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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    Quote Originally Posted by stevie lee View Post
    if its late at night and I'm going up the stairs I think a big shark monster is going to run up the stairs behind me.
    That comes from watching Jaws when I was 9 and thinking jaws lived under the floorboards in the hall.

    I also think there's someone looking through the window on the mini-landing (15ft above ground) who controls the jaws monster, so if I look at him I then have to run the rest of the way back to my room.
    no idea why I do that.

    also have to leave the bathroom before the toilet finishes flushing or a toilet monster will crawl out and pull me in.

    and then there's me constantly thinking there are 'things' staring at me, silently judging. like the aliens in M. Night's Signs.
    unsure whether it happened before that film or because of it.
    Did you watch IT or something? If you haven't then can I strongly recommend not doing so.

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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    Quote Originally Posted by chinf View Post
    I find physical location often helps with recalling particular items of info; it's why memory skill practitioners often advocate the "memory palace" model of memorising and recalling facts. There may also be the flip side at work here, in that changing location (room) involuntarily changes your memory context so much that what you needed to be aware of has inadvertently disappeared from reach. Often just changing between browser tabs does that to me.
    Interesting insight there. I also believe it's partly to do with changing location and/or a sudden change in body position, those seem to cause entirely new thoughts in my head and continue to think of those new things whilst in transit then get confused with why I ended up where I did. I've often thought whether I should do something to improve my memory - I might research that.

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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    Quote Originally Posted by ik9000 View Post
    Did you watch IT or something? If you haven't then can I strongly recommend not doing so.
    watched IT a few times.
    sister got to the part where IT's asking 'dont ya want a balloon?' out the sewer. and shes been scared of clowns ever since.


    its just the staring things, and Jaws 1 that have scarred me. everything else, meh.


    @Saracen. you are the first person to suggest I'm mature and sensible. fanks

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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    if ur doing an interested thing u will remember for ever

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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    Quote Originally Posted by stevie lee View Post
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    @Saracen. you are the first person to suggest I'm mature and sensible. fanks
    You're welcome. And cheque received, thank you.


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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    Quote Originally Posted by AGTDenton View Post
    Interesting insight there. I also believe it's partly to do with changing location and/or a sudden change in body position, those seem to cause entirely new thoughts in my head and continue to think of those new things whilst in transit then get confused with why I ended up where I did. I've often thought whether I should do something to improve my memory - I might research that.
    Its called the doorway effect - http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2016...make-us-forget - I suffer it bad and it really winds the wife up...
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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    i forgot why i came into this thread ...

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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    Wow that is pretty deep but makes sense. I wish I could recall like that because if you think about it most of things we do is out of habit formed because of certain circumstances. I would have to try and remember though if I hope to ever fully understand myself. I have heard and tried to work with the memory palace method but never really got the hand of it. But this just reminded me that there is still a whole lot buried in my head out of plain sight. Come to think of it after trying to remember my childhood a few weeks ago I actually remembered a few incidents which I had never thought about after a certain age.

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    Re: Do you do something, and you can't remember why?

    I dry myself off...without using a towel.

    I run my hands all over and wipe off as much water as possible before I even step out the shower. I flick all excess water off. I find this makes drying way easier, you aren't just dragging a wet soggy towel over you trying to soak up a little more. When I'm dry, my towels are damp, at best.

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