I was in the shower the other day, and I showered my whole body and washed my hair, but after I got out, I genuinely couldn’t remember if I’d washed myself and got back in and re-did the whole thing.   After the second time, I remembered doing it the first time.   I’ve lost count of how many times that exact scenario has happened to me. 

Another one is walking home.   I’ll walk a route back to my house but completely forget which way I went to get there.  Genuinely can’t remember.  But after a while, I’ll start to remember which roads I took, etc.     I often wonder how the heck I haven’t been flattened by a car yet since I cross some pretty busy roads.

Another one is eating.  I’ll eat, remember I’ve eaten, but can’t remember what it was I ate.    And at work.. if my manager tells me more than one thing I need to do, I’ll only remember one thing and forget the rest. 

I also seem to only be able to pick out one piece of information at a time.  If someone asks me multiple questions, for example, I’ll just fixated on one, answer that, forget everything else and move on.   Lol.  

Is this some sort of dissociation or are memory issues actually a thing?   I used to have a spectacular memory as a kid, but since my symptoms (been here since about 10 years old) have deepened, so have these weird memory blocks. 

Apologies for the disjointed post.  I am terrible at putting my thoughts into words, and actually verbalising my thoughts irl.  Woo hoo.