Poor memory: causes and elimination

Poor memory can be a huge problem for anyone. When everything is often forgotten, then life becomes more nervous and uninteresting. However, if memory lapses and forgetfulness appear, it is important not to despair. Let's see what can help in this situation.

Absent-mindedness often leads to forgetfulness.

The thought process is directly dependent on memory. So that our nervous system does not suffer from negative factors, the brain turns on the forgetting function. And this is a normal process. But if you understand that something is wrong with your memory, then you need to decide on the identification of the type of memorization that fails.

There are several of these types, we will consider them in order:

• the phenomenon is forgotten immediately (this is direct memory);
• when information persists in the brain for more than 30 seconds, then this type of retention is called short-term;
• if information is processed by the brain over a long period, this is already a long-term memory;
• there is also a sliding type of memory: information is contained in the brain for the required amount of time, and then it is erased as unnecessary.

There can be many reasons for poor memory. It all depends on the circumstances that surround the person, and on his age.

Here are the main causes of poor memory:

• due to stressful situations a person becomes distracted, and his memory becomes in a bad state;
• bad habits (smoking, alcohol, drugs) significantly reduce brain activity and memory;
• constant lack of sleep is also a negative factor that leads to poor brain performance;
• when the body lacks nutrients and vitamins, the brain definitely starts to work worse;
• rush becomes the main cause of absent-mindedness, and absent-mindedness often leads to forgetfulness.

Don't panic if you feel that your memory has dropped significantly. It is possible that negative processes are not associated with serious diseases, but are only temporary problems which are quickly eliminated by various methods.

And yet, in the above question, it is necessary primarily bet on age, after all, the circumstances of forgetfulness among people of different ages are completely different. Let's take a look at each life stage in order.

Many of us believe that poor memory occurs only in sick or elderly people. However, in at a young age, memory problems arise.

The educational process and play activities are very difficult to combine (only with the help of special techniques that are developed by specialists). So it turns out that the child wants to play and run, but instead has to teach poem or problem solving. Attention becomes distracted, and as a result, the verse does not lend itself to memorization, and the problem is also not solved.

Next comes teenage years. At this time goes hormonal changes in the whole body... This factor affects the mental state and brain function. This is why teenagers get irritable. Also rebuilding directly affects memory.

At an older age, most young people faces the choice of his life path. They study a lot of study material and prepare for exams. The memory is overloaded, the attention becomes less acute. This is where the problems come from.

During this period, a person is fully formed as a person. He is busy building a career, and this takes a lot of energy.

Otherwise, you may be affected by such a problem as psychosomatics, and then your emotional experiences will develop into physical ailments.

Until the age of forty, a person continues to lead an active lifestyle. At that time all people have different difficulties, which provoke memory impairment. If the physical examination does not reveal any negative factors, then your problems are not as serious as they seem.

You may be experiencing temporary difficulties because:

• work takes too much time, and you do not have time to concentrate on the main tasks;
• there is an addiction to bad habits;
• are stressed;
• too passionate about any business;
• very in love.

It should be noted that the factors leading to memory problems are not limited to this list. Therefore, anyone at least sometimes a person should look around and find the root of difficulties in an independent way.

When a person approaches the border of a given age and does not have any diseases, then his memory is in a normal state.

This process involves all components of the body: both the circulatory system and hormones.

As a result of the above reasons, the nutrition of the brain in women is significantly reduced. Hormonal changes lead to mood swings and ailments. Therefore, do not be surprised that the fair sex at the age of fifty have difficulty remembering.

In the male half, some age-related changes may also be observed. In some, they are more pronounced, while others do not experience difficulties. It all depends on the lifestyle and genetic predisposition.

If you are at that age, try to exclude negative factors from your life: lack of sleep, bad habits, stress. To maintain your consciousness at the proper level, exercise and walk in the fresh air.

At this age, thought processes are significantly reduced due to aging. The brain can no longer perceive a large amount of information, memory becomes less tenacious, but attention may be distracted.

It should be noted that these processes do not occur in the minds of all people who have stepped over the age of sixty. Some people who lead an active lifestyle are still able to memorize information at the proper level.

This is facilitated by conditions such as regular exercise of intense brain activity.

If you do not have a serious illness, then some negative changes in memory are a natural process, and not the onset of sclerosis. So that you don't get bothered by forgetfulness, take care of yourself. Start training your memory and follow these simple rules of a healthy lifestyle.

In most cases at this age there is a significant aging of the body. If a person has not been fond of various health-improving methods or has a bad heredity, then he may be susceptible to various diseases. And first of all, memory suffers here.

This is a very common occurrence. Some older people suffer from various illnesses that lead to distraction and memory loss. It has long been established that more than 15% of people over 70 suffer from cognitive loss and cannot recreate previously accumulated experience.

The brain begins to "slow down", the conscious process is disturbed. This is evidenced by the following observations.

For example, an elderly person very well remembers those events that happened in his life at an early age. But this person will no longer be able to remember what he ate for dinner yesterday.

This suggests that the attention of an elderly individual is scattered due to poor brain function... And we know that a person can remember only the information that aroused his interest.

Pathological changes in memory, even at such a late age, do not always occur due to the onset of old age. Often there are cases when a person at this age also shows good activity in terms of brain activity.

A large role in brain malfunctions heredity and unwillingness to engage in mental stress play.

For this reason at 80, memory problems can only get worse. And if this happens, then the person needs to undergo an examination and establish the cause of the memory gaps.

They can happen due to:

• head injuries;
• various subtle signs such as insomnia, mental attacks, dizziness, fainting;
• infectious diseases;
• taking medications that have a negative impact on health.

Alzheimer's can be stopped by therefore, it is necessary to monitor the condition of your elderly relatives. If you see signs of this problem, it is necessary to immediately begin to treat the disease. The doctor will prescribe treatment, and the pathology will not progress to the last stage.

For a person to live fully, you need to carefully monitor his health. Do your best to push back the onset of dementia. Otherwise, at first there will be speech problems and later senile dementia will lead a person to complete helplessness.

Before you start exercising to improve your memory, you need to know what types of memory are inherent in the human brain. Let's examine each of them separately and consider recommendations for improvement.

Visual memory is able to hold and reproduce visual memory in consciousness.

Therefore, you should inquire about some ways to improve it. In this variant, act according to the principle of "knocking out a wedge with a wedge".

Try despite the difficulties to peer closely into the faces of people, that come your way. In the evening before going to bed, reproduce in your mind the images of those passers-by, who impressed you

The following technique will help develop a good memory. Start learning whole sets of numbers. For example, memorize the brands, colors and numbers of cars of all your friends... Having met a familiar number on the car, compare it with other data and remember the name of the owner (if you do not know the person closely, then remember in which entrance he lives and on which floor).

Such an activity does not take up time due to the fact that performed automatically - when you go about your business.

Responsible for memorizing and preserving auditory images auditory memory. You can choose the following exercise to train it. You need to focus and listen to a recording of a piece several times. Then postpone the session. After some time, do the same exercise again.

After these manipulations try to retell what you have heard by heart. Does not work? Keep practicing until you get it right.

Memorizing complex movements controls motor (motor) memory. If you cannot learn how the washing machine turns on, then you need to develop this particular type of memory. The best way to develop it is through various video games.

And remember that gamers are distinguished by such abilities as developed hand-eye coordination.

Memory, which helps to navigate in space, called spatial. To maintain it, you need to do the following exercise. Try to take different routes on your way to work. Necessarily memorize all the objects that you meet along the way. They will guide you when you come back. Gradually, your memory will be restored, and you will begin to correctly navigate the terrain.

There is also emotional memory. She keeps various experiences and joyful moments that happened in a person's life.

Responsible for various inferences verbal and logical memory. To develop it, you it is necessary to read a lot of scientific and journalistic literature.

They develop mental activity very well quotes and thoughts of famous people. But it is important to correctly understand and comprehend the text being read.

If a child is completely healthy, then, in principle, he cannot have a bad memory.

And if problems still arise, then they can be eliminated as follows.

• Talk to your child more. Let him tell you about his affairs in full detail. This is the best memory training.
• Read books with your child before bedtime, and then ask your child to retell the stories they like most. So you calm your child and tune in the right way.
• You can play with words. Name 10 words and ask them to repeat them. Make the exercise harder every day. You can use whole sentences for this.
• Practice mindfulness exercises. For this, entertaining pictures called "Find 10 Differences" or other similar exercises are suitable.
• From childhood, feed your child with environmentally friendly products, follow his regime and give vitamins.

The best way to improve your memory is to start using it. So try this:

• when you read any story, visualize all heroes and their environment;
• use the associations method: come up with what you associate a smell, object, word with;
• use the Cicero method: create a room in your thoughts and arrange fictional things in it.