It's so hard to not take things personally, especially when they feel completely personal. Seperating myself from my assumption that "If I feel it it's mine and it's true", wheeweee, tuff tuff tuff. Practice practice practice. Having a good t, and now, having PC, helps me triangulate and seperate and sort all the possibilities out. We sure do have our work cut out for us, huh?
As far as memory and group activities, my friends and I have come to the point (in our aging lives) of wobbly memories, so, we repeat ourselves to compensate. Remind each other, and make each other "Go write it down right now!" type trip. Make a joke of it sorta.... we're all in the same boat.....