reecare
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:06 am Post subject: Losing things: Gotta find it! |
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When I misplace something, I am overcome by a sense of urgency and HAVE to find it as soon as possible. I enter panic mode, I cry and I yell. I can't think about anything else until I locate the item. This is especially severe if I have misplaced something like my keys. Back when I lost my purse a few months ago, I was in absolute terror and panic until it was found (minus $20 and my lucky $2 bill which they could not have stolen without seeing my ID. they lived in my dorm, a building with only 200 people. they knew who they stole from  )
Anyone else experience this? |
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vanhalenkurtz
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:22 am Post subject: Re: Losing things: Gotta find it! |
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| reecare wrote: | | When I misplace something, I am overcome by a sense of urgency and HAVE to find it as soon as possible. |
Bullseye.
Over the years, I've developed my system. I hang things on my walls. Horizontal never worked well for me. And, as expected, I check my pockets very frequently. Far from a problem, I almost never misplace anything. I don't know how so many people choose / live with chaos, I do not have the ability to tolerate chaos.
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MyFutureSelfnMe
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| Nothing pisses me off like losing things, which is ironic because I lose everything. You should see me renovate some time. Whatever tool I was using 15 seconds ago, it's lost now. |
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2wheels4ever
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Oh God yes! I've wasted hours upon hours and strayed too close to the MD zone over a wallet or keys I just set down. Literally cannot move past it until I rip the whole place apart to find I laid something on top of it without thinking
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tjr1243
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:58 am Post subject: Re: Losing things: Gotta find it! |
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| YES, yes and yes!!!! Losing things is upsetting on so many levels, regardless of how major or minor the item is. I get an irrational fear that the universe (or whatever) is conspiring to completely hide the item.....I worry that something was stolen, all kinds of crap go through my head. |
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iggy64
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I am the same, the moment I put something down it is lost, if I look away then back again it never seems to be in the same place!
I also get very stressed out if I need to find something quickly, and can "never see for looking" as my grandma used to say 
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SilkySifaka
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| MyFutureSelfnMe wrote: | | Nothing pisses me off like losing things, which is ironic because I lose everything. You should see me renovate some time. Whatever tool I was using 15 seconds ago, it's lost now. |
Oh yes this is me. For someone who likes to know where things are, I lose stuff a lot. I crave neatness and organization but I struggle with it. My house looks neat, but if you open the drawers it's all a jumble. Today I have lost something really important but I am too tired to get properly upset about it. |
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ToughDiamond
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I hardly ever lose anything, but I misplace stuff all the time, and I absolutely hate it. I used to get really anxious about it, but these days I have more faith, and being calmer, I find things again more quickly.
It amazes me how efficiently I can misplace things. Couldn't do it better if I were doing it deliberately.
Why does it happen? Short-term memory trouble? I don't know. What seems to happen is that I put a thing down automatically, without thinking about it at all, while I'm focussing on something else. So not surprisingly there's no memory of where I put it.......it was an unconscious action. Mostly I find things in the places I'd expect to find them....I have to think back to what I was doing and wonder "where would I have put it?" But sometimes I find stuff parked in the most illogical places.
I wish I had a servant. I could get him to watch me carefully and to train me to focus on where I put things. I'm sure if I just gave it that moment's attention when I put stuff down, I'd have a lot less of a problem. And training the mind to do such a simple thing doesn't seem conceptually difficult. |
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DanRaccoon
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Losing things annoys me so much > especially since I tend to lose the thing a few minutes before placing it somewhere 
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OliveOilMom
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Yep and I ask St Anthony for help. He's the patron saint of lost objects. I say "Tony, Tony, come around. Something's lost and can't be found!"
Sometimes I find it, sometimes I don't.
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abstract
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| Yes, when I loose something I truly become a different person; not a nice one. I usually remember previous places that I put it, but cannot remember the [i]last[/i. Place I out it. I think it's a lack of short-term memory and excellent long term memory. |
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reecare
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| abstract wrote: | | Yes, when I loose something I truly become a different person; not a nice one. I usually remember previous places that I put it, but cannot remember the [i]last[/i. Place I out it. I think it's a lack of short-term memory and excellent long term memory. |
I am the EXACT same way! About the memory thing.
it's comforting to know I'm not the only one who goes ballistic when something is misplaced! |
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Kinme
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Yep. I panic and begin to have really bad anxiety. I won't be calm until I find it, or someone tells me to think rationally or not worry about it. |
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conan
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject: Re: Losing things: Gotta find it! |
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| vanhalenkurtz wrote: | | reecare wrote: | | When I misplace something, I am overcome by a sense of urgency and HAVE to find it as soon as possible. |
Bullseye.
Over the years, I've developed my system. I hang things on my walls. Horizontal never worked well for me. And, as expected, I check my pockets very frequently. Far from a problem, I almost never misplace anything. I don't know how so many people choose / live with chaos, I do not have the ability to tolerate chaos. |
good idea! i hang some stuff up but not enough. if it's something i need i have to find it. (i try to remain calm and recall)
i usually have a feeling of desperation right before i find it, like my brain knows it's about to tell me where it is but at the same time makes me feel despair. that is only for things i have lost within a few days at most |
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