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I don’t know how to explain it, but you can feel the difference. If it’s lost, you know it, but if you’ve misplaced it, it still feels nearby.
For me its you know that your memory knows where its at but you are just failing to recall that specific memory, but for some reason you can pull up all the other memories of where you have seen it before and so you have go looking in all those places to find something to recall it. Another similar thing is when I am using my phone i want to do something go to switch over to it, forget and i will go back to what i was doing before and look for what i was looking at the time when i had the thought and i instantly remember.
There’s misplaced, lost, and I put it somewhere safe.
The last one is the most dangerous and you’ll never see it again.
I specifically placed that item in a location so secret, even I don’t know where it is.
It’s just the worst when you’re not sure which situation you’re looking at, and you’re not sure if you should be worried yet. Namely because you can’t quite remember if the last time you saw said object was really the last time you saw it, after suddenly remembering that you hadn’t seen it in a while.
“Wait I remember borrowing that to somebody, but who was it again?” - it’s gone
“I swear I saw it yesterday” - search as long as you want, you will find it by accident mere moments after you no longer need it
“I remember I put that in a specific place for safekeeping” - will resurface when you move
