does anyone else seem to be cought up in the past, trying to remember things that happend? I tend to think back on things and try to remember exactly what happened, and this is not fun, because I can't seem to get all the details, and I start to worry about how it all went down..
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6/12/08 10:54pm
Hi Rollercoaster,
Funny you should bring this up, because I just posted a SharePost on this very topic. You can read it at http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/all/?ic=4019 . It's titled, "When Having a Bad Memory Can Be a Blessing" and it's about knowing how my awful memory affects how I recall - or fail to recall- important events in my life.
In the post, I suggest keeping a blog, but a diary will do just as well.
At any rate, you aren't alone!
Terry
6/12/08 10:50pm
No one can remember things accurately, and everyone else will have an entirely different version of the events anyway, so stop torturing yourself. I keep a journal, otherwise I'd have no idea I even had a life! This is especially important for recalling people and their names as names are an impossiblility for me to remember. The biggest challenge - forgiving yourself for forgetting. And staying in the Now.
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