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Juliewoofz

Updated 1y ago

Struggling with Memory Loss and PTSD

I've been struggling with bad memory, and I think it's related to my PTSD but I'm not sure. I misplaced so many things all the time and it takes me forever to find them and I almost always have to ask for help to look for stuff. I'll forget where I'm going or what I'm doing right in the middle of me doing it. And I literally never know what day or time it is and always need to be reminded 20 million times a day for appointments, medications, etc. I've been able to just laugh it off for a while now but it's really starting to get to me. I'm going to be 18 soon and I won't be able to rely on people as much as I do know. Honestly I don't know what to do. Any advice would be much appreciated 👍

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MooieModer

Thats the kinda if thing i complained to my neurologist about and he said PTSD. Have you ran it past your medical team. Could be other stuff too maybe, so always best to get their input.

Amidala

I have had a similar thing as a result of my PTSD and I am slowly regaining memory abilities by doing memory training exercises (you can look them up online) and I always put anything important into the calendar app on my phone as soon as I find out about it. Depending on what time of day the event is I may put the calendar reminder for the day before at the end of the day and then immediately set my alarm. I also title the calendar reminders with the fact that it is the next day at X time.

JennyPenny

I have this problem. It's almost like I'm going along doing life and then boom quick flashback and then I forget everything I was talking about. I HATE it. Especially in public. I am just up front with people now. And I write stuff down right when it's told to me. And have many documents of organized notes for my life in my phone.

MooieModer

Thats all the stuff i have figured out as work arounds too over the years. Sometimes my train get derailed and a few seconds later its back other times might be half an hour or even days.

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