i'm always having "losing things and then getting stuck trying to search it but then somehow never going back to get them where i left them" dreams. most common theme of dreams in the last few years for me.
i think that it may have something to do with having spent a lot of time homeless, and traveling with no money and scavenging, as well as a lot of the games i play are about looting stuff all the time haha. the game i'm playing most at the moment is survival mode on The Long Dark, and in that game, it's very easy to get distracted or lost or go down a one-way path and leave behind loads of useful gear for continuing to survive. it's sorta like my real life experiences of the past.