tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post3343986159241161088..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: On the Tip of My TongueAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-86903607036706149152012-05-30T08:10:42.364-04:002012-05-30T08:10:42.364-04:00I think about this a lot. Usually, I can come up ...I think about this a lot. Usually, I can come up with the right word when I'm writing. Sometimes I have to sit and think about it, or even look through the thesaurus, but eventually, I can come up with it. <br /><br />Speaking, on the other hand, has gotten much more difficult. I blame writing.<br /><br />When I write, I can take my time; I can think and be patient and wait for the perfect word to pop into my brain. But speaking? I have to be on the ball; in the moment; smart and erudite. I think, when you're used to taking your time, coming up with brilliance all at once becomes more and more difficult.<br /><br />I've thought about it being an age-related thing, but I really think it's a writing-related thing. Because, after all, we're not really old... I'm just saying.D. L. Kinghttp://dlkingerotica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-10472025980690784422012-05-29T02:06:00.624-04:002012-05-29T02:06:00.624-04:00Hi, Garce,
Yes, I feel about 27. That's the a...Hi, Garce,<br /><br />Yes, I feel about 27. That's the age I am in most of my dreams.<br /><br />I guess growing old gracefully means not complaining about this sort of stuff. And when it comes to the physical - it's not all that hard for me to deal with. But the mental deficiencies are tough, especially for someone who has put all her faith in the powers of her mind, like me.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-55265545046545981652012-05-29T01:59:10.146-04:002012-05-29T01:59:10.146-04:00Shanna,
I'm so happy you took the time to com...Shanna,<br /><br />I'm so happy you took the time to comment. Your story stayed with me long after I'd put the book away. It's so frightening when we lose our memories, because after all, what do we have of the past EXCEPT memories?<br /><br />But you're right, sometimes facing one's fears is better than pretending they do not exist.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-46881133071185224502012-05-29T01:57:24.987-04:002012-05-29T01:57:24.987-04:00Jeremy -
You're just a kid!
Thanks for the r...Jeremy -<br /><br />You're just a kid!<br /><br />Thanks for the reassurance!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-39451323709616777582012-05-28T11:25:13.243-04:002012-05-28T11:25:13.243-04:00It's funny, but just before I began reading yo...It's funny, but just before I began reading your post I'd been sitting here for about two hours rewriting mine and when i stood up my legs and hips and everything hurt, and I'm the same age as you, and I thought "This can't be right, is there something wrong with my body?" and then I read your post here and thought "I guess this is this way for everybody." The thing for you and me is that we don't feel old inside. I don;t know about you, but I feel about 30 years old until I start to move around and then it scares me. <br /><br />Your mind is probably all right, we're just getting on, kiddo. I hope.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-56043275023824563942012-05-27T19:17:44.860-04:002012-05-27T19:17:44.860-04:00Great post about a topic that's uncomfortably ...Great post about a topic that's uncomfortably close to home. It helps to see I'm not the only writer deathly afraid of this. Thank you.R. K. MacPhersonhttp://albuscorvus.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-30495193509337948742012-05-27T18:31:06.796-04:002012-05-27T18:31:06.796-04:00What a beautiful post about a topic that's oft...What a beautiful post about a topic that's often on my mind. I can remember watching Iris (the movie about Iris Murdoch) for the first time and feeling a physical sensation of panic in my chest as she began losing words. It's something I'm deeply afraid of. And as with all things I'm afraid of, I try to ease that fear by reading and writing about it. Thank you.Shanna Germainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277611199517242974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-29184898550860407082012-05-27T09:28:14.411-04:002012-05-27T09:28:14.411-04:00Hi, Lisabet. I certainly understand how frightenin...Hi, Lisabet. I certainly understand how frightening this is. But based on my own experience (I'm around fifty) and that of various other people I know, I think this level of memory issue is pretty normal and not in itself a symptom of anything serious. I've also heard that a policy like yours of chasing down the elusive words (or other temporarily forgotten items, such as names, book titles, etc.) can be helpful in the long run as well as the short run—it's "good exercise" to help keep the memory fit.Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-49853562953994684362012-05-27T06:49:22.223-04:002012-05-27T06:49:22.223-04:00Hello, Craig,
Thanks for your encouraging words. ...Hello, Craig,<br /><br />Thanks for your encouraging words. I've always had a very good memory, for certain things at least. So I like to think that maybe I have further to fall than average.<br /><br />I second your toast!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-62960615198922349302012-05-27T05:08:59.788-04:002012-05-27T05:08:59.788-04:00Well, I struggle with that too. I've always h...Well, I struggle with that too. I've always had a tendency to have thoughts and words suddenly evaporate (and if I told you how long I just waited for the word "evaporate" to materialize in my brain, you'd know what I'm talking about.) Ironic,eh?<br /><br />Anyway, as I've gotten older, this tendency has gotten worse.<br /><br />It definitely concerns me. "Is a time coming where most of it will be gone, or will come back so erratically that I can't control it?" But I've always had a very good memory, and I suppose I've come to rationalize that I have so much crap stored up there, that with more of it there, It's harder for me to access it.<br /><br />In the end, I still function fine, though I do occasionally fumble in meetings and such. But the fact is, like you, it's not that it's gone, it's just harder to bring the information forward.<br /><br />One thing of note, my eighty-two year old mother has the same tendency, and she's still going strong.<br /><br />Here's to both of us having many, many years, sometimes searching, but always finding those words.Craig Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101869420537661374noreply@blogger.com