Hi Ash, Sorry, I'd more or less forgotten about this thread while being myself over in Mind, Consciousness, Thought.
Yes, congratulations on your second, I suppose. It really depends on how you feel about it. I can understand some anxiety. I was never meant to be a parent myself but it took fathering two to grasp that meaning. The first didn't turn out too well and the second never had a chance. Aborted within weeks. Neither of us were fit parents. But if you're happy about it, then yes, congratulations. But I've a question regarding your memory. Is in not working properly due to the upcoming event? Certainly an understandable reaction. Or is it some illness that is screwing with your memory? I had a friend whose mother was having problems with her memory. Some said it was Alzheimers, others merely a mild dementia and one or two others diagnosed plain old age. I'd met the woman and she was feisty but not out of touch except for her memory which would suddenly fail in both the long and short term. I wondered aloud if he'd record his last visit with her on audio tape then have it played back for her just before his next visit would it help. He tried it and it did. About half the time it partially restored her memory, enough to make the visit progressive rather than repeating the same thing. Even a notebook or diary kept of events as they happen might have the same effect. Just something in the subject's own voice or handwriting to shake the old synapses. Just a thought. But tell me more. On Sep 4, 11:12 pm, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/2/2010 10:33 PM, gruff wrote:> "... On Sep 1, 9:55 pm, > Ash<[email protected]> wrote: ..." > > >> My memory is a torturous wreck I apologize for leaving our discussion > >> hanging. Is there a term for mental tunnel vision? Finding my way back, > >> and with luck and some stamina, a reply you will have tonight my friend. > > Thanks but if you're feeling poorly, no need. May I inquire the cause > > of your wreckage? Re mental tunnel vision, to me it is obsession. > > I'm sure you'll find your way back because you basically seem like a > > rational and level headed person. > > Lets say next time I have the urge to talk with a coworker about > disaster prevention I will immediately run manual backups. > > I have a few days to integrate what I learn into long term memory as > part of a workable system or it is lost. Most days I have no idea what > happened the day before and that makes personal progress difficult. > There is so much more, but our second son is due next month and I must > present hope and trust. If difficult times come again I will have no use > for concern over my self just pure determination and single outcome > orientation. So hope and trust, illogical and irrational, my nemeses I > will consume in a very pragmatic affair (necessity).
