One day I wanted to write in my Journal. I had the beginning of a thought about what I might write but as soon as I opened the Journal I became distracted by a place I with a paperclip. When I turned to a blank page I no longer remembered the subject.
I wonder how much I should worry about incidences like this. Is it a sign that I am progressing into dementia? Is it old age? Is it merely a normal thing”
Every once and a while I will loose my train of thought. I will start talking or writing about a subject, briefly think of something else, and then have a blank mind about the subject I started. Often I can struggle back to it, but for a while it just doesn’t seem to be there - - an apparent blank space. Sometimes I need someone to remind me.
Later that day a younger person said that the same thing happens to them. Should this comfort me or are we both a little off?
I get irritated at the way “old folks” drive and react on the road. Though It surprises me when I realize that I am also an “old folk”. My night vision is not as good and my reactions are slower. Maybe I too drive slower than I used to. I once read that a sign of old age is that they no longer see speed limit signs to be challenges.
