Why People With ADHD Struggle to remember Things

Understanding Forgetfulness in ADHD

In this video, the speaker talks about how forgetfulness is one of the biggest issues with ADHD and how it can be impairing on a day-to-day basis. She shares her personal experiences with forgetfulness and how it has impacted her life.

The Impact of Forgetfulness

• Forgetfulness is one of the biggest issues with ADHD and can be impairing on a day-to-day basis.

• People with ADHD forget things to a greater extent than those without ADHD, which can cause problems in a world that's set up to accommodate typical cognitive abilities.

• The speaker shares personal experiences where her forgetfulness has cost her friends, jobs, and even a college education.

Personal Experiences with Forgetfulness

• The speaker talks about forgetting people's names, including co-workers she had worked with for years.

• She shares an experience where she lost a pair of earrings given to her by someone she cared about and felt like she communicated that she didn't care about them at all.

• Forgetting important things like birthdays or what someone asked her to do made the speaker feel guilty and ashamed.

Empowerment through Understanding

• Learning that forgetfulness is a working memory issue changed everything for the speaker because it gave her an answer that wasn't "I'm stupid" or "flaky."

• While the speaker has learned how to deal with her forgetfulness on a day-to-day basis, it still impacts her self-esteem because it's hard to take herself seriously when she forgets everything so quickly.

Note Taking Strategies

In this section, the speaker discusses their note-taking strategies and how they help them retain information.

Always Have a Notepad

• The speaker always carries a notepad with them to take notes.

• They use either their phone or physical paper and pen.

• This helps them remember important details when someone is speaking to them.

Chunking Information Together

• The speaker asks for a hook to hang information on when someone is giving them a lot of details.

• This helps them chunk information together and remember it better.

Taking Notes During Lectures, Meetings, and Conversations

• The speaker takes notes during lectures and meetings.

• They also occasionally take notes during conversations if something important comes up.

• They ask if the person wants them to remember what they're saying before taking notes.

Writing Down Distracting Thoughts

• The speaker sometimes gets distracted by their own thoughts during conversations.

• They write down these thoughts in their notepad so they can focus on the other person.

Coping with Impaired Working Memory

In this section, the speaker talks about coping with impaired working memory and how it affects their daily life.

Anxiety About Tasks Requiring Working Memory

• The speaker has anxiety about tasks that require working memory, such as filling out forms or making phone calls.

• They worry about forgetting important information or failing at the task.

Tools for Coping with Impaired Working Memory

• The speaker has learned tools to help cope with impaired working memory.

• These tools include taking notes, having someone read information to them, and using different methods for remembering information.

Struggling to Feel Successful

• The speaker still struggles with feeling successful at tasks that were difficult for them in the past.

• They are trying to be patient with themselves and use their new tools to help them succeed.

Learning and Memory

In this section, the speaker talks about their difficulty with remembering things but their love for learning new things. They introduce a platform called One Dream that they use to learn and review courses conveniently.

One Dream Platform

• One Dream is designed for curious brains.

• It offers actual courses that can be watched on various devices or listened to like a podcast.

• The platform provides answers to almost anything one has ever wondered about, such as epigenetics.

• Watching a course on epigenetics made the speaker realize how much influence we have over our epigenetics.

Epigenetics and Diet

• Our experiences and environment determine whether certain genes get expressed or switched on.

• Some changes can happen quickly, such as what you eat modifying your DNA after just one meal.

• The speaker mentions having blueberries for lunch due to their potential benefits in altering the epigenome.

Support and Conclusion

In this section, the speaker encourages viewers to try out One Dream's free trial offer. They also thank their supporters and conclude the video.

One Dream Free Trial Offer

• One Dream is offering a free trial right now.

• By supporting them, viewers are also supporting the channel.

• Viewers can go to onedrium.com/howtoadhd or click on the link in the description below to start their free trial today.

Thank You Message

• The speaker thanks their brain advocates and Patreon supporters for being forgiving when they forget things during videos.

• They encourage viewers to like, subscribe, and click all the things.

• The video concludes with a goodbye message.