forgetting what you were going to say
@Hatley (163781)
Garden Grove, California
March 9, 2008 9:32pm CST
have you ever started out to say something you really thought was pertinent to someone and in the middle of it you forgot what you were going to say? This happened to me recently and I felt like an idiot because I could not for the life of me remember what I was going to say. Then I felt scared as I am a senior citizen was I going bananas, or getting senile. I have always been pretty much on the ball mentally thank Goodness.
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@austinbell (491)
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28 Mar 08
This has happened to me as well and I often also forget simple words as well. In the middle of a conversation you know what you want to say but you cannot for the life of you think of the word you want to use
Must be a sign of age
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@mbs730 (2147)
• Canada
10 Mar 08
Don't worry, you are not going bananas because I have had many moments of that kind of thing where I was going to say something then forgot what I was going to say... very frustrating, then it comes to you like hours later when the issue is no longer relevant.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 08
you are right it came to me in the middle of the night and I was sure even my best friend might object to being woke up at three am to hear it.lol
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 08
You are so right at three in the morning it came to me but I doubted that my best friend would be very happy to be woke up right then as she had to be at work at eight a.m.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
3 Apr 08
oftentimes and it makes me feel sad especially if it is very important or if im in the middle of conversation. There are moment really that a day or 2 will pass before I will remember it!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Apr 08
Isn't that so frustrating and you just know you will remember too late.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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26 Mar 08
Yes yes and.... what were we on about?? No this happens to me such a lot and isnt it frustrating? No you are not bananas or getting senile I think this happens to a lot of people, I am 34 and it happens to me!!
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@silentsnow (82)
• China
10 Mar 08
Hi Hatley, it seems that you worry about about your health.I'm 28 years old and I sometimes forget things as you do.What you are going to say is the ideas of yours,idears are instant, it's not gold,cystal or diamond anyway. You may have new ideas and you can write some outlines on the note book if something is important.I hope you will not be so worried about your forgetting things.Be happy.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 08
Thanks SilentSnow thats kind of you and I am happy. Specially since I have seen that forgetting something is common to everyone at times. makes me feel a whole lot better.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 08
laughter is said to be good for you in a lot of ways and it sure does eliminate those feelings of depression a person can have at times.
@silentsnow (82)
• China
10 Mar 08
It's my pleasure,Hartley.Life is box of chocolate,we never know we are gonna get.Come on internet often,communicate often,think often and laugh often:)
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
10 Mar 08
Sure.
Getting senile? Trust me, Patsie, it has nothing to do with "old age".
It happens to me often "enough" too.
I will just let it go but let it hover at the edge of my consciousness. Don't push too hard and it will come back to me.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 08
Right you get uptight and then you are sunk for me sometimes it comes back in the middle of the night and I doubt if my friend would love being woke then to hear the rest of what I had started to say.lol
@queenofarms (1659)
• United States
10 Mar 08
I know how you feel I do it all the time..My mom always told me when I had a moment like that,It must have been a lie"....LOL....I even had a moment I forgot my personal info when I was asked....That was scary..I tell people if I'm telling you something don't interrupt because I may forget what I telling you...LOL...All jokes a side I really don't don't why this happens..
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Mar 08
Thats it exactly and its really scary if you for a moment really forget your personal info. usually it is when you may be uptight about something too and I think that blocks your memory
@Andrej7 (66)
• Slovak Republic
12 Mar 08
Yeah I know that situation ... and usually it helps me to go back to the place where I caught idea to say something. Or also it is good when somebody who you are talking to is able to repeat last few words you said.
Maybe you are thinking about too much things in the same time ...
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
12 Mar 08
that was it I had two different thoughts at the same time and I actually lost the train of thought on what I was talking about. thanks.
@zz1400 (5)
• China
14 Mar 08
don't thought so many about the result.Relax your self,imagine the word you wanna say ,is coming forth from your deep heart.Get the word in your mind be in your heart.
The most important thing is to forget the result of forgetting,then you will get back gradually.
RELAX yourself!
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Mar 08
That is really good advice. Relaxing so many times helps me to remember everything that I wanted to say. thanks so much.
