YES!!!! it's definitely been a problem for me. it's scary when both friends and family member say "uh, don't you *remember* saying this"? i've forgotten things i've said to people about a subject, etc. it's made me feel crazy at times!!!!!

My anxiety causes that kind of memory loss, if I'm in a situation under certain amounts of anxiety. I won't remember much of what happened at the time. It was a nightmare in classes quite some time ago.

i can relate to both memory problems and especially not being able to think...it has actually been causing me alot of distress lately

Yeah have it loads. I'be been controlling my anxiety quite well, so started looking to go back to work, been having interviews and they ask me questions and I go blank and then panic so it gets worse. It's another one of them challenges we have to face.

Yes!
i have this tons, i have a terrible memory and find it difficult to think straight.
I find keeping a calender right by my teapot helps me not to forget things like oppointments, bills, scedules even things iv,e said.
Both these problems are linked to anxiety and deppression and anxiety.
My children litterally have written down things ive said or done because i forget terribly.
I hope you might find this stratedgy helpfull.
Hang in there love!

yup, this happens to me all the time, especially when I feel preasured.

What was the question again?

My memory "loss" causes me to avoid talking to many people only because I cant remember names or particulars of our last conversation - which in turn, pairs with my shyness and feeds directly back into my anxiety level. It is circular and quite exhausting.
What was I talking about??

sure, we all get that way at times. but, there is a very simple, logical expanation as to why that happens.

we are all human. we are designed to work at optimum levels all of the time. however, there are poor styles of thinking that can work poorly for us.

all we have to do is drop that style of thinking for a better one.

we live in a strange modern culture. it is fast. complicated. ever-changing. and runs us in circles.

a thousand years ago, those people lived much simpler. things were so cut and dry. there was no such thing as multi-tasking.

all we have to do is adopt the thinking style of our ancestors.

think of and do only the thing right in front of you.

there is no glory in thinking in and of itself.

once we stop obsessively thinking, our memory functions perfectly once again - like magic.

live simply. do not multi-task. do not think of yesterday. do not think of tomorrow.

think only of today. only today.

there's not a damn thing wrong with your memory.

All the time. I usually make a list of what I need to do for the day. And, I will be thinking I need to do something and get up, go into that particular room and totally forget what it was. If I have a busy day ahead I feel like I can't think straight. Where to start, what to do first. I have people tell me also, "don't you remember"? NO I DON'T....It's frustrating.

yes, i really hate it. i feel like i can remember all sorts of facts and occasions from when i was younger, but my day to day memory over the past couple years has sucked. i always forget where things are and such. just the other day my firned steve told me to hide his box of goldfish crackers from my boyfriend (it was like a playful type of thing b/c jeremy was eating so much of them) so i put them under the desk in the office. a couple days later i found them and was like, "steve, did you hide these and forget where you put them?" and he just started giggling and was like, " you put 'em there, don't you remember?" i hate that phrase. i am only 20 so it sucks to have a crappy memory. when i used to work at shaw's i felt like i couldn't think at times. i used to be in advanced placement classes in high school and couldn't remember simple things at work. so, for the 1st time in my life people thought i wasn't too bright and that was hard for me.