What do you do when you can't remember something?

Question

A: You try very hard to recollect what it was.
B: You let the thought go and save energy by doing something else.
C: You try to recollect for 'some' time and leave it if that's not very urgent.

Answer 1

C.

Answer 2

A B and C

I try hard to remember if that does not work chances are by letting it go it comes back to me.

if urgent i would ask a friend or teacher if it was an answer to a question or something that I needed to have.
Depends on how serious a matter it is.

Answer 3

(D) As I'm working on something else, my mind is trying to recollect it without getting too lost in my thoughts that it jeopardizes what I'm currently doing.

Answer 4

Visualise, where/what it might be.

Doesn't always work!!

If I know that I'll need to remember something in particular - try to focus on that 'thing' at the beginning. Sometimes seems to help in remembering

Answer 5

i just forget about it and do something else... eventually it'll come back to me and i'll remember to do it, or someone will remind me what i was doing.

one time my mom asked me to go get some baby wipes from the car, and i would get out of the house and forget, then go back in and she'd tell me again, and then i'd get to the car and forget, etc. it took me 7 times to finally get the baby wipes.

Answer 6

I go through the alphabet applying each letter to the first letter of what I am trying to remember. Then, A,B,&C

Answer 7

A. Try really hard but always end up with B.

Answer 8

I'll just wait for it to come back. Meanwhile, i'll use the time trying to recall the last something that i forgot before this...

Answer 9

B I find this works the best for me. Otherwise I obsess on it and keep myself up all night long lol

Answer 10

B. If I stop trying to think of what it is, it'll pop into my head within minutes. Tried and true method.

Answer 11

I came up with a great answer but I can't remember it at the moment.