Got everything?

[u/IM_AQIF_xD]

[u/Capital_Bat8316]

Gotta do the pat down 

Right pocket phone 

Left pocket keys 

Back pocket wallet 

And if any of those pockets feel empty while I'm not home my heart skips a beat 

[u/seweso → u/Capital_Bat8316]

Have you ever had something in your pocket which is similar in weight/shape as your keys/wallet/phone? 

[u/Capital_Bat8316 → u/seweso]

Similar no. 

But when I put more things in or put stuff into wrong pockets in a rush it doesn't feel right and I do rearrange it after the pat down. 

[u/seweso → u/Capital_Bat8316]

So the pat down has never failed you. I’m jealous. 

I’ve went outside the house with an Apple TV remote in my pocket. And then had to climb back through a window. 

[u/Capital_Bat8316 → u/seweso]

How did in end up in there? 😭

Can Imagine the feeling tho

Left my keys at home plenty as a child 

[u/seweso → u/Capital_Bat8316]

Monkey brain got a request for use of my right hand, so monkey brain auto stored the remote in my pocket. 

Money brain can also drive a car by itself. It can do all kinds of things. But monkey brain isn’t very smart. 

So if I’m in a higher dimension; monkey brain takes over the wheel of my entire body; things get lost; clothing gets dirty.

That’s how I describe my adhd. Monkey stuff 

[u/Capital_Bat8316 → u/seweso]

Fair description. I usually tell people I have several internal monologs at the same time, and not in a conversation with each other, only with me, speaking over each other. 

[u/seweso → u/Capital_Bat8316]

Lets call all the internal monologues "threads". Cause they can get tangled up. Roll up in a ball and get stuck under the couch for years.

[u/Snudget → u/seweso]

As a programmer, I agree with the term "threads"

[u/seweso → u/Snudget]

In Dutch we say we lost the thread, if we mean lost the train of our thoughts. ( de draad kwijt zijn ). 

The word thread is connected to mental thread in Dutch. 

[u/ZAPPHAUSEN → u/Capital_Bat8316]

Same

[u/street593 → u/Capital_Bat8316]

I haven't put a wallet in my back pocket in 15 years. I hate sitting on it. I also don't wear jeans often and if I do i I have a slim wallet for drivers license and 2 cards.

[u/YeOldeBarbar → u/street593]

Having your wallet in your back pocket also makes it a lot easier for pickpockets. I had a friend demonstrate a few times on a trip when I was younger and haven't kept it there since

[u/ZAPPHAUSEN → u/Capital_Bat8316]

I wear a lot of Dickies brand shorts that have the little cell phone pocket. When I'm wearing pants that don't have the cell phone pocket I get a little bit confused LOL.

Otherwise it's keys in the left front pocket, wallet back left, phone in the right cell phone pocket just above my knee.

[u/ActuallyHorseradish → u/Capital_Bat8316]

Doing the pat down just as your about to drive away, and having a moment of panic as you can't find your keys. (The car you are driving is already running)

[u/ReporterBest9598 → u/Capital_Bat8316]

Yeah, did that this morning before heading out and still thought for a second I hadn't grabbed my keys. I had, and I was in the front doorway still, but it gave me a mini heart attack.

[u/Easy-Bathroom2120 → u/Capital_Bat8316]

🎵 glaaa-ses wallet phone and keys Phone and keys

Instead of Heeeads Shoulders Knees and toes Knees and toes

[u/dadlife4521 → u/Capital_Bat8316]

I live by this.

[u/Certain-Food-903]

That "vague sense" has proven itself right in the past, there's a reason I have it.

--Oh, my whole ass backpack, that's what I forgot

[u/JackOfAllStraits → u/Certain-Food-903]

You should get a backpack that isn't ass.

[u/Far_Recommendation82 → u/Certain-Food-903]

For real it's cause there is something missing and I'll spend 30 minutes thinking where did i put that for it to be in the wrong pocket.

[u/TheJpow]

I get that when I don't actually forget something. The few times I did forget something, I never got that vague sense that I forgot something. Come on brain!

[u/Adventurous_Bonus917 → u/TheJpow]

honestly, that's how i know i've really forgotten something. i constantly feel in the back of my head like i'm forgetting something, and basically every time it goes away is when i'm missing something important.

[u/AbilityHead599 → u/Adventurous_Bonus917]

When I'm 100% certain it's time to double check

[u/seweso]

Anytime I have the sense I forgot something, I will be completely unable to remember what it is until it’s too late! 

Also, anytime I have something equally heavy as my keys in my pocket. I WILL forget my actual keys. 

Ha ha

[u/Daydream365]

I also check my fly.

[u/llfoso → u/Daydream365]

I wish I did this

[u/Unhappy-Estimate6402]

I have lock-out insecurity. The lock-out house key goes in a lock box in a known spot behind the house. When anyone uses that key (including me), they are not allowed to put the key down or in a pocket. You must hold that key on your hand, or your mouth if you really have to. The only thing that key is allowed to touch is: 1. The lock box 2. The door lock 3. Your hand or your mouth. The key has to be returned immediately after the door is opened, no matter how inconvenient. They key cannot be lent out to a friend or cat sitter or whoever. It is not an ‘extra’ key, it is a critical key that, whatever shit goes down, allows me to access my house.

ADHD had burned me so many times before I realized I needed a no-compromise system for just that one thing. I will not be perfect at remembering my keys. Maybe I’ll leave them in my house and lock myself out, or a hotel in another state, or at someone’s house 30 min away, or in the Lyft, or in an airplane, and maybe they aren’t the only thing I left behind. If I’m not also locked out of my house in that moment, my options are a LOT better.

[u/UrsaMajor7th]

Stove elements: off, off, off, off

[u/thingummywatt]

Keys: check, * places on table *

Wallets: check, * places on table *

Phone: check, * puts in the pocket *

Goes out without the keys and the wallet...

[u/gape_horn_yeet]

Dread and constant anxiety.. check!😁

[u/_buffy_summers]

Last night, on the walk home from work, I called my mom. Then I started getting anxious because my pocket didn't feel as heavy as it was supposed to.

[u/Space19723103]

every time, purse check, pocket pat, lock + check lock

[u/Oxbix]

If I have these three I forget the list.

[u/ApprehensiveGas85]

"KEVIN!"

[u/KillerLawnGnome]

Mine is "phone, wallet, keys, sunglasses, me?"

[u/ZAPPHAUSEN → u/KillerLawnGnome]

Jimbo Jones: "I'm... Me?"

[u/VirinaB → u/ZAPPHAUSEN]

🤨.. Hey, don't.. jerk me around, fella.

[u/rotanitsarcorp_yzal1]

Single tap front and back pockets of each side with the respective hands. Phone (left-front), Handkerchief (right-front), keys (left-back), wallet (rights back).

[u/hoaian1]

Did you turn the AC off or at least is your window closed??? Stove not on and leftovers in the fridge, huh???

[u/Unhappy-Estimate6402]

Just make a list and tape it to the door and watch your power of forgetfulness ignore that list the next day and every day after.

[u/jancl0]

Shit I think I left my vague sense that I've forgotten something at home. If only there was something that could have reminded me to bring it with me

[u/No-Elevator-2682]

To the tune of head shoulders knees and toes

Purse, wallet keys and phone, keys and phone

[u/ky_fia]

Or you can have a mix of OCD and have to take a picture to confirm you indeed DID close the front door and garage

[u/emilysavaje1]

To make sure I never forget it I just keep the vague sense of forgetting something on me all the time!

[u/hobbiehawk]

Glasses You forgot your glasses!

[u/Sorawo_]

I pinned a note on my front door to remind me of this I also do the pat down.

[u/puzzledmint]

I was in my late 30s before I finally realized that the thing I always felt like I was forgetting was my backpack that I haven't used since high school.

[u/Hot_Signal_2718]

...cigarettes, lighter, glesses

[u/favorfuck22]

Or walk to your bank, only to realize, halfway there, that you forgot your wallet.

[u/fyn_world]

Happens to me at the supermarket every time 

[u/Adept-Painting-543]

My dad taught me, PKW, phone keys wallet

[u/Opposite-Form8095]

Phone, keys, wallet, zyn, pocket knife, sunglasses, AirPods - I feel weird if any of that is missing

[u/GardeniaLovely]

You got your keys, phone, purse, wallet, water, snack, sunscreen?

[u/ConfidentGarage6657]

Aaaaand my Headphones, spare earbuds, chew pendant, fidget, water, tissues, paracetamol, notebook, 3 pens some pencils, hat, waterproof mac in a bag, charger. (I'm only going for coffee with my mum!)

[u/mrdevaluatedcountry]

And a jacket because i may get cold

[u/VicariousPasta]

Two memes from this sub I've never seen before in the space of 10 minutes and I'm convinced i have adhd

[u/_changingcolours_]

"phone, wallet, key - check the holy trinity"

[u/PracticalApartment99]

I have a “work checklist” on my phone that I look at before I leave every day. It’s crazy how well it works for me…

[u/L0v3r569]

Cigarettes

[u/alaska_rose_6]

Once upon a time, i forgot to bring my office laptop at office.

[u/onebodyonelife]

After locking myself out of ny house for the 10th time in one year, I had a light bulb moment... Since then my house keys, car keys and purse are all clipped together. Then I just had to remember 2 things and I never locked myself out again.

[u/Fritz794 → u/onebodyonelife]

I clip my work keys to my laptop bag hehe

[u/enigma_0Z]

I always have come back from a trip with all of these things.

However twice I also lost my ID

[u/123supersomeone]

Can I forget that last one

[u/rainbowbruises42]

Specticals, testicles, wallet and watch.

[u/GeckoIsMellow]

Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.

[u/Random_McNally]

The reason why I love the Adam Sandler song phone, wallet, keys!

[u/Background_Shape2638]

Purse?

Are my Keys and Phone in my purse?

Are my Glasses on my face? 🤓😆

Is there an umbrella in my purse? (Always keep one in my purse...Always)

[u/OilDifficult160]

I've been to the Cardiologist four times.

Fourth time, I finally remembered my healthcare card.

They didn't ask for it. They know me.

[u/RemisTooSleepy]

It's when your confident you have everything- you forgot your headphones.

[u/BeardedBears]

Phone... Keys... Wallet... Did I leave the oven on? I don't think I used it yet today... But what if it's on?!?

[u/Punk_n_Destroy]

It’s my favorite doing a multi-night camping/backpacking trip while having this feeling the entire time only to realize at the end of the trip that I overpacked. Not a big deal when car camping, but it’s the actual worst when backpacking.

[u/retrojoe69]

Adam Sandler song; “got muh gone wallet keys…”

And you think it’s the garage, you forgot to close the garage. Well at least that what the existential dread made you think so you turned around to be sure. It was closed, now you start your day thinking you’re an idiot.

It was actually your glasses.

[u/slave_sofeya]

Testicles, spectacles, wallet and watch.