I'm getting more and more forgetful as I get older.
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I'm getting more and more forgetful as I get older. Especially since I went from 55 to 56. It's like my forgetfulness switch kicked into forgetfulness overdrive. I don't like being forgetful Mark. Nope, not one bit.
Are there mind exercises I can do or something to help me stop forgetting things? Like this afternoon. We played golf after work. We had to wait a while for a tourney to finish so we hit a few balls on the range, and somehow/somewhere, I forgot/lost my 5 iron - I think I used it on the range - but I somehow forgot to put it back in my bag - either that, or it somehow fell out of my bag while I walked? I must have left it on the range because I didn't even need to hit a 5 iron shot for the entire 9 holes.
I'll have to call and ask if someone found it tomorrow because the pro-shop was all locked up by the time we were done with our round of 9.
But yeah, what can I do to be more mindful and in the moment, and less forgetful and scatterbrained? UGH.
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Curious Magpiereplied to Call Me Coach (If you want) last edited by
@CoachMark Mindfulness meditation is supposed to help with that, carryover from the meditation space into day-to-day life. I have not found that to be true for my AuDHD self.
I’ve had 10 years beyond your 56 to practice forgetfulness, and I am quite good at it. This morning a friend texted to see if I was available for a phone call, I said yes. When the phone rang one minute later I had already forgotten. ️ -
Riley S. Faelanreplied to Curious Magpie last edited by
FWIW, there's a growing recognition in the current medicine that growing old can make ADHD more severe, and call for medication.
(Plus, many people who ar currently approaching old age just didn't have access to ADHD diagnosis and treatment when they were children, which used to be the age when doctors thought ADHD would easily manifest. Turns out, adults with ADHD were merely harder to spot in a world before the War On Drugs made self-medication illegal.)