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blazedblazed
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My memory hasn’t been good either and it makes things so difficult. Having conversations can be hard for me as well because I tend to zone out a lot, especially when it’s not engaging. It interferes with school too (mainly with just lectures) but I’m trying to work through it.
Jenny330 Jenny330
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@blazed That is a tough one because I also found it hard to focus during lectures. That is one of my concerns of going back to college because it was hard for me to focus and had to drop my classes.
blazedblazed
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@Jennn770 I feel you 100%. I’m currently struggling and I’m thinking about dropping some classes too bc the workload is so unnecessarily intense.
Jenny330 Jenny330
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@blazed It was hard fir me to remember things too. I couldn’t remember what the teacher said when giving instructions and my classmates would look at me like I was dumb and wasn’t trying.
yessyessyessyess
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@blazed Does your college have a disability student program? I was able to get reduced courseload without affecting my financial aid, time and a half on exams, and deadline extensions. Of course each school is different, but it may be worth reaching out. Having those resources helped so much while going through college and having OCD!
blazedblazed
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@yessyess They do! I’ve been registered with my schools disability program and have accommodations since I started and it’s been really helpful for me as well. I’ll have to contact them again bc this semester is rough 🥲
Jenny330 Jenny330
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Same! It has caused me short term memory loss so bad. I will think about doing something and I get forget easily because I get distracted. I can’t get distracted because I will forget what I was going to do or what I’m doing. It’s worse at work because I have to really pay attention very hard to know what I’m doing. If they ask me something I don’t know what to say because I can’t remember.
Jenny330 Jenny330
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@garlicamoeba Your welcome. Exactly! My brain is the same way. only stuck on fear and intrusive thoughts I forget about the good memories. I will randomly remember good thoughts but most of them are bad.
GivenupGivenup
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I have really bad short term memory loss as a result of my ocd...
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