Friend's Forgetfulness

[silliemillie]

I'm a little worried about my friend. She keeps forgetting things. Last week I was at her house when she couldn't remember the name of a normal every day item. She said "can you pass me the" and them couldn't remember what they were called and just pointed to them (they were cups).

There have been a few incidents like this but today she rang me to check if we were meeting up. I said no it's tomorrow, Sunday. She said she couldn't remember if today was Saturday or Sunday.

Should I be worried? She's only 52.

[Clanad]

I found this article:

http://allpsych.com/psychology101/memory/

Exceptionally thought provoking, I think!)

There's been quite a bit of ongoing research into the memory/forgetfulness phenomena linking the process to some aspects of how computer memory functions.

If one thinks about it, there a zillions (well… a lot) of things we see, hear, taste, etc., every day that, apparently, don't make it past the sensory memory function described in the article. To have all of that information implanted in long term memory would soon overwhelm most of us. But… perhaps some of that vast amount of sensory intake does[i make into at least short term memory causing a [i]glitch] (I forget the correct medical term…) and the result is forgetting, at least for the moment.

[Cloverjo]

My scariest memory loss moment happened recently. I was driving down my drive when a young couple walked up. I didn't take too much notice, thinking they were delivering leaflets or something. I waved and carried on. When I got to the bottom of the drive I realised it was my son and his girlfriend! God, that was a frightening moment.

[jennyjoan]

I think we have all had senior moments.

Last night I was going out - lifted £30 from safety cupboard. Was throwing papers into recycle bin.

Came in - no £30 - went back to recycle bin - no not there - was putting a last minute thing into kitchen bin - and £30 was winking at me.

Also car keys would be the bane of my life. Having said all that my friend's brother has has dementia from age 55 and still going at 66 but pretty brain dead and wife refuses all help - she does it all. He is doubly incontinent, swears, and hits her. So sad.