Do I have poor memory? Does anyone relate? How do you remember things?

[Secret Chief]

If my memory is on the way out i would like advice on if i can slow it.

"Good memory and good health are closely related, as one friend reminded me. She advised that we stimulate our brains and bodies by regularly doing word and number puzzles, reading, keeping up with technology, socializing, eating healthy food, exercising, and sleeping 7-8 hours per night."

- 7 Memory Strategies That Work at Any Age

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- Playing a musical instrument good for brain health in later life - study

 

[JustGeorge]

You need a smart phone. Or a notepad for your pocket

I need pockets, but some are in the mail.

 

[ChristineM]

"Good memory and good health are closely related, as one friend reminded me. She advised that we stimulate our brains and bodies by regularly doing word and number puzzles, reading, keeping up with technology, socializing, eating healthy food, exercising, and sleeping 7-8 hours per night."

- 7 Memory Strategies That Work at Any Age

The sleeping 7+ hours a night is a problem, five and a half is typical. More than that, the cats complain

And at the moment, health-wise im a wreck, i think this has something to do with it.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Most humans have unrealistic expectations about memory in part because they are not taught about how it works. All memory is reconstructive, it's not like a book where information is fossilized onto a page. Yet many think it is supposed to work that way (it isn't and doesn't) then conclude their memories are bad (they aren't). Oh well.

How Memory Works

Memory is a continually unfolding process. Initial details of an experience take shape in memory; the brain’s representation of that information then changes over time. With subsequent reactivations, the memory grows stronger or fainter and takes on different characteristics. Memories reflect...

www.psychologytoday.com

Interesting. I suppose it’s one of those things that if you don’t use it you lose it?

 

[Spice]

I seem to remember things in glimpses, kind of like how one might remember a dream.

I can remember bits and pieces of my childhood, or even just last year, but never in detail. It's sort of like flash images. I can remember 'things' though, as in concepts and things I've done, if I think long enough, and those could summon more flash images. But very rarely more than a few seconds of 'video'-like memory.

I saw a picture of an old game Crash Bandicoot on Reddit. I saw the mask he wears in the image. Just a couple days ago I was talking with a friend at work about Crash Bandicoot and how I used to play that game as a kid, but the details of the game like certain levels, or even that signature mask he puts on to level up, didn't come to mind. Now that I think about it more I can remember more details about the game. I suppose it's possible I wasn't putting effort into activating the memory at the time in the midst of conversation.

It would be more fun if I could recall things like that mid conversation. I could've tried to replicate the noise he makes when he puts on the mask, or even just mention the mask.


What's your memory like? Is it pretty vivid and detailed?

My memory used to be fantastic. I relied on it with complete trust. That changed dramatically around age fifty. More due to the stress in my life at the time than the changes that come with age, but recovering from the stress was indeed hampered by age.
So I learned -- don't stress over nuttin, including memory hiccups.

 

[Spice]

'tis normal, to some degree, as we age.

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/memory-loss-and-forgetfulness/memory-problems-forgetfulness-and-aging

It's called senior exercise. You walk to the kitchen and forget why. Then you walk back to the den and remember, so you turn around and go back to the kitchen. Look at all those extra steps, pure exercise, to keep you mobile.

 

[Regiomontanus]

It's called senior exercise. You walk to the kitchen and forget why. Then you walk back to the den and remember, so you turn around and go back to the kitchen. Look at all those extra steps, pure exercise, to keep you mobile.

That just happened to me about an hour ago!