(by Dr. John
Atwood)
Surprisingly memory loss has been the
problem of many !
This is because of various reasons. I
keep joking with my children. "Don't be surprised my dear. I may
suddenly forget you. So be prepared..
The amount of stress and strain that
people are undergoing now a days due to various reasons is really
the main cause. We are not breathing fresh air, healthy
habits....?? what's that???? Good nutritious food ...Do we care
really?? Fast food...fast life....no time to relax. I think at
least the younger generation can benefit and try to inculcate
certain good habits even before the problem crops up. For people of
my age - well it is never too late. Hope this article will benefit
most of us.
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Most of us express dissatisfaction with
our memory, especially when we want to recall some detail and we
can't. Some examples are, an address or a telephone number, the
time of a meeting, somebody's name, etc. Even people, who I think
have an excellent memory, complain that they forget things. In
their case, perhaps their mind refuses to be cluttered with a
detail which doesn't seem important to them at the time. Later, for
some reason, they want to contact that person, and they can't
recall the name or other details of that person.
Memory works like a bank. You can get to
it, only if you put it there. If you didn't deposit it, you can't
collect it when you need it.
A lot of people insist, "My memory is
terrible, or "I can't remember anything." In most of the cases,
their memory is fine. The power to remember is certainly there.
They just need to take the time to learn ways to "register" the
events more clearly, so they can 'recall" them more successfully,
later. In this article, I will briefly describe what we need to do
to improve our memory and in later articles, I will write in more
detail about them.
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Positive expectation:
Believe that
you have a good memory. If you believe you have a poor memory and
you can't remember anything, your mind will do everything to prove
you right. It is better to think that your memory is basically
good. When you learn better memory techniques, you will have a
better memory. The reason that someone you know has a better memory
is that he or she, knowingly or automatically, is using better
memory techniques.
2.
Interest and importance:
Recall of a particular event or detail
depends on the interest we take and the importance we assign to
that detail or event, at the time when it is taking place. We
remember so much more about people, places, and topics which
fascinate us. When you are greatly interested in a subject, you pay
close attention and your brain releases chemicals to form deeper
"imprints" on the cells that store memory. Those can literally
become "long lasting impressions. "
3. Pay
attention:
If you want to recall something, pay
close attention to it at the time. The problem may not be memory,
the problem may be one of attention. People who have a good memory,
pay close attention to events as they happen. Also, you may well
know that the level of interest and importance we assign to a
person or an event, determines how much attention we are going to
pay it at the particular time it is
occurring.
4. Memory
is an active process:
The more
active attention you pay, the more details you observe, the more
you think, reason, and comprehend, the more associations you make
of what you know with what you are trying to learn, the more you
will retain and be able to recall, later on. Good memory is a state
of the active mind.
5. A
relaxed mind helps memory:
Learn with a
relaxed mind. Recall the learned material with a relaxed mind.
Let's take as an example a situation where you misplace your car
keys. If you get too agitated with yourself in trying to recall
something, as is the case in this example, you are in for
frustration. But, if you relax your mind, and calmly go through the
events backward, you are more likely to remember where you left
them.
6.
Reduce anxiety:
While mild
anxiety can increase interest and attention, high anxiety can
impair attention and concentration, and therefore, limit the recall
of learned material. That is why, if we are too anxious during a
test, we forget what we earlier knew very well. Actually, your
memory is okay but anxiety is interfering with it. Management of
test anxiety has helped many students in their test
performance.
7. Monitor
depression:
Depression
can impair the interest and joy in the events surroundings us. As a
result, too little energy is left to recall anything. Some
depressed persons become more anxious and depressed thinking, "I
have lost my mind." Once depression is treated, memory as a general
rule, returns to the normal.
8. Use
your favourite sensory channel:
Some
remember better what they see, "visual memory, " and some remember
better what they hear, "auditory memory. " If you are someone who
remembers better what you hear, then listen to a book on tape,
rather than reading it. For other material, tape what you want to
learn, and then listen to it for better recall.
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These were some important points
out of many others. Hope it will be useful. If you have already
read please ignore.....! !! or may share
....!!!
Friends let
no worry come near you. Let go all your tensions, stress and
botherations over trivial matters. Be cool headed and take
decisions when you are totally relaxed. For every problem there is
definitely a solution.... think about it...Happy
reading...
Keep
smiling....
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