I get lost in buildings can never figure out how I got to an office or how I get out. My friends have realized if I tell them to turn left right is the way they should go

I get lost in large buildings. Once I was in a department store and had to phone my friend,who was in another shop, to come find me because I couldn’t find my way out.

I'm used to hearing my GPS tell me "make a legal u-turn ahead." It's always an adventure!

I too am challenged and often get lost. I used to get upset. MY kids would ask 3 blocks out if I was lost yet. I learned to enjoy the new scenery. I will get there when I get there or somewhere else may turn out better.

I've always had a keen sense of direction. It takes a lot to get me turned around. Some are not as fortunate. I remember my mother-in-law could practically get lost in her own front yard. One time I had to go rescue her when she walked to the grocery store which was just a block away. She never noticed that she was walking right into the afternoon sun, AWAY from her house. She was miles and miles away, and still headed in the wrong direction. I try to avoid using the points of the compass when giving directions to people. Often they will stare at you like you have just asked them to walk over hot coals.

I didn't. Before Google maps became a thing, I got lost with depressing regularity. I hated driving because of it.

I am totally directionally challenged. It drives me nuts. The only thing that makes me crazier is if someone tells me to go South, North, East or West.! Really????

I spent 11 years in the army most in reconnaissance. I have an excellent sense of direction, but my fellow soldiers who didn't were seriously disadvantaged.

We had a brand new staff sergeant briefing our platoon one time telling everyone how important it was to get your bearings immediately in a new location. As he said that the first thing he did was determine that that is north, he pointed right at the rising sun.

I don't have to worry about it, my wife taught me a long time ago that it's ok to ask for directions (I was shocked and I said..."oh!! Can we do that??"

Yes, In a place I never have been,when I can't see the sun or an stuck in a suburb area where the streets do not make sense. Siri and map quest have got me so turned around I got lost in a city I have never been in. In my case there are some cognitive factors (which may include shrinking hippocampus). I schedule extra time to be lost and leave markers when I go hiking to get back. Once I was lost and could not tell if I was going in circles but I was afraid I was so I had to tear bits of fabric of my undies to see if I was circling back. I like to get lost and see if I can find my way back. It has been a good outcome so far.

Yes, In a place I never have been,when I can't see the sun or an stuck in a suburb area where the streets do not make sense. Siri and map quest have got me so turned around I got lost in a city I have never been in. In my case there are some cognitive factors (which may include shrinking hippocampus). I schedule extra time to be lost and leave markers when I go hiking to get back. Once I was lost and could not tell if I was going in circles but I was afraid I was so I had to tear bits of fabric of my undies to see if I was circling back. I like to get lost and see if I can find my way back. It has been a good outcome so far.

I carry a Compass in my Harley-Davidson saddle-bags. When walking the streets I look for signs that say N
North, South, East and West

I completely understand. Manchester where I lived at a time is a city with many radials so all I had to do to get to the major shopping centre each week where I bought myself a new book and other treats was to cross a road and get on any bus which took me to Manchester Centre

• • then to get to the shops I had a choice, when I got off the bus of going right or left - every week i dithered not knowing which way to go - everything inside me was screaming go left so I always did and always ended up back at the bus station and I seriously couldn't learn to go right to the shops in the end I just accepted my limitations and did the round trip uncomplainingly

I live on a peninsula, I can't get too lost before I hit water, lol. But actually, as a kid, we used to play in the woods alot, we would make a game of tracking shadows to determine time of day, I suspect that enhanced my directional skills?

I have worked in aerial photography for over 15 years, I map out properties all the time to direct the pilot where to go and what photos to take; I have a visual imprint of the central Puget Sound region, so I have the opposite problem, I can't process verbal directions, I have to see it in my head, then I know exactly where I am going, and can use shadow direction to figure out compass points (which doesn't work so well at night).

I think I have a great sense of direction. My mother who used to do all the driving when I was a child, I had the map and we never got lost. We would argue all the time about which direction we should take. I should say that at the time when this was happening we were traveling from Los Angeles to Zuni, New Mexico, taking the long way so we could see what was there. GPS as far as I am concerned is almost worthless. Google maps works fine, as one can change the labels associated with what you want. I change these for people all the time. I cannot find a way to do this for GPS and the drivers who are delivering to our shop get lost. Kathleen do not feel bad, I worked at this for years. I am lousy at giving directions though if I have ever been to a place I can probably drive right to the place again.

G P S.

I have an excellent sense of direction and a photographic memory. As long as my eyes were open during the whole trip, I can usually always tell which direction is north. I also remember to occasionally stop and turn around and take a mental picture when hiking. Coming back, the trail will often look completely different than when you passed going the other way.

I have a good sense of direction but for those who don't, always remember two wrongs do not make a right but three lefts will.(I grew up with two dimensional GPS aka maps)

In my youth, I had a great sense of direction.
Now, when we do a road trip.... my job is to keep us from getting killed with my driving. Linda's more important roll is navigator. Paper Maps, Google maps, and her command voice.... "Next exit! Take it!!"

I suspect it's a skill that has to be exercised and maintained. I used to go out with running clubs and it could be dark out, in an unfamiliar place, and I could see enough to make out a few landmarks, enough to get myself oriented. Now, I'm working in an office in the city and can't tell north from south and think it's because I know as much as I need to to get around.

"You don't have a bad sense of direction," my date said. ""A lot of people can't see their own house from the air."

With dancing happy feet, I was excitedly pointing out mountains and alpine lakes where I've hiked.

From the air, the terrain looks like a topographical map. I get lost on the ground.

In the winter, I study topographical maps of the mountains of North Central Washington, planning hikes.

At my request, we were flying west from Wenatchee over the Cascade Mountains in his private plane.

It was a spectacular, one-hour flight. I will never forget it.

The Sun Rises in the East and Sets in the West on a straight course every day. When you travel in the AM see where it is and in the afternoon look again. Its not you, Everyone has a lousy sense of direction.