#memory problems

[solidwater05]

Apparently this needs to be said so

Forgetting things is morally neutral! Memory issues are morally neutral!

You're not a bad person if you...

forget things quickly

forget people

can't remember entire stages of your life

can't remember important things

can remember some things very well and forget other things all the time

can't remember things (or anything!) about your interests

forget to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, etc

forget to reply to texts

remember things and immediately forget them again

can't remember birthdays, events, etc

frequently answer 'I forgot' to questions

can't retain new information

forget things you used to know

only remember things when it's too late

have vague, distorted and/or unreliable memories

depend on others to know how an event you were in played out

have other symptoms that are worsened by memory issues and vice versa

... and anything else I might have missed!

#muted #memory issues #adhd #actually adhd #dissociative amnesia #amnesia #memory loss #dissociative identity disorder #what other things cause memory issues #ptsd #i can't think of anything else #reminder #positivity #neurodivergent #neurodivergent positivity #memory problems #ice speaks #i tried to include as many experiences as i could think of #but out of everything i tagged i only have adhd so i probably missed a lot of stuff #so feel free to add your own experiences! #brought to you by... uh ironically i can't remember what prompted me to write this #something my mom said. i don't remember what it was tho

[madpunks]

we are so ableist about memory. people with good memory take for granted the fact that they can recall as much as they can, and use that to taunt, guilt and threaten people with memory issues. many neurotypes and mental illnesses cause memory lapses. traumatic brain injuries can cause memory lapses. brain cancer can cause memory lapses.

even if your memory is good, it's not right to guilt someone because they can't remember something. trust me, people with memory problems are desperately trying to remember: it's just that we literally can't. it is a very literal "i can't remember".

#adhd #psychosis #psychotic disorders #autism #memory problems #memory issues #did #dissociative identity disorder #dpdr #osdd #mental health #neurodivergences #schizophrenia #schizohprenic #actually autistic #actually adhd #actually schizophrenic #depression #our writing

[schizopositivity]

Schizophrenic people: *struggle to identify our feelings* *have memory problems* *can be traumatized by our psychosis* *can have trouble speaking at all* *are afraid to talk about psychotic symptoms because of the intense stigma*

Nonschizophrenic people: So what do you hallucinate? What are your delusions? How do you feel when those happen?

#schizophrenia #mental illness #nd #neurodivergent #schizophrenic #psychosis #actuallyschizophrenic #mental health awareness #pseriouslypsychotic #schizo-spec #schizoaffetive #hallucinations #delusions #memory problems

[sunshinegremlin]

CALLING ALL PPL WHO STRUGGLE TO KEEP A CALENDAR!

I used to keep a bullet journal years ago but I completely fell off it once COVID began. Since then, I have had no calendar to keep my life together.

As someone with ADHD, a calendar would help me stay sane, but every time I tried to get back into it, no matter what I tried, it never stuck. Therefore, my life was a mess.

But while reading a Webtoon (called "30 Minutes With You" if you're interested, it's really wholesome) the main character does daily doodles in her pocket calendar, and then it clicked.

I've been doing daily little doodles in my pocket calendar and I've generally kept up for two months now! Overall, it's been really fun AND has kept me more put together!

Here is an example:

You can get a pocket calendar from Dollar Tree for $1.25 (if you're in the US and Canada)! I use blank office labels cut into the right size as the white squares I draw on just because it looks better.

This has also really helped my memory, because once stuff happens my brain forgets it immediately. It really makes me feel like my life is fuller and it's been easier to look back and see how far I've come!

Hope it helps! 💛

#pocket calendar doodles #actuallyadhd #adult adhd #actually adhd #adhd problems #adhd #neurodivergent #executive dysfunction #forgetfulness #brain fog #mental health #memory problems #memory #accomodations #resources #calendar #bullet journal #bujo #i know its not a bujo but its an alternative for ppl who struggle to keep one! #if the blurring out text is not a great safeguard PLS LET ME KNOW 😘 im not knowledgeable about that stuff #mine

[the-scrapegoat]

A whumpee with terrible memory problems, worsened when under stress until they go blank and/or mute with terror while their mind scrambles to think about anything other than the growing panic fogging up their mind. What are they forgetting, what are they forgetting?!-

#whump prompt #whump ideas #goatboy rambles #memory problems

[alwaysbewoke]

side-eyeing all the anti-vaccine, anti-masks, "get back to normal," "the kids will be fine" fucktwats hella hard right now. fuck everyone one of you.

#COVID #brain health #cognitive deficits #memory problems #brain inflammation #brain aging #brain volume #brain structure #COVID-19 #SARS-CoV-2 #long COVID #brain damage #dementia #autopsies #respiratory virus

[nelkcats]

Glimpse of a Lifetime

After years of working for the Waynes, age is finally catching up with the butler. Alfred begins to forget important things. Including those he love with all his heart.

It started with small things: from forgetting to feed the animals to waking up in the middle of the night and forgetting it after a few minutes. Alfred was aware that something was up, but he brushed it off.

However, the situation begins to escalate when he starts to forget the names of the children in the mansion one by one, and although he tries to cover it up, they all start to notice.

At the beginning, he and the other inhabitants of the manor look for excuses: a villain attack, mind control, a weapon that erases memory, etc. But when each one of Bruce's kid goes through a different experience they begin to accept reality: There is no doubt, Alfred is sick.

Unlike the others, Bruce refuses to accept that there is no cure for the disease and seeks every possible option. When he is about to give up he stumbles with an ancient legend: The Yeti.

A legend that talks about the old days, where there was a friendly Yeti who was able to cure any disease. And it may be his last hope. X

#dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #alfred pennyworth #memory problems #Batfam #Batfam is bad at feelings #and bad at accepting things #they will use all the excuses before accepting the true #Alfred is old #and is loosing his memories slowly #forgetting every single one of them #Bruce didn't notice for a while #but when he did he searched for every solution #that's when he choose to believe on an ancient legend #The Yeti #frostbite #his last hope #dp x dc prompt #dp x dc crossover #alzheimer disease #batman

[spooksforsammy]

Not cute or fun have memory problems. Especially when not understand why have problem in first place.

Having memory problems mean have interest, have things want learn more about but. Won’t always remember information. Can try and try and try learn information about bats but it won’t always stay. I have to use that bat information space to do things in school that bring no use. Like moves to volleyball. Even when do what Amy currently do, write notes when reading about bats, the information gets replaced with something don’t want have In brain, then end up lose both and can’t seem get back and keep.

Have memory problems means always trying talk to boyfriend and how and went get feelings hurt but not able to remember a time when that happened. Even if know happen, even if memory of happening is in brain, the actual event isn’t there, isn’t something I can voice out.

Memory problems means want talk about certain things but can’t remember what want to say. Could be something very very important but not remember. Left time that happened, had something important say but not remember, Amy fell really bad and if brother not come get Amy up off ground, would have just continued laying there dizzy and confused.

When people say have memory issues, trouble remembering or keeping information in don’t think cute, wish had some problem so couldn’t remember bad events. Because effect so much more and effect things don’t want effected

#memory problems #speech4amy #actually autistic #disabled poc #disability #neurodivergent #memory issues #autism #neurodiversity #long post

[little-blurry-stars5]

"hey do u remember-" no.

#memory #memories #forgetting #mental struggle #memory issues #memory problems #jett posts

[audhdnight]

Got muted in three of my Facebook groups this week alone for pointing out ableism because they call it “armchair diagnosis”.

Like bro I didn’t say “this person definitely has pda profile autism” I said “it’s ableist to moan incessantly about how gross it is when people don’t brush their teeth and how disgusting people who struggle with hygiene are, whether this person has a causal condition or not”.

I have since left all three groups because FUCK THAT but also one woman responded to my comment simply saying “yeah as someone who struggles with hygiene I probably shouldn’t have read these comments” and THAT is exactly who I’m speaking up for. I am so sick of getting silenced for defending my own fucking community.

For context: the group I’m specifically referencing in the above example is dedicated to making fun of the trash men who send unsolicited pics and get really really upset when you aren’t impressed. Someone shared a post in that group where a woman told a man she would expect him to brush his teeth multiple times a day, and his response was, verbatim: “That doesn’t work for me. I suggest you find someone you think is better than me. Good luck.”

Like… that’s not even what this group is for??? He said they didn’t click, respectfully cut contact, and wished her well?? He wasn’t even rude! WHAT THE FUCK IS THE PROBLEM WITH ANY OF WHAT HE SAID??????

And everyone was in the comments with puke emojis and saying things like “no one should have to ask for basic hygiene” or “there is no excuse for this” or “men are so fucking disgusting”. Like hello casual ableism? Also, men are not the only ones who could struggle with caring for themselves. There are SO. MANY. reasons someone might not brush their teeth often. I personally have a hard time with it because with my adhd I genuinely just forget and with my autism the sensory experience can be a LOT so it’s hard to make myself do it on the rare occasions when I do remember. And I’m definitely not a man, cis or otherwise.

#fucking over it #ableism #casual ableism #fuck facebook #ableism tw #hygiene #invisible disability #actually neurodivergent #autistic #adhd memory #sensory issues #pda autism #depression #memory problems

[thecouncilofidiots]

Uhh, maybe?? Don't be upset at the person with dissociative amnesia for not remembering a thing? Especially if it's a passing thing from weeks ago?

Please?? -Ace

#shitpost #screaming into the void #did #did system #alters #plural system #plurality #dissociative identity disorder #dissociative amnesia #dissociative system #amnesia #memory barriers #memory problems

[schizopositivity]

Why it's hard for schizophrenic people to get treatment and diagnosis for physical health problems:

• Having "schizophrenic" in our charts makes a lot of medical professionals automatically not believe us. Especially if it is a problem that they can't instantly see themselves. They may think we are either delusional or having some kind of tactile hallucinations. They could see it more as a "psychiatric problem" rather than the physical medical problem that it is.

• If you have flat or blunted affect, they may not believe you, especially if you are describing pain. They have the expectations that you would be screaming, crying, grimacing, etc. When you are straight faced and monotone and say "I am in extreme pain right now" they will likely not believe you. And this paired with medical professionals views of chronic pain just makes them not believe you even more.

• Alexithymia makes describing your symptoms very hard, and even harder to describe how the symptoms affect you. The medical professional goes off of what you tell them, if you are vague or don't have the words, they will not understand you or not believe what you are describing. Either way that will hinder your road to treatment and diagnosis.

• Having memory problems, or trouble keeping track of things can also hinder your care. If you can't remember, or even remember to write down how often a symptom occurs, how long it lasts, how it felt in the moment, and how it impacted your life at the time, they may once again not believe you. Diagnosis often requires some sort of timeline or prevalence of symptoms, and not keeping track of that could keep you from diagnosis.

• They may avoid prescribing pain killers (even if you need it) because the fact that schizophrenic people are more likely to abuse drugs than the general population. And while that fact is true, it doesn't mean that someone in extreme pain does not deserve the right to pain killers just as much as anyone else who needs them.

• Being part of a disenfranchised group while also being schizophrenic can have compounding affects on your physical health treatment. Being low-income, being a person of color, being assigned female at birth, being transgender, being intersex, any other disenfranchised group or any combination of these will impact how you are treated by the healthcare system.

• Fear of medical professionals, or fear of Dr.s offices can impact the quality of your visit. You may feel too frightened to tell them how you really feel, you may just completely avoid going into the building at all. This can happen to anyone but is especially common for schizophrenic people due to our paranoia, inability to advocate for ourselves, lack of self esteem, historical medical abuse or personal experiences with medical abuse. Plus we can have doubts about the quality of our care because of any of the other reasons listed above.

And all this occurs while we as schizophrenic people, are at higher risks of several physical health problems (you can read about it here):

#i will make a part 2 on how i personally deal with these issues #this itself is just to raise awareness #schizophrenia #tw medical abuse #schizophrenia stigma #sanism #flat affect #blunted affect #memory problems #memory issues #alexithymia #medical abuse #medical neglect #tw healthcare #tw drs #tw painkillers #tw medication #tw drug abuse

[ghost-sketchbook]

#vent art #adhd #memory problems #mental illness

[cuddly-vamp]

I wish I could remember more, to be truthful? I have huge gaps in my memories. Years are gone, I don't remember my childhood, but I also can't retain important information easily like names or birthdays or special occasions unless I train myself to remember them and even then it'll take what, weeks, months, sometimes even years?

I forget too much and I know most of this is due to my ADHD but I wish people would stop fucking faulting me over it. I don't choose to not remember these things, I find it quite distressful I have memory problems and it makes me seem airheaded when in reality I just, fucking struggle.

#txt #adhd #memory issues #memory problems #actually adhd

[oncealoseralwaysaloser]

My memory just keeps getting worse as the days go by.

I was given an entire year to remember my time table last year for school and never got it, I went to the wrong classroom constantly and always had to have a friend with me.

My phone is filled with reminders to do basic tasks for myself and my dog because "He's yours so you have to look after him no matter what".

Hate doing something then thinking back on it later on and it's just void. No matter how hard you try there's nothing there.

I can't remember faces or birthdays or anything like that and I've had people get extremely mad at me because of this.

A few days ago I did something or maybe said something and I remember my friend asked me why i did it or maybe she was annoyed that I did it. I remember being really hurt and thinking about it for the next few days because I know it had something to do with my autism or maybe my dp/dr and she usually understood those but now when I try to think what I did or what she said there's nothing there.

I can't remember anymore

#reggie talks #memory problems #memory loss #dpdr #derealization #depersonalization

[strange-nd-creature]

Every little thing. Inside-out laundry that didn’t get fixed. Dishes that were put away in the wrong cabinet. Questions that were asked because I forgot they were answered five minutes ago. I literally just had to pause writing that last sentence because I remembered I forgot to brush my teeth.

Yet I memorized the first two chapters of my hyperfixation, my favorite book. I could spell words my parents couldn’t at age 8 because I memorized the spelling of every word I read.

I almost can’t blame my parents for thinking I’m just lazy.

Why am I like this????

#adhd #executive dysfunction #adhd problems #adhd stuff #adhd things #adhd inattentive #actually adhd #adhd brain #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse stuff #audhd #neurodivergence #actually neurodiverse #developmental disabilities #developmentally disabled #short term memory #memory problems