When to worry about forgetfulness? Memory impairments: why memory becomes bad, the norm and connection with diseases, treatment I began to forget all absent-mindedness

Memory is an important function of our central nervous system to perceive the information received and store it in some invisible "cells" of the brain in reserve in order to extract and use it in the future. Memory is one of the most important abilities of a person's mental activity, therefore the slightest memory impairment weighs on him, he gets out of the usual rhythm of life, suffering himself and irritating others.

Memory impairment is most often perceived as one of the many clinical manifestations of some kind of neuropsychic or neurological pathology, although in other cases forgetfulness, absent-mindedness and poor memory are the only signs of a disease to the development of which no one pays attention, believing that a person is such by nature ...

The big riddle is human memory

Memory is a complex process taking place in the central nervous system and assuming the perception, accumulation, retention and reproduction of information obtained in different periods of time. Most of all, we think about the properties of our memory when we need to master something new. The result of all the efforts made in the learning process depends on how someone manages to hook, hold, perceive what he saw, heard or read, which is important when choosing a profession. From the point of view of biology, memory is short-term and long-term.

Information received in passing or, as the saying goes, "flew into one ear, flew out of the other" - this is a short-term memory, in which what he saw and heard is postponed for several minutes, but, as a rule, without meaning and content. So, the episode flashed and disappeared. Short-term memory does not promise anything in advance, which is probably good, because otherwise a person would have to store all the information that he does not need at all.

However, with certain efforts of a person, information that has fallen into the zone of short-term memory, if you hold your gaze on it or listen and penetrate, will be transferred to long-term storage. This also happens against the will of a person, if some episodes are often repeated, have special emotional significance or, for various reasons, occupy a separate place among other phenomena.

Evaluating their memory, some people claim that they have a short-term memory, because everything is remembered, absorbed, retold after a couple of days, and then just as quickly forgotten. This often happens in preparation for exams, when information is put aside only in order to reproduce it to decorate the grade book. It should be noted that in such cases, referring again to this topic, when it becomes interesting, a person can easily restore seemingly lost knowledge. It is one thing to know and forget, and another thing to not get information. And here everything is simple - the acquired knowledge without much human effort was transformed into the departments of long-term memory.

Long-term memory analyzes, structures, creates volume and purposefully postpones it for future use indefinitely. Everything is kept from on long-term memory. Memorization mechanisms are very complex, but we are so used to them that we perceive them as natural and simple things. However, we note that for the successful implementation of the learning process, in addition to memory, it is important to have attention, that is, to be able to concentrate on the necessary subjects.

It is common for a person to forget past events after a while, if he does not periodically extract his knowledge in order to use them, therefore, not always the inability to remember something should be attributed to memory impairment. Each of us has experienced the feeling when “it is spinning in my head, but it doesn’t come to my mind”, but this does not mean that the memory is seriously disturbed.

Why do blackouts happen?

The causes of impaired memory and attention in adults and children can be different. If a child with congenital mental retardation immediately has problems with learning, then he will come to an adult state with these disorders. Children and adults can react differently to the environment: the child's psyche is more delicate, so it is harder to endure stress. In addition, adults have long learned what the child is still trying to master.

Sadly, the trend towards the use of alcoholic beverages and drugs by adolescents, and even young children left without parental supervision, has become frightening: cases of poisoning are not so rarely recorded in the reports of law enforcement agencies and medical institutions. But for the child's brain, alcohol is the strongest poison that has an extremely negative effect on memory.

True, some pathological conditions that are often the cause of absent-mindedness and poor memory in adults, as a rule, are excluded in children (Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, osteochondrosis).

Causes of memory impairment in children

Thus, the causes of impaired memory and attention in children can be considered:

• Lack of vitamins;
• Asthenia;
• Frequent viral infections;
• Traumatic brain injury;
• Stressful situations (dysfunctional family, parental despotism, problems in the team that the child visits);
• Poor eyesight;
• Mental disorder;
• Poisoning, alcohol and drug use;
• Congenital pathology, in which mental retardation is programmed (Down syndrome, etc.) or other (whatever) conditions (lack of vitamins or microelements, the use of certain drugs, a change not for the better in metabolic processes), contributing to the formation of attention deficit disorder, which, as you know, memory does not improve.

Causes of Problems in Adults

In adults, the reason that poor memory has become, absent-mindedness and an inability to concentrate for a long time have appeared, are various diseases acquired in the course of life:

1. Stress, psycho-emotional stress, chronic fatigue both soul and body;
2. Acute and chronic;
3. Dyscirculatory;
4. cervical spine;
5. Traumatic brain injury;
6. Metabolic disorders;
7. Hormonal imbalance;
8. GM tumors;
9. Mental disorders (depression, schizophrenia and many others).

Of course, anemias of various origins, lack of trace elements, diabetes mellitus and other numerous somatic pathologies lead to impaired memory and attention, contributes to the appearance of forgetfulness and absent-mindedness.

What types of memory disorders are there? Among them are dysmnesia(hypermnesia, hypomnesia, amnesia) - changes directly to memory, and paramnesia- distortion of memories, to which the patient's personal fantasies are added. By the way, some of them, on the contrary, consider others to be a phenomenal memory rather than a violation of it. True, experts may have a slightly different opinion on this matter.

Dysmnesia

Phenomenal memory or mental disorder?

Hypermnesia- with such a violation, people remember and perceive quickly, information that was postponed many years ago pops up in memory for no reason, "rolls over", returns to the past, which does not always evoke positive emotions. A person himself does not know why he needs to keep everything in his head, however, he can reproduce some long-past events to the smallest detail. For example, old man he can easily describe in detail (up to the teacher's clothes) individual lessons at school, retell the litmontage of the pioneer collection, it is not difficult for him to recall other details concerning his studies at the institute, professional activities or family events.

Hypermnesia, present in a healthy person in the absence of other clinical manifestations, is not considered a disease; rather, on the contrary, this is exactly the case when they talk about phenomenal memory, although from the point of view of psychology, phenomenal memory is a slightly different phenomenon. People with a similar phenomenon are able to memorize and reproduce huge amounts of information that is not associated with any special meaning. These can be large numbers, sets of individual words, lists of objects, notes. Such a memory is often possessed by great writers, musicians, mathematicians and people of other professions that require genius abilities. Meanwhile, hypermnesia in a healthy person who does not belong to the cohort of geniuses, but has a high intelligence quotient (IQ), is not such a rare occurrence.

As one of the symptoms of pathological conditions, memory impairment in the form of hypermnesia occurs:

• With paroxysmal mental disorders (epilepsy);
• In case of intoxication with psychoactive substances (psychotropic drugs, narcotic drugs);
• In the case of hypomania, a condition similar to mania, but not reaching it in terms of the severity of the course. Patients may experience a surge of energy, increased vitality, and increased working capacity. In hypomania, memory and attention disorders (disinhibition, instability, inability to concentrate) are often combined.

It is obvious that only a specialist can understand such intricacies, distinguish between norm and pathology. Among us, the majority are the average representatives of the human population, to whom “nothing human is alien”, but at the same time they do not turn the world upside down. Periodically (not every year and not in every locality) geniuses appear, they are not always immediately noticed, because often such individuals are considered just eccentrics. And, finally, (maybe not often?) Among the various pathological conditions there are mental illnesses that require correction and complex treatment.

Bad memory

Hypotension- this kind is usually expressed in two words: "bad memory".

Forgetfulness, absent-mindedness and poor memory are observed in asthenic syndrome, for which, in addition to memory problems, other symptoms are characteristic:

1. Increased fatigue.
2. Nervousness, irritability with or without it, bad mood.
3. Meteorological dependence.
4. during the day and sleeplessness at night.
5. Blood pressure drops,.
6. Tides and others.
7. , weakness.

Asthenic syndrome, as a rule, forms another pathology, for example:

• Arterial hypertension.
• Postponed traumatic brain injury (TBI).
• Atherosclerotic process.
• The initial stage of schizophrenia.

The cause of impaired memory and attention by the type of hypomnesia can be various depressive states (there are countless ones), climacteric syndrome proceeding with adaptation disorder, organic brain lesions (severe TBI, epilepsy, tumors). In such situations, as a rule, in addition to hypomnesia, the symptoms listed above are also present.

"I remember here - I don't remember here"

At amnesia not the whole memory falls out, but some of its fragments. As an example of this type of amnesia, I just want to recall the film by Alexander Sery "Gentlemen of Fortune" - "I remember here - I don't remember here."

However, not all amnesias look like in the famous motion picture, there are more serious cases when memory is lost significantly and for a long time or forever, therefore, among such memory impairments (amnesia), several types are distinguished:

A special type of memory loss that cannot be dealt with is progressive amnesia. representing a sequential loss of memory from the present to the past. The reason for the destruction of memory in such cases is the organic atrophy of the brain, which occurs when Alzheimer's disease and ... Such patients poorly reproduce traces of memory (speech disorders), for example, they forget the names of everyday objects that they use every day (plate, chair, clock), but at the same time know what they are intended for (amnestic aphasia). In other cases, the patient simply does not recognize the thing (sensory aphasia) or does not know what it is for (semantic aphasia). However, one should not confuse the habits of the "happy" owners to find a use for everything that is in the house, even if it is intended for completely different purposes (you can make a beautiful dish or stand out of an expired kitchen clock in the form of a plate).

Well this must be invented!

Paramnesia (distortion of memories) are also referred to as memory impairments, and the following types are distinguished among them:

• Confabulation, in which fragments of his own memory disappear, and their place is taken by stories invented by the patient and presented to him "in all seriousness", since he himself believes in what he is talking about. Patients talk about their exploits, unprecedented achievements in life and work, and sometimes even about crimes.
• Pseudo-reminiscence- the replacement of one memory with another event that actually took place in the patient's life, only at a completely different time and under different circumstances (Korsakov's syndrome).
• Cryptomnesia when patients, having received information from various sources (books, movies, stories of other people), pass it off as events that he himself experienced. In a word, patients, due to pathological changes, go to involuntary plagiarism, which is characteristic of delusional ideas encountered in organic disorders.
• Echomnesia- the person feels (quite sincerely) that this event has already happened to him (or saw in a dream?). Of course, such thoughts sometimes visit a healthy person, but the difference is that patients attach special importance to such phenomena ("get hung up"), while healthy people simply quickly forget about it.
• Polimpsest- this symptom exists in two versions: short-term memory lapses associated with pathological alcohol intoxication (episodes of the past day are confused with past events), and the combination of two different events of the same period of time, in the end, the patient himself does not know what happened in fact.

As a rule, these symptoms in pathological conditions are accompanied by other clinical manifestations, therefore, having noticed the signs of "deja vu" in oneself, there is no need to rush to make a diagnosis - this also happens in healthy people.

Decreased concentration affects memory

Impaired memory and attention, loss of the ability to concentrate on specific objects include the following pathological conditions:

1. Instability of attention- a person is constantly distracted, jumps from one object to another (disinhibition syndrome in children, hypomania, hebephrenia - a mental disorder that develops as one of the forms of schizophrenia in adolescence);
2. Rigidity (slowness of switching) from one topic to another - this symptom is very typical for epilepsy (whoever communicated with such people knows that the patient is constantly "stuck", which makes it difficult to conduct a dialogue);
3. Lack of concentration- they say about such people: “That's how scattered from Basseinaya Street!”, That is, absent-mindedness and bad memory in such cases are often perceived as features of temperament and behavior, which, in principle, often corresponds to reality.

Undoubtedly a decrease in concentration of attention, in particular, will negatively affect the entire process of memorizing and storing information, that is, on the state of memory as a whole.

Children forget faster

As for children, all these gross, permanent memory impairments characteristic of adults and especially the elderly are very rarely observed in childhood... Memorization problems arising from congenital features require correction and, with a skillful approach (as far as possible) may recede a little. There are many cases when the efforts of parents and teachers literally worked wonders for Down syndrome and other types of congenital mental retardation, but here the approach is individual and dependent on different circumstances.

It's another matter if the baby was born healthy, and the problems appeared as a result of the troubles suffered. So here the child can expect a slightly different reaction to various situations:

• Amnesia in children in most cases, it manifests itself as memory lapses in relation to individual memories of episodes that took place during the period of clouding of consciousness associated with unpleasant events (poisoning, coma, trauma) - it is not for nothing that they say that children quickly forget;
• Alcoholization in adolescence also proceeds differently from adults - lack of memories ( polypests) on the events occurring during intoxication, appears already at the first stages of drunkenness, without waiting for the diagnosis (alcoholism);
• Retrograde amnesia in children, as a rule, it affects a short period of time before injury or illness, and its severity is not as distinct as in adults, that is, in a child, memory loss can not always be noticed.

Most often in children and adolescents, memory impairment of the type of dysmnesia is observed, which is manifested by a weakening of the ability to memorize, store (retention) and reproduce (reproduction) the information received. This type of disorder is more noticeable in children. school age because they affect school performance, adaptation in the team and behavior in everyday life.

In toddlers attending nurseries preschool institutions, symptoms of dysmnesia are problems with memorizing rhymes, songs, children cannot participate in children's matinees and celebrations. Despite the fact that Kindergarten the baby visits constantly, every time he comes there, he cannot independently find his locker to change, it is difficult for him to find his own among other items (toys, clothes, towels). Dysmnestic disorders are also noticeable at home: the child cannot tell what happened in the garden, forgets the names of other children, he perceives fairy tales read many times, as if he hears them for the first time, does not remember the names of the main characters.

Transient memory and attention disorders, along with fatigue, drowsiness and all kinds of autonomic disorders, are often observed in schoolchildren with various etiologies.

Before treatment

Before you start treating the symptoms of memory impairment, you need to make a correct diagnosis and find out what caused the patient's problems. To do this, you need to get as much information about his health:

1. What diseases does he suffer from? Perhaps it will be possible to trace the connection between the existing pathology (or transferred in the past) with a deterioration in intellectual abilities;
2. Does he have a pathology that directly leads to memory impairment: dementia, cerebrovascular insufficiency, head injury (history), chronic alcoholism, drug disorders?
3. What medications does the patient take and is memory impairment associated with the use of medications? Certain groups of pharmaceuticals, for example, benzodiazepines, have side effects of this kind, which, however, are reversible.

In addition, in the process of a diagnostic search, it can be very useful to identify metabolic disorders, hormonal imbalances, deficiencies of trace elements and vitamins.

In most cases, when looking for the causes of memory weakening, they resort to methods neuroimaging(CT, MRI, EEG, PET, etc.), which help to detect a GM tumor or hydrocephalus and, at the same time, differentiate vascular brain damage from degenerative.

There is a need for neuroimaging methods also because memory impairment at first may be the only symptom of a serious pathology. Unfortunately, the greatest difficulties in diagnosis are depressive conditions, forcing in other cases to prescribe a trial antidepressant treatment (to find out whether there is depression or not).

Treatment and correction

The normal aging process itself implies some decline in intellectual ability: forgetfulness appears, memorization is not so easy, concentration of attention drops, especially if the neck is "pinched" or pressure rises, however, such symptoms do not significantly affect the quality of life and behavior in everyday life. Elderly people, who adequately assess their age, learn to remind themselves (and quickly remember) about current affairs.

In addition, many people do not neglect pharmaceutical treatment to improve memory.

There are a number of drugs now available that can improve brain function and even help you complete tasks that require significant intellectual effort. First of all, these are (piracetam, fezam, vinpocetine, cerebrolysin, cinnarizine, etc.).

Nootropics are indicated for elderly people who have certain age-related problems that are not yet noticeable to others. The drugs of this group are suitable for improving memory in case of cerebrovascular accident caused by other pathological conditions of the brain and vascular system. By the way, many of these drugs are successfully used in pediatric practice.

However, nootropics are symptomatic treatment, and in order to obtain the desired effect, one must strive for an etiotropic one.

As for Alzheimer's disease, tumors, mental disorders, here the approach to treatment should be very specific - depending on the pathological changes and the reasons that led to them. There is no single prescription for all cases, so there is nothing to advise patients. You just need to see a doctor, who, perhaps, before prescribing drugs to improve memory, will send you for an additional examination.

Difficult in adults and correction of mental disorders. Patients with poor memory, under the supervision of an instructor, memorize poetry, solve crosswords, practice solving logical tasks, however, training, while bringing some success (the severity of mnestic disorders seems to have decreased), still does not give particularly significant results.

Correction of memory and attention in children, in addition to treatment with various groups of pharmaceuticals, provides classes with a psychologist, exercises for the development of memory (poems, drawings, tasks). Of course, the child's psyche is more mobile and better amenable to correction, in contrast to the psyche of an adult. Children have the prospect of progressive development, while in older people, only the opposite effect progresses.

Video: bad memory - expert opinion

Having memory problems? Can't remember where you put your receipt or car keys? Well, the usual absent-mindedness is not scary. But if more serious problems arise, when not only long-term, but also short-term memory suffers, such disorders prevent us from living. What could be the reason for memory impairment?

Stress, nervous stress, chronic fatigue accompanied by insomnia are the most common causes of memory problems. During sleep, the brain sorts the information received during the day, and since it does not have enough time for this process, some of this information is lost.

Deficiency of certain substances necessary for the normal functioning of the brain. For example, vitamins C, E, B6, B12, nicotinic and folic acids.

Alcohol abuse. At first, memory impairments occur sporadically, losing only memories during the period of intoxication. Then the memory deteriorates more, there is a slowdown in the thought process and the speed of information perception.

Smoking also contributes to forgetfulness - during inhalation of tobacco smoke, a spasm of the blood vessels supplying the brain occurs, and its intoxication occurs.

Diseases of the thyroid gland. Memory impairment can be one of the symptoms of endocrine diseases associated with a lack of thyroid hormone production.

Inflammatory and infectious diseases of the brain and internal organs. Symptoms of short-term memory impairment disappear after the disease is cured.

Insufficient blood supply to the brain. As a result of oxygen starvation of the brain, entire parts of blood vessels and organs cease to do their job. It occurs with hypertension, e, e and heart disease.

Age-related changes, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Head trauma with damage to brain tissue. Therefore, try not to ignore the s and the blows, and hurry up to consult with a specialist.

Brain tumors. They disrupt cerebral circulation by squeezing blood vessels and brain tissue.

In any case, in case of memory impairment, do not self-medicate, but seek advice from a neurologist. Only a specialist can find the cause of memory impairment.

Simple distraction or an obvious health disorder? Can we cope with our forgetfulness on our own, or is it worth turning to specialists for help?

Memory impairments can have many causes. The most difficult cases are associated with neurological disorders. “And above all with Alzheimer's disease,” says neurologist Vladimir Zakharov. - Only at the initial stage of this incurable disease can we make life easier for patients. We preserve their memory with the help of transmitters, drugs that compensate for the lack of acetylcholine, a substance through which information is transmitted from cell to cell. Another common cause of forgetfulness is vascular dementia. It develops rapidly, and in this case, the memory helps to preserve the drugs that normalize cerebral circulation. "

It is necessary to distinguish these serious disorders from simple forgetfulness, which can be caused by stress, depression, or long-term traumatic experiences. And in these cases, it is quite possible to improve memory. “If, having forgotten the actor’s surname, you remember it when you hear his name, then the violation is not of a systemic nature. In this case, you can turn to a psychologist, ”says Vladimir Zakharov.

Psychological reasons

“Forgetfulness often arises at the moment when a person’s connection with himself is broken, he ceases to hear his inner voice, and he perceives life as a difficult test,” says psychoanalyst Ksenia Korbut. - Oblivion turns out to be a saving way out, however, only for a short time". Psychodramatic trainings, work with a psychotherapist help to clarify relationships with oneself and with one's family history.

From the point of view of psychoanalysis

Everything that we have experienced once, everything that causes us a feeling of discomfort, anxiety, fear, we displace into our unconscious. “This is one of the methods of psychological protection,” explains Ksenia Korbut. - “Forgetting”, we get rid of the ambivalence of our feelings, defend ourselves from negative experiences - in short, for a while we forget about what causes mental pain. But at the same time we move away from ourselves, because the cause of our suffering remains unchanged. "

"I couldn't remember how old I was"

Nikolay, 51 years old, employee of the Ministry of Culture

“For the past few years, I keep forgetting something. For example, I need to find something in the office. But, while I go there, I forget what I went after. On duty, I have to conduct a lot of negotiations with a variety of people. And often I completely forget our preliminary agreements. Some kind of sudden failure, a veil ... This happens to me more and more often, and it becomes simply unbearable. And the other day something happened quite out of the ordinary: I could not remember how old I was! All this makes my life very poisonous. "

Everything that is stored in our unconscious periodically breaks through in symbolic form, in the form of plot dreams, erroneous actions (clerical errors, reservations), memory lapses. 32-year-old Alexander constantly forgets or loses the keys to his apartment. He grew up in an authoritarian family, and his parents made it clear very early that he had no place in their house. From the age of 18, Alexander has been living independently. It would seem that he forgot about his childhood experiences, and perhaps only such a strange forgetfulness worries him.

“Rejection is a strong destructive feeling, it is difficult to cope with it,” comments Ksenia Korbut. - Unconsciously forgetting the keys, Alexander is still trying to free himself from this experience. But each time, colliding with a locked door, again and again feels abandoned. " Forgetting indicates a problem, and what we have forgotten can tell us where to look for the cause of suffering. Psychoanalysis helps to plunge into the unconscious, relive painful experiences and thus get rid of them.

What to do?

Do exercises to develop attention

Buy a beautiful frame, insert a sheet with a poem into it and hang it in a prominent place. Your goal is to memorize one or two poems per week.

Work with the body

Sign up for a dance studio: lessons will help you maximize your memory and focus.

Do not strive to do everything

Forgetful people often think about a hundred things at the same time. Let yourself rest and learn to shift things to others - then it will be easier for you to stick to the main thing.

Play associations

Connecting one idea to another is a great way to memorize them. Look for your own memorization techniques.

Develop sensuality

The more your feelings are included during a certain activity, the more likely it is that associated with it will be well remembered. Stop by a perfume store to enrich your olfactory palette, quit smoking for a better taste, and pay attention to your tactile sensations.

The main victims of forgetfulness are the forgetful themselves! So don't be too hard on them. If, forgetting about the agreement, the person has let you down again and is trying to find the reason for his forgetfulness, show tolerance. Suggest, ask leading questions related to a specific situation. This is exactly what the therapist does during the session. Help your forgetful loved one practice memory by asking them if they remember what you just said instead of repeating the same thing three times. Such "checks" will contribute to his greater focus.

Have you ever forgotten something? Couldn't remember someone's name, password, event, or even a word? For sure, yes. But what did you do in such a situation? What they were doing? Let's talk about how to remember what you forgot.

We will offer you several not only simple, but also effective ways solutions to this problem, and also tell you about why such annoying misunderstandings happen to us. We will also touch on how to develop your memory and even attention.

Why do we forget certain things

Before we talk about how to remember what we have forgotten, let's look at the main reasons for our forgetfulness. There are a lot of options for why we keep forgetting any information, important or not very much. We will highlight the main ones.

The first and most common reason is lack of concentration.

Remember how often you cannot remember where you put your keys, phone, notepads, even things. In most cases, you forget where you put the thing, if you are in a hurry, or you are distracted, if you are in a hurry and think only about how not to be late, you feel bad, etc. That is, one of the reasons for forgetfulness is absent-mindedness.

The second reason, no less common, is that you consider the information unimportant or unnecessary. In this case, you do not want to memorize it on a subconscious level. The complexity of the information itself may also be the reason.

The third option we'll highlight is poor memory. Agree, not all people can memorize large amounts of information for a long time, whatever it may be. This means that after some time it will be erased from memory. It can also be noted that over time, memory weakens, and a person increasingly begins to forget what he knew.

In order to memorize as much information as possible and not forget it, you need to constantly train your memory. We'll talk to you about how to do this later.

In addition, it happens that we ourselves want to forget this or that incident, words, names, knowledge.

Remembering forgotten information

So, before talking about how to remember where you put the thing (and this is the most common problem), we will try to figure out how to remember any information that surrounds us.

How to remember forgotten information? For example, you studied the material for a year, then repeated it before passing the exam, but when the moment came to answer, you completely forgot everything. What to do in such a situation? Try to remember. To do this, do the following.

First of all, remember exactly how you learned this material - sitting at a book, making notes, listening to the teacher. Try to reproduce this moment in your head as accurately as possible. In most cases, this technique helps to remember the forgotten.

We are looking for the missing thing

What if you forgot where you left the necessary and important thing? How do you remember exactly where you put it? Let's talk about how to remember where you put the thing.

First of all, try to remember where you usually put this item, where you leave it. For example, if they are keys, try to recall what you did after you opened the apartment door and went inside. If this is a phone, remember who and what you talked about on it, where exactly, and it is quite possible that soon you will understand where you put it.

Remembering passwords

What if you forgot your password? For example, we had such a misfortune that we do not know how to remember the WiFi password. What to do?

In this case, you also need to thoroughly strain your memory. First of all, remember what exactly you put on passwords - numbers, letters or words. Next, we try to remember which ciphers you often use. Try to iterate over the most likely options. Moreover, it is enough effective method- remember what you were thinking at the moment when you registered, what you were doing. If you recall those minutes in your memory, then it is likely that you will remember it.

What if you have forgotten and do not know how to remember your login? In this case, you just need to remember what you like, what or who you associate yourself with. After all, often a login is our nicknames, nicknames, what we call ourselves.

"Where did we meet?"

It happens that you see a person on the street and you cannot remember where you saw him. How do you remember who it is and what is his name? How to remember a person, especially a stranger?

First of all, you need to strain your memory and try to remember exactly where you saw it. What places are associated with it? This will make it possible to remember exactly where you met him.

Next, we are trying to determine what associations you have with the name of this person. It so happens that it is associated with one or another action, event, color, etc. In addition, you can iterate over all the letters of the alphabet. It is quite possible that in this way you will remember which of them the person's name begins with, and then remember him completely.

Remembering the past

The most necessary but difficult skill is to remember the past. Quite often it happens that you want to recall some moment in your life - childhood or adolescence, to revive in your memory this or that event, celebration, meeting. What to do in this case, how to remember the past?

First of all, try to evoke in your head at least distant images associated with the event you need. Then begin to slowly pull on each of the strings, remembering what happened before or after this episode, what exactly caused these or those actions, words.

It is also worth noting that it is not always possible to recall the past in this way, especially what happened in childhood. In this case, you need to seek the help of a psychologist and go through a hypnosis session. In this situation, this is the most effective way to reliably reproduce the events that have occurred.

Remembering a forgotten word

It also happens in our life that we forget this or that word. Just a couple of minutes ago it was spinning on our tongue, but now we cannot pronounce it. What to do in such a situation? Naturally, try to remember, although there are other options for solving this problem. So let's talk about how to remember a word.

First of all, it can be replaced with a synonym. Of course, if the given word is a term or a name, a name, then this option will not work for you. In this case, we are trying to collect our thoughts and try to remember at least part of it, the sound associations that this concept evokes in you.

Another option is to simply forget about the given word, not to get hung up on remembering it, and in a couple of minutes it will surely appear in your head.

Train your memory

So, we figured out how to remember what you forgot. Now let's talk about how we can develop our memory.

Of course, the most important thing is that there are no problems with remembering certain things, you should definitely train your memory. To do this, we recommend to your attention a few simple, but quite effective exercises.

You've probably heard that nothing trains your memory so well as memorizing poetry or even passages of text. Be sure to try to memorize at least a couple of lines from a variety of books every day. At the same time, it is advisable to pay attention to large texts, completely memorizing them. So, taking any story, learn a paragraph every day, and do not forget to repeat what you have already learned.

The second simple exercise is to replay the events of the past day in your head every night. So, going to bed, remember how your day began, then step by step approach the night. Alternatively, you can rewind events in reverse order. It will also be a good brain exercise.

And finally, one more exercise for developing memory and attention. Surely you are often on the street - go to school, work, just walk. With this pastime, you can also develop some qualities. To do this, it is enough to simply memorize the numbers of passing cars and carry out various mathematical operations on them. In this case, you will never have a question about how to remember the WiFi password or your username.

conclusions

We all face the problem of blackouts. This is quite understandable, because we are far from always focused on receiving this or that information, our brain is not always able to quickly recall a particular word, phrase, action, and some things we do not want to remember at all.

In fact, remembering forgotten things is quite easy and simple, if you adhere to the recommendations we have given. In addition, if you need to restore quite serious and necessary events in your memory, you can always turn to the help of a specialist. As you can see, to answer the question: "How to remember what you forgot?" - not so difficult.