The ability to remember things for a short or long time is crucial in order to be able to carry out the various activities of daily life. Our memory permeates throughout our lives. Without memory learning would be impossible, the past would be non-existent, the future would be uncertain. The good news is that there are ways on how to improve your memory through certain exercises and techniques, which you can use on a daily basis with out taking much of your time.

The loss of memory and cognitive functions, affects mainly those who do not exercise their memory and do not use their minds. The example of the great musician Xermpert von Karagian perhaps is no coincidence. He lost his father and grandfather due to Altschaimer disease. Because he feared that he would also suffer from Altschaimer disease he started to train his mind on various learning exercises. At 65 he learned to fly an airplane. Finally, he died 80 years with absolute clarity!

Why we forget things?

Often we forget things because we do not give adequate attention to them or because we are concerned with another event, or even because we were unable to digest new information during a period we have stress or when we are emotionally charged because of an unexpectedly sad event. There are many things that affect and damage our memory, which we need to watch out for:

Stress

The stress is bad adviser for memory. The most striking example is that of students, who can study perfectly but when it comes to exams they cannot remember anything. Their mind is somehow blocked and unable to recall what they memorized. Exam stress is bad for the memory and needs a special way to manage stress.

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Do you sometimes forget things? Birthdays, names, dates? Surely you are not alone and the good news is that there are easy ways to improve your memory. 

The memory capacity varies greatly from person to person, regardless of age. However, there are some factors that affect these skills: hypertension, insomnia, excessive alcohol consumption, thyroid problems, depression, or merely the absence of stimuli, all this reduce the performance of our memory. The same happens if you get too much information. The flow of information today is frightening and the loaded mind has low absorption.

Another factor affecting memory is stress. The stress hormones neutralize the transporting glucose molecules in hippocampus and leave the brain with low energy. If the stress is chronic, the same hormones act as acid, which passes through the neurons, leading to the reduction of hippocampus. If this trend is continuous, can destroy the neurons of hippocampus. Good sleep, stress control, physical exercise and the proper maintenance of the arteries and circulatory system will certainly help to improve memory.

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There are ways to improve memory. Our memory like the rest of our body needs regular exercise to be in good condition, as the athlete must train to allow the body to respond to difficult times, so does the memory needs its own special training in order to stay in "shape" and improve. There are simple ways, which you can follow to keep your memory in shape, and also techniques that can actually help you to improve your memory's condition and performance.

Memory loss causes

The quality of the memory of a person depends not only on the education, the learning environment and the physical environment in which we live in, but also on other factors that can influence our life (e.g. loss of a beloved person). There is also the hereditary genetic factor that plays a very important role. Besides that, other memory loss causes are:

In this article we outilne the most important reasons for memory loss and suggest ways of how to improve your memory. There are a number of reasons that may cause a memory loss. Most of them though can be addressed provided that are identified at an ealry stage.

Age

It is normal to sometimes forget things. With increasing age, we observe that we forget more often.

Besides age, there are other factors or diseases that contribute to declines in our memory. Fortunately there are many such situations but if detected early and treated effectively, then the memory loss can be reversed.

The sooner we realise that our memory is suffering from a specific cause the better. If we allow a situation without corrective measures, the problems with our memory will get worse and most probably create a permanent damage.

Chronic Stress

The prolonged chronic stress is so common today in our lives and this affects our memory in a negative way

It is important to find ways to correctly control stress so that we can keep our memory for many years to the maximum extent of its capabilities.

We must also know that a very large and intense stress situation can occur when we face a catastrophic event or the loss of a very loved person. This situation can cause a major blow to the possibilities of our memory.