CRS Syndrome

Sadly, it seems that I have come down with CRS Syndrome.
It is unknown if there is a cure or even a remedy for this disease.

To those of you unfamiliar with it,
CRS is Can't Remember Stuff Syndrome,
or in more advanced cases it is
Can't Remember Shit Syndrome.

This has been particularly debilitating to me because in my earlier years I was a very organized, precise person. With a somewhat photographic memory and a sequential thought process, storage and retrieval of facts was a simple process.

This memory of details was particularly helpful during arguments. I could remember word for word what others said and recall it whenever necessary. I always knew when I was right. Now I dare not argue because there is such a high likelihood that I am wrong. (Hubby enjoys the new "wrong more often" version of me.)

With blogging, what I find frustrating is recalling where I read something of interest. While reading, I usually try to make note of anything I want to save or link back to. But often it seems that something I didn't save will be on my mind several days later, but I can't remember where I read it!

I've noticed it in writing also. My thoughts used to develop in outline form, but now they are incredibly random. I know that there are many people born with this random type of thinking. However, I find it very disconcerting to find this sudden change in my mental abilities at this time in my life.

As a woman, hormones are a handy scapegoat for most things. It is possible that it is just the complexity of life with many irons in the fire that has overtaxed my memory. Possibly we are only given a specific memory capacity, and mine is just used up. Or maybe I really did kill off some brain cells in college.

It's really too bad.
I miss my former more reliable brain.