Cognitive Impairment

[Grama-Herc]

I saw this term written in relation to looking right at something and not seeing it.

I have extreme difficulty when I am looking for something. 99% of the time, the article I am looking for IS setting out and obvious, but yet I don't see it.

Is this something we all have in common or is it just me? This is a real issue for me as I can spend many frustration hours looking for things! When finally located the item is setting out in plan sight.

I've had to attach a mechanism to my car keys that will beep if I whistle!
I spend so much time looking for them. They are on the table in plain sight but yet I don't see them. This has bothered me for a long time now.

IS this part of PTSD?

 

[Kunoichi]

I have the same problem. People call it "absent mindeness" but I don't think that is what it is. I have issues finding things, remembering things often, conversations, etc. Its why i tell my hubby to come with me to therapy so he can tell me what happened sometimes, and why I tell people to text me so i can remember the conversation. Maybe its a form of dissociation?

 

[Deleted member 541]

I have a huge calendar on my refrigerator, with everything marked down. If I don't look at it, and keep it updated, I don't know where I am going on any day.

I keep things ALWAYS in the same place, so that I should KNOW where things are. But there are times, that I will be looking for something, and walk right by it 3 times before I *see* it.....

So yes, I spend a lot of time looking for things too.....

 

[2quilt]

Yes, I have senior moments in my fourties.
My life must be a routine or I am lost.
I look for keys and wallet and cellphone alot too.

 

[Luthien]

That same thing happens to me all the time...or I will walk into a room, and all of a sudden have no idea why I am there. My short term memory is non-existent, and my brain function is much lower than it was. I need about ten of those beep mechanisms, didn't know they existed..I was gonna invent them for my cell phone, and keys, and meds, and just about everything else I own so I can find them..LOL. Where did you find it??
I think it very well may be related to PTSD, but I also have Fibromyalgia, and for the longest time I thought it was only that causing me to be so forgetful. Also, I was recently watching a program about depression where they said it has been proven that depression can cause cognitive impairment, and decreased brain function, so for me I think it is a combo of all three, leaving me with many memory and cognitive impairments.

 

[nic]

I have the problem where I will forget what year it is...even when I'm not having a flashback. That's pretty scary considering I'm only 28!

 

[cragger65]

I have the same problems, but as I understand it this is due to my brain injury.

 

[sallysellsseashells]

I think it is something to do with 'dissociation'. Have you heard of this? Don't worry about it, but make sure you let your Doctor know you are experiencing this.

It helps to have a set place for things commonly lost... eg keys, wallet, phone...

Maybe a box on a stool/table by the front door. And keep the phone charger in there too in-case you need it.

If you have kids though, I'm not sure where you could put the box, it depends if they're likely to get into your stuff or not. If they are, you could have the box in your bedroom up high, but near the door, and a lock on the door (maybe?)

 

[Grama-Herc]

Oh goodness I have tryed the central location concept, even bought a very stylish basket to go with my decor, BUT if I get the slightest bit side tracked well you know Can't find shit.

I must admit that I do have a legit reason though. I have my purse, my keys, mom's purse, mom in her wheelchair AND usually one or 2 packages and have to handle all of it. So, stuff gets dumped absolutely everywhere. Some packages go up stairs, some down, plus bgetting mom out of her chair, fold it, store it and finally make my way up the stairs-------- with my keys?????????????? Sometimes AUGH! !