i think some folks are confused by these terms obviously we don’t experience objective permanence the same way an infant does i think this is talking more about how adhd people tend to lose things a lot i can set my phone down somewhere and walk off and a few minutes later i’ll be desperately searching for my phone and i have no idea where i put it and even when i find it i have zero memory of even setting it there or maybe a better example would be…i have tons of piles everywhere in the house in the car in closets everywhere piles of my random stuff that i couldn’t be bothered with putting away or going through then i’ll decide to go through a pile one day while cleaning and i’ll discover an item that i completely forgot i had and it could be something i used to use often or really enjoyed i do this very often with new things too i’ll buy something and either leave it in the car or i’ll toss the bag it’s in on my table and completely forget i have a new treasure everything is very out of sight out of mind so not exactly object permanence but similar   i totally understand the emotional issue too i have an amazing boyfriend who loves me and treats me so so well but if i don’t hear from him for a while or if his texts seem short for whatever reason i start to think that he has somehow very suddenly fallen out of love with me it’s ridiculous but i can’t help it but this is one reason i have a hidden album on my phone with pictures of us and a ton of sweet messages he has sent me