Who has working memory issues?

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One of my biggest challenges is working memory issues.

Whereas most people can write slow to avoid mistakes, I have difficulty with this because I forget what I'm going to write. Sometimes, if people talk too slow I will forget what they said and have them to repeat it.

Also, if there is an interruption, I will often forget what we were talking about. Or if I have something to say and can't say it, I have to write it down or repeat it in my head over and over to remember.

The funny thing is low WM is associated with poor academic performance but I always got average or higher grades.

I was forever getting in trouble at school over written work, because as I was writing it my mind was already looking ahead to what I was intending to write next and I'd frequently forget to finish what I was currently writing and instead I'd start writing about what I was thinking about writing next. The end result was that my work contain lots of unfinished sentences as well as sudden and abrupt changes of topic.

Any interuption or pause in somethng that I'm doing leads me to forget what I was doing. If the telephone rings while I'm watching a DVD I can pause the DVD but by the time I've dealt with the phone call I've lost the momentum of the DVD and so I generally just switch it off and then watch it again (in full) at some later date.

Yes, I also have it.
For example recently I were on an event and they asked me some questions with abcd answers - out loud, they wouldn't show me the question on paper. Figuring out the answer wasn't hard at all - but I needed to ask "What was the question again?" and "What ever the answers again?" a few times before I was able to answer. Because I wouldn't remember either the question or the answers.

I have poor short term memory; have a hard time remembering things which aren't in my line of sight (like car keys) - this is why I couldn't be great at math or physics in HS, even if I understood the concept it was easy to make minor typos or mathematical errors which lowered my grades.

Though I'm able to long term memorize obscure information (such as minor details from video games I haven't played since I was a kid, go figure, yet I forget loved ones' birthdays).

Greetings. I have poor working memory. It was proven when I did a psychoeducational assessment. Though my overall working memory was in the 63rd percentile, the range was very big, ranging from scores in the 0.8th percentile to the 91st percentile. So I'm considered to have a learning disability in this.

I'm really good at math (my working memory related to math was the 91st percentile score).

The thing I scored badly in was the remembering a number in a sequence both forward and backwards. I apparently can't do this.

I always face problems with this do everyday.

Like, I go down to my basement to grab something, and then see something else that I needed, grab that, and then go upstairs, realizing I forgot to grab the thing that I was going to. Or I just forget what I was going to grab in the first place. It gets really annoying.

It's a big issue with me. Every day I lose something,misplace something,and forget something multiple times a day. I can't remember the last time I didn't forget something :0D

I could never take notes in school because I would have to hear the information again to write it down and because I didn't know what was important to write down or not. I couldn't filter. Plus I would write too slow so I could never keep up so it was always nice if the teacher left it up for a few minutes so I got the chance to write it all down before erasing that part to write something else. That made it easier for me to take notes. Also, darn I was going to write something else but I forget what I was going to write. This also happens to me when I am talking or making posts when someone interrupts and online if I get more than one thought in my head, I forget the other one. I feel I have to start over if someone interrupts and because I don't want to start over, I don't even bother with the rest. My mother had to learn to not interrupt me when I was a kid because I would bother to start over then but not anymore so now she interrupts me as if she thinks I got over this. I got over with needing to start over but now I lose my train of thought and can't continue anymore. It's like I can't take a pause or she will talk. Many people interrupt me so it's not just her with the problem. That is why online communication is easier.

Also I can't be given instructions how to do something without it being written down. I also can't be told to do something and then be expected to remember it later or be taught how to do it and then be expected to remember it a week later or so if it's not my daily task. Just earlier my mom was telling me something was in the microwave and she was spelling it out literally so the kids wouldn't know and I couldn't make out the word.

My memory seems to worsen every day.

It's so bad at the moment that I honestly believe I have an undiagnosed learning disability. I managed to forget a four digit figure almost immediately earlier. It really is a concern of mine.

My whole world seems to be a complete haze and I cannot stand it!

Yes I do too. People generally think it's funny, though I don't. They simply can't believe it's possible to forget things the way I do. I have also generally done well academically, so it seems not to be linked to mental capacity.

I suspect in my case it may well be to do with experiencing high levels of fear and anxiety, and having developed a coping strategy basically involving forgetting it all The reason I think this is that I forget all kinds of things, but there's a marked tendency to forget EVERYTHING associated for me with anxiety or unpleasantness..

And this is the weirdest thing, when I've had a glass of wine my memory is simply amazing! I remember where I put things last, I remember the right words for things, I remember the way home (useful )

That's what makes me think it's stress related, as I'm more relaxed after a drink..

My experiences mirror so much of what has been written above.

I can be a bit absentminded (forgetting what I was going to say, not keeping up with lectures, forgetting steps to solve a problem), but it depends mostly on my hunger so I think it's hypoglycemia related in my case. I try to eat a lot of protein so I have the energy to keep up. Numbers, however, just fly over my head no matter what. I tend to zone out in math class. I turn phone numbers, dates, and combinations into songs to remember them.

I do have aphantasia so visualising anything is not an option for me.