forgetting things immediately + a nagging feeling in my brain. i'm trapped in my head

something that's become kind of a problem for me is that i'll think of what i'm about to do (i.e. "hey! in a few seconds i'm gonna open a new tab and go to a website to check something") but i'll completely forget what it was i was gonna do. i know i was about to do something but i have absolutely no idea what it was. my problem isn't with the memory loss, my problem is that i end up with an almost physical sensation in the front of my brain as though i can't continue to function until i remember what i forgot. it's very intrusive. i hate to admit this but i end up clawing at and hitting my forehead trying to get rid of it. most recent example is about ten minutes ago and it's still going strong. i can't do anything. i feel like i'm not allowed to do anything but sit here and my brain is telling me this, but i know that it wasn't an important thing so i don't get it.

sorry for this paragraph. it's probably hard to understand. i'm feeling trapped in my head so my communication skills might not be great. i don't know what kind of responses i'm looking for. this is partly just me venting but i guess if you have any information about what i could be experiencing or just have similar experiences it'd be cool if you said something. i can't find anything about this online. probably because i can't condense what i'm feeling into a google search.

note: i'm only 15 so it isn't an aging thing

Hello, alrightalright, and welcome to Psych Central! Many things could be causing your problems. Are you bipolar? Maybe that's related. And some meds cause memory problems. Then there's anxiety, etc.

Hey, Alright.

Often our mood disorders take up lots of our energy. Depression ribs of us that energy, but anxiety can do it too. If you are depressed, you will have some brain fog, but if you get anxious over it, you will start to go into fight or flight mode, or the activation of your sympathetic nervous system, which will begin to constrict your blood vessels and release adrenaline. This might make you more forgetful.

In my experience, Deep breathing and relaxing can help. This can activate your PARAsympathetic nervous system, which will help with your memory and also help you feel better.

--Killian

May I say something? I have currently been trying to keep from completely losing it altogether because of this type of thing...

I acknowledge this problem, and it still happens and seems unstoppable. I will get up and go to the closet to get some paper towels, then walk over to get them. Once in the general area, I stop and stare...not sure what it was I came in for. I stand in silence, trying to scour my brain for any clue as to what I even got up for in the first place!

I can only look around and try to think of what reason I would have to be in that area at that moment. What could have I been looking for? Do I need my medication? No. Do I need my sunglasses? I'm not going outside. It always ends up with me frustrated and wanting to cry because it happens with *almost EVERYTHING every day!

I lost a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide yesterday, I brought it from the bathroom to the kitchen, and set it down. (I even told myself that I would probably forget something on my way there). I thought that realization would help me remember the bottle, and why I had it in my hand. I found it later that night, next to the toaster oven. Why did I put it there? I know why I had it, because I was trying to make that "Super Soap" peroxide-dawn soap combo. But why I forgot and somehow set it down without knowing where it had gone. I only found it on accident because I was going to make a toaster pizza.

Imagine that sort of thing happening with the remote, ps3 controller, anything. I lose myself going from the living room to the bedroom, then sometimes think, "Well maybe I had to go pee." At least some plausible explanation seems to calm me a little bit, then I don't have to want to cave my own head in.

My feelings about this are extreme, due to the severity. I tell my wife how much I hate myself because I can't remember anything. It upsets me, and causes frequent panic attack onset that are sometimes very hard to suppress. I cannot deal with some things, and when my panic attacks are let loose, it has always been a VERY ugly situation. I hope you find help, and if you do-- please let me know how to fix this, because it's driving me insane.