I think part of the mlc amnesia is just that they are so focussed on their fear and escaping pain and discomfort...you said it best "juggling 5 different things"...now add trying to manage real life with all the brain power devoted to escape, figuring out, etc the mlc'er does. I have been amazed at the forgetfulness myself...
W has peri-menopause/menopause and documented hormone imbalances, her ob/gyn gave her a bookmark with the "7 dwarves of menopause"...forgetful is one of them...so maybe...and if memory serves you are bumping up against that age bracket and...
...where was I going with this again?
T^2
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
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