Can I Improve My Memory?

Can I Improve My Memory And What Can I Do To Help It?

A lot of things may have a small effect on our memory but the answer to the question of can I improve my memory is maybe. There are lots of small things you can do to help and together the differences may be significant.

For an example we could look at diet as one area that many people believe can be either beneficial to memory or may be impairing memory if you don’t eat the right foods. We have all heard of brain foods and they are called that because they are said to help improve brain performance.

Physical exercise does seem to be an important factor in maintaining and improving memory ability. Now both of these examples are about maintaining a healthy body. It should be obvious to us all that healthy eating and keeping our bodies fit are likely to improve our mental abilities as well. We may not be able to see defined muscles on our brain but it follows that if our body is in good condition our brain is likely to be too.

A lot of people put a lot of foreign and unnatural substances into their bodies. Drugs, alcohol and smoking are all very unnatural substances for our body to have to cope with. Even the use of prescription drugs may possibly result in some negative effects in some ways even while they fix the problem they were taken to deal with.

Injury and traumatic events can also take their toll on our mental ability and when we add in diseases that can damage our mind and body we see there are plenty of things that can have a negative effect on our mental ability and our memory capacity and function.

We exercise our muscles to keep them in good condition and our brains seem to benefit from being exercised too. A lack of mental stimulation seems to make people become less active physically and less alert mentally. It follows that by stimulating our minds and being very active mentally we can improve our mind and improve our memory abilities.

So we have looked at some of the stresses life can throw at us which may encourage memory impairment so we need to look at how we can reduce these factors and boost the positive memory improving ones. If your life is in a constant state of turmoil and you feel drained by the daily grind of life and it’s problems, if you are unorganized and constantly busy chasing around trying to keep up with the events in your life and never give yourself a chance of allowing yourself the time to rest for the proper care your mind and body both need then your memory is almost certainly going to suffer some effects of that lifestyle.

You should take stock of what your life is about and what your priorities really are. What really matters to you and how well are you caring for both your mind and your body? A lot of people rush off to the gym, hurry through their workout routine and think that is all they need to do but if everything is being done in a ‘rush’ then the chances are nothing is being done properly.

Rushing around is stressful and stress has an impact both mentally and physically. This is an aspect of life where we may be causing our physical and mental health to suffer. Regular and long-term chaos and turmoil is not your friend but even if you feel you manage your lifestyle well the stress may take a toll on you in later years.  This constant rushing around to do everything is something that may have a lasting and damaging effect on our mental health. Many people claim to want a calmer and more relaxed lifestyle but most of them are not prepared to change to improve things. They are so busy rushing around they have to be taught to stop and taught to slow down and relax because they have become habitual in the way of rushing around throughout their daily lives.

There are several aspects to memory improvement and we need to work on all of them. The magic ingredient that makes a brain work is oxygen and it is important to ensure a good supply of oxygen to the brain to encourage a healthy memory function. To encourage this we should eat properly and keep our body fit and active. Learning breathing exercises may help to boost our oxygen supply throughout the body. These exercises can help clear your mind, freshen up your thinking, and relieve some of your stress. It may only be a temporary break but it is still an important step in beginning your journey to memory improvement.

Next we should consider the subject of eating properly and how that may improve my memory. A healthy and properly balanced diet can benefit you in lots of different ways, and while we can see the physical results the benefits to the perfomance of your memory function are often overlooked. Your diet can have an effect on your physical health but if your diet is clearly bad for your body then what might it be doing to your mental capacity? The mind is very much dependent on the body working properly so the body needs to be working well for your mind to perform well.

Other things to consider include your living environment and how that might affect your mental abilities and your memory. Does a dirty home have an affect on your memory? It sounds rather absurd, but anything that affects you in a negative way may affect your state of mind and brain health because we know we benefit from positive stimulation it follows that negative effects will reduce your memory and mental abilities.

Having a clean home is not simply about making it look better for your visitors because it can also help you to increase your sense of wellbeing, improve your level of happiness and bring peace and tranquility into your life. This will both help to calm you and allow your mind and memory to focus on more positive and productive thoughts and to be more mentally alert and active so maybe I can improve my memory by following these tips.

How To Remember Faces

How To Remember Faces Of People You Meet

Many of us struggle to put a name to a face and we also struggle to remember what someone looks like when we think of them. Here are a few tips on improving facial memory which may help your memory in other ways as well.

When you look at someone the chances are you are looking at them as a person. You see the whole person so you will remember their approximate height. i.e. were they taller than you or shorter than you. You may remember their overall body shape. i.e. were they large around the waist or very slim. It is likely you will not have noticed the shape of their nose, what color eyes they have or any features of their face.

We tend to remember the general details about a person but not the specifics and the reason is that we simply don’t pay attention to these things.

As an exercise try this. Next time you meet someone look closely at their facial details. Focus on their eyes. What color are they. Is there anything else unusual about their eyes. Next focus on the forehead. Does it run high up their head or does it finish low down beneath a lot of hair. What color is their hair and how is it shaped.

What shape is their nose and is it pointy or flat, tall or short. Does it look as though it has been broken and healed slightly bent? Pay attention to their mouth and chin. Is it a wide mouth with large luscious lips or a small mouth with narrow lips. Is the chin pointed or flat. Does it protrude?

You don’t have to spend a long time studying the face to notice these things. You just have to pay attention to what you are looking at when you speak to them. After you have left them try to visualize the face and attach the name to the face in your mind. Remember Tom with the broken nose, or Jill with the luscious lips and cute nose.

With a little practice you will get into the habit of studying these facial features automatically when you meet someone and you will be amazed at how well you still remember them even years later. Pay attention to what you see and train your mind to remember the details and you will find this begins t improve your memory in all sorts of other areas as well.