i hate my memory!. (and i know their's been countless threads about this, but)

wanted to share what happened to me this afternoon

was adding some new internet stations to my radio device- and i actually found one not on their which i thought would be good to listen to called your internet superstation

so i aded all the other stations first, then could i remember the station name i wanted?

could i hell... i thought, and thought, and it was gone just like that

eventually i went through my history.. it wasn't in their, so gave up

but now i'm going to find it- as i have just mentioned it here

ah... arn't memories the best

heh

[Faraway tree]

bad memory is the worst. It makes you feel silly all the time!

I started doing yoga and that helped my memory and concentration soooooooo much. It was really bumming me out because I wasn't going well at work because of it, and my doc didn't have an answer to my constant complaints. I was actually really pest by it, and thought what's the point having a degree in my professional when I can't focus enough to do it etc etc and was plotting alternate futures of fruit picking and truck driving in my mind.

Then I went to yoga twice a week and it got so much better. Even tonight I went from feeling like shite to feeling ok which was nice. Anyway I told the doc and he said that yoga makes you learn/relearn how to focus on what you are doing without being distracted, and that's why it helps you remember things.

I sound like a yoga salesman, but seriously it's been so good for my old brain.

I'm doing hatha yoga with loads of relaxations pre and post, not crazy fast headstand yoga, oldies yoga all the way

Im so glad to hear yoga helps! I have been doing it for a few days now. I have also been juggling too as that is supposed to help.

Just some examples of what I have forgotten lately - booking in the farrier for my horse (luckily I noticed her feet were longer and got an appointment at short notice), forgot to lock my car, forgot to respond to a work clinic email, forgot to book flights for another work clinic, forgot to check the water in my car which got very very low, forgot about an appointment at work, forgot to go to an important meeting regarding my other horse, forgot to check my emails today which reminds me I should do that now! (Im reading off my list at the moment).

Luckily most of these things have not affected me too greatly, but it is extremely frustrating. Work is getting frustrated with me too. I need to learn to put alarms in my phone as soon as they tell me anything! Even if that means being rude for a second or two while I put it in my phone. Sometimes I have had reminders go off, put the phone down to go and do it, then forgotten what I was going to do, turned on the computer or gone to get my sunglasses and I've forgotten. Sometimes I just get distracted so that doesnt help.

Originally Posted by Faraway tree

bad memory is the worst. It makes you feel silly all the time!

I started doing yoga and that helped my memory and concentration soooooooo much. It was really bumming me out because I wasn't going well at work because of it, and my doc didn't have an answer to my constant complaints. I was actually really pest by it, and thought what's the point having a degree in my professional when I can't focus enough to do it etc etc and was plotting alternate futures of fruit picking and truck driving in my mind.

Then I went to yoga twice a week and it got so much better. Even tonight I went from feeling like shite to feeling ok which was nice. Anyway I told the doc and he said that yoga makes you learn/relearn how to focus on what you are doing without being distracted, and that's why it helps you remember things.

I sound like a yoga salesman, but seriously it's been so good for my old brain.

I'm doing hatha yoga with loads of relaxations pre and post, not crazy fast headstand yoga, oldies yoga all the way

funny you should mention yoga, because i was just reading an email from laura and she only started it this week- not for memory, just to relax her...