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More seriously, ADHD, among others, is a working memory disorder. A way to cover this is to use "prosthetics" for it, such as a notepad that you always carry with you. If this affects you strongly, train your muscle memory to use it to note down what you were planning to do and to refer to it when you forgot.

In PC-speak, ADHDers have traded RAM for more CPU.

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[–] count0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How does writing things down help when I don't remember to read them back...?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

The idea is that you can regularly check the notebook. If that doesn't work for you, then an app with a notification might be a better match

[–] BobDaRula@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think I have adhd, but I do have pretty severe memory problems. I've managed to get into the habit of checking my notebook every time I think about and/or touch it. I always keep my book on my person, or with my phone so I don't lose it