Memory

Diggy · Post by **Diggy** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:45 am

Does anxiety affect your memory? Like things you have to do, slip your mind? IE: I was to turn off slow cooker this am before i left for work. forgot as i was up sick at 5 am, so it didn't even dawn on me I had put it on the night before. I am at lunch at work and "click" it popped in my head. I rush all the way home, feeling like i could have a heart attack any minute...to un plug it

If i don't make a note or set my cell phone alarm or alarm on email i just don't remember all the things i need to.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:56 am

I am the same I write myself notes and lists and its very scarry i can't think of words i want to say or if i've done something or not i have a hard time knowing wether i am awake or sleeping sometimes my stress of trying to forget bad things has caused my mind to short cicuit and i can't seem to remeber big or little trhings i think i crashed my memory section of the brain

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:02 am

Heck, I do that all the time. I have notes everywhere. This is mentioned in one of the sessions(which one?) about not being in the present and being preoccupied with things in the future etc. My focus on anything goes right out the window if there's too much anxiety circulating.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:07 am

I try to be preventative but thats the need to control my surroundings so even with the lists comes a sense of guilt know what i mean?

YoyoyoMo,nica · Post by **YoyoyoMo,nica** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:09 am

i try to be preventative but thats a part of needing to control things but i still have the sense of guilt that doesn't seem to let me live without these unreasonable fears