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KEELEY’S MAY 31-DAY CHALLENGE
I Forgot What I Was Talking About
Can you spare a reminder?
Day Ten prompt: Do you have a good memory?
Ask me once, and I’d say yes. Ask me twice, and you’ll get a hazy response. Lately, I’ve been all over the place. I’ve spoken about this before. Grief is powerful.
I thought short-term memory was the first to go, but recently, I’ve questioned it. It’s true. I couldn’t remember where I put my coffee mug this morning. The cup had added milk and was left in front of the coffee maker. And what about forgetting to wear my coat yesterday? The one holding an important document in its pocket.
All minor forgetful indiscretions, but meshed together with a handful of others, are they cause for alarm? As for longer-term memory, while writing daily prompts, I’ve written about my past, and I’ve noticed large missing chunks of time. There’s so much of my thirties and forties forgotten. Is it because of trauma or age?
Back then, I was very ill. When one has a mental illness, memory is affected. Noting my mental acuity was one of my markers for measuring my emotional health. When I was very ill, word puzzles escaped me. With each day of recovery, my intellect returned, as did my memory. Some would say confusion played a part. All highlighted my…
