tricks - say, in traffic - but I'm fallible. I manage to run into a police car with sirens on... because obviously, I hear it, but manage to forget about when I look elsewhere.

The issue I have is that nobody seems to believe. Well, my family does, because it's hard not to notice when living with me for 20 years 24/7. They say they cannot imagine how I can be as scatterbrained.

But my therapist seems to be very wary of me saying I can't concentrate at all. And I'm like, argh, help!

Gosh, maybe I ought to have a run in with a car next time...

Until now, friends or strangers always pulled me back. And I got screamed at several times from bloody strangers too.

Half the time I've forgotten what thread I've clicked on as soon as it starts loading

I have trouble forgetting numbers.

I can remember something until I think of something else and then I forget. I also lose things daily; I think I do this because of not paying attention to what I'm doing... so I really don't think it's because my memory is bad.

...what was the question?

:D

It is impossible for me to forget a number :S I remember every telephone number, street number, post office box, credit card etc. that I've ever seen. :S The only way to forget a number for me is to actually work at forgetting it. And have you ever tried to forget something? it's not easy :D

Yes. I am forgetful.