exmediahack
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Hey SJers.
I'm not even 50 but, over the past six months, my memory capacity and recall has hit a disturbing decline.
What was once a brain that could recall all sorts of trivia, historical facts, etc, has faded.
This isn't something that, yet, impacts my day-to-day life. However, I can't finish a story at times. I can't recall a movie from, say, 1986, or the name of a favorite actor or comedian.
Couldn't remember "Norm MacDonald"'s name the other day.
Lately, I've forgotten to fill up my gas tank and drove off after paying $40 inside. (The one time I didn't pay at the pump).
I've left the stove or oven on twice in the last week.
I worked out this morning in the living room and didn't remember if I did a second set of pushups after doing a second set of crunches.
I'm very concerned about this, as you could imagine.
Wondering if this is a bi-product of a very stressful time. Lost my anchor job (company move -- nothing to do with my own skills. Dozens of other anchors in the company are out of work) but now I'm running the newsroom and I hate it.
However, the few times I am anchoring, I'm not as sharp. Can't recall certain facts or events that I had full command of for decades. I can't really say anything at work about this nor, as I'm looking for anchor jobs elsewhere, I can say, "oh, I'm about 70% of the memory I had two years ago!".
Puzzled as to what I could do.
Thanks, friends.
I'm not even 50 but, over the past six months, my memory capacity and recall has hit a disturbing decline.
What was once a brain that could recall all sorts of trivia, historical facts, etc, has faded.
This isn't something that, yet, impacts my day-to-day life. However, I can't finish a story at times. I can't recall a movie from, say, 1986, or the name of a favorite actor or comedian.
Couldn't remember "Norm MacDonald"'s name the other day.
Lately, I've forgotten to fill up my gas tank and drove off after paying $40 inside. (The one time I didn't pay at the pump).
I've left the stove or oven on twice in the last week.
I worked out this morning in the living room and didn't remember if I did a second set of pushups after doing a second set of crunches.
I'm very concerned about this, as you could imagine.
Wondering if this is a bi-product of a very stressful time. Lost my anchor job (company move -- nothing to do with my own skills. Dozens of other anchors in the company are out of work) but now I'm running the newsroom and I hate it.
However, the few times I am anchoring, I'm not as sharp. Can't recall certain facts or events that I had full command of for decades. I can't really say anything at work about this nor, as I'm looking for anchor jobs elsewhere, I can say, "oh, I'm about 70% of the memory I had two years ago!".
Puzzled as to what I could do.
Thanks, friends.