Is your remembering capacity failing you? Because of our
squeezed daily timetable, thriving for life; people’s minds are
always too clogged to think properly thus making their
remembering capacity go down you know why?
My friend Charles has
been searching in vain for almost sixty minutes, trying to find
the bunch of this office keys. He has forgotten where he put it
last night and yet this is not the first time he meet the
problem. It dawned to him that his remembering capacity has gone
down. He couldn’t find keys and hadn’t the slightest idea where
he placed them. He searched his bedroom, the living room, and
even the kitchen has been turned upside-down!
Have you ever found you self in the embarrassing situation of the like?
Where some one’s names escape your memory just as you are forgotten a
friend’s name you are about to introduce to your fiancée? Are
you afraid that you might be suffering from memory lapses? If
thus, you are not alone at that thousands of people go through
the same experience every minute.
According to biology study, memory (power of remembering) is not a little file cabinet in
your brain that you can open at a desired time you wish and pick
whatever you want easily. It’s a whole series of more
complicated mental process. Think of it as SCAFFOLD (putting up
structure for workmen to stand on while building walls) so the
more scaffolding is built up in a given knowledge are, the more
places there are to put things.
It is more successful to store
information by writing of telling other people about it, because
memory tends to retrieve things relevant to a current situation
and to filter out any confusing information. That is why you may
not remember the name of an office mate when you run into her at
a market place. When you know a lot about something you are able
to make connections an average person finds impossible to make.
This is according to scientists who term it as CHUNKING. Pulling
stored information chunks rely on external cues If you happen to
see a live event or action-taking place, the memory will always
be live whenever you meet the persons involved. But
occasionally, the retrieval system gets clogged; well, you know
a name all right, but you cannot spit it out.
Of course the problem here is that some competing memory is firmly holding one
name at the top of your mind so another name can’t muscle
through. The most common complaint in memory is inability to
remember names; it is one thing to forget the name of an
acquaintance and another thing is to draw a complete blank when
you are about to introduce the your boy friend to your father.
It doesn’t matter how much you were prepared for the occasion or
how much you rehearsed the name, when the time comes for you to
term the name, you get clogged and no one can come for your
rescue but embarrassment. After consulting therapists, I have
come to the conclusion that anxiety is also linked to the
blanking out of memory and when it happens, there isn’t much we
can do about it
Causes of inability to remembering are: - Stresses, anxiety,
loss of sleep, others are, taking of too much caffeine and when
you don’t eat well. All this impairs our memory. However, severe
absentmindedness can be are symptom of chronic anxiety. It may
sound quite obvious but if you find yourself forgetting little
but important thing; try to carry a notebook, avoid overworking
yourself, have are work time table. You also can have a weekend
stroll and rest so as to keep your mind at ease. You are also
urged not to take too much alcohol, caffeine and do not sleep
late. The key to finding objects around your office and at home
is-good organization and consistent placement of things. Keep
everything in likely spot; do not mix things (everything should
have its proper place). Things should not be kept at random. And
mark you, DO NOT FORGET AGAIN!
About the author:
FREELANCE JOURNALIST, DISTRICT POLITICAL PARTY SECRETARY AND
AFRICAN CULTURAL ADVOCATE.
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