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OMG! I can so relate. It can be maddening. My mother would sometimes joke "of all the things I've lost over the years, I miss my mind the most" - sometimes that's not a joke.I do this too and it got really bad when I entered menopause. The other thing I do is I go into a room to do something, get distracted doing something else, walk out and then about 10 minutes later, remember that I forgot to do the first thing. So, I go back, get distracted again, walk out, remember again, and so on. This can go on for a while. Then, there are the times when I take something out of the refrigerator, put it on the countertop, then immediately forget I did that and go looking in the refrigerator and start panicking because I can't find it, but I know it should be there.
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That sound so very familiar! When I forget, I will walk back into the room to see if I can remember what I went in there forI do this too and it got really bad when I entered menopause. The other thing I do is I go into a room to do something, get distracted doing something else, walk out and then about 10 minutes later, remember that I forgot to do the first thing. So, I go back, get distracted again, walk out, remember again, and so on. This can go on for a while. Then, there are the times when I take something out of the refrigerator, put it on the countertop, then immediately forget I did that and go looking in the refrigerator and start panicking because I can't find it, but I know it should be there.
nickisteen
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Doesn't it though!
That sounds so much like me. I used to be sooooo organized, and then menopause scrambled my brain. lol At my old house... my deep freeze was in the garage. I used to go out there once a week and bring in a week's worth of meat and frozen food and put them in the fridge/freezer in the house. I do not remember what distracted me, but it was summer and it was HOT out. I went out, set everything in the box I used to carry the items into the house. The next day, I went out to the garage for a tool. When I opened the garage door, the garage reeked! Smelled like something had died in there. There was my box of meat... sitting on top of the deepfreeze... just rotting and stinking up the place. lolI do this too and it got really bad when I entered menopause. The other thing I do is I go into a room to do something, get distracted doing something else, walk out and then about 10 minutes later, remember that I forgot to do the first thing. So, I go back, get distracted again, walk out, remember again, and so on. This can go on for a while. Then, there are the times when I take something out of the refrigerator, put it on the countertop, then immediately forget I did that and go looking in the refrigerator and start panicking because I can't find it, but I know it should be there.
Oh No! Now that’s when it’s funny, but it’s not!
Same here. My brain was always so reliable, I had great mental focus. I could remember things without having to write them down. Then menopause hit.
On top of the stench, the waste, and the clean-up, is the realization that you had no recollection of leaving the meat there until that moment. I find these moments of mental slippage very unsettling. Fortunately, I now know that it is just menopause brain. I had heard about menopause and brain fog before but it's something else to actually experience it. One thing I do now to try and stay on focus, is when I go into a room to do something, I say it repeatedly out loud until I have actually done it. But, of course, I don't always remember to do that, lol!
That's what I do, and since my dog follows me everywhere, it doesn't count as talking to myself. lol Ivy listens to everything I mumble with her ears perked up. She has a way of making me feel important and wise, even when I feel like I'm losing my mind. lol
The good news is that meat was a LOT cheaper back then. If I did that now... I'd bankrupt myself. lol