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Originally Posted by creatingself
Sometimes few things about a particular topic or in general just skip my mind. For instance, my boyfriend asked me if I had spoken to my ex-boyfriend in a while and i said, about 2 years ago when in fact I had spoken to him many times during the last 2 years, as recently as a month ago. Now of course everyone thinks i was lying but the truth is I did not remember at all that I had spoken to my ex. I did not remember any conversation I had. But it was all there in my facebook messenger that i had spoken to him! I don't know why I didn't remember. EVen the conversations I didn't remember. They just hit me when I read them in my messenger! Now, I've had this problem since I was small. I can remember some things with vivid details while some just completely skip my mind. I also have genetic depression. I had read that depression causes selective memory. Do you think it could be that?
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I find that when my depression is worse, so is my memory. I have to check my diary and write a list to plan each day or I forget everything.
If it's a lifelong issue too, you may be able to find tips on how to work around and compensate for memory problems.
One of my tricks is to say I don't know if I'm likely to have forgotten something or misremember.
Now I'm older, I blame my age but I tell people I forgot things. I have a standing joke I say that I have a memory that would make a goldfish blush!
For me it's short term memory that's hardest, longer ago I remember better.
Be kind to yourself
