Think of your brain as a library. But instead of books, imagine memories. In this scenario the librarian is hippocampus. The part of your brain responsible for sorting out memories.
This librarian of yours must be capable of finding certain information in a matter of seconds. Whether it is about a phone number or some dusty old memory that's been lurking in the basement of your library for years. But sadly, this mechanism doesn't work all the time.
So no matter if you are a student that is having a hard time remembering some important facts from your lessons in college or an old man who keeps forgetting doctor's appointments, there are a couple of things you can do. The goal is to help this old librarian in the brain organize and sort out memories. And there are 5 ways to just do that.
1 Get rid of depression at any cost
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You are well aware of the fact that any kind of stress has a devastating impact on the quality of your life. And it's no secret that depression brings a great deal of stress on a daily basis. No matter if the cause of it is some sort of anxiety or anger.
But what you probably don't know is that depression can damage the part of the brain responsible for memory.
It all comes down to the fact that one way or another, the level of cortisol will rise enormously. So in time, that will damage the hippocampus and eventually leave you with no ability to concentrate.
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