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slightlv

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8. When I was a kid

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 11:50 PM

Feb 2022

I used to hide under the bedcovers with a flashlight reading the Unabridged version of Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary. It was HUGE, and I loved it. So much so, I inherited it from my folks and still have it.

Anyway, I finally had to accept I was getting old when I first started running into the problem of not being able to pull a word out of my brain. I've had a lot of other things happen that reminded me I was getting old, but I don't think anything has hit me any harder than this. Words have always been my life; and now, to be so bereft of them when I want or need them at any given moment.

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'Remedies' to encourage word retrieval? [View all] elleng Feb 2022 OP

I just start going through the alphabet in my head. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #1

GOT it, without the alphabet: EMOLUMENTS! elleng Feb 2022 #4

That works for me 95% of the time although I might have to go through it twice. nt lamp_shade Feb 2022 #11

sometimes I just 'give up' and KarenS Feb 2022 #2

A friend told me that the 'issue' remains in one's mind, elleng Feb 2022 #3

That's Rebl2 Feb 2022 #6

Hence I got it: EMOLUMENTS!!! elleng Feb 2022 #7

My older brother does that to me. Not words, but people. rsdsharp Feb 2022 #9

LOVE it! elleng Feb 2022 #10

Oh great! Now YOU'RE gonna call me! rsdsharp Feb 2022 #12

Some ideas SheltieLover Feb 2022 #5

When I was a kid slightlv Feb 2022 #8