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Sharpening the mind: Removing those mental blockades

•  One of the factors in disquietedness whenever there is an important, urgent matter to be looked into something will go missing, like just when everyone's ready for going to the party inadvertently the keys of the car will go missing, or your dad will misplace his glasses. This is normal and not to be blamed on your memory.

•  Another reason for diminished memory maybe despairs. We are depressed when we are not feeling well or when we are mourning the death of someone close to us. Accept it as fact that under such feelings the mind is unable to perform to its best of the ability and will recover as soon as you start recovering from the shock.

•  So often, we get out of the house in a hurry and forget some important document or something else that we needed to take. In such a case once you discover that it is missing, you have to retrace your steps and get back home to collect it. Obviously, this leads to a lot of wastage of time and causes a lot of tension. The best way to get out of such a situation is by doing your work systematically or by writing down the list of things to carry on a scratch pad and checking them before you leave. It will save time while giving you peace of mind.

•  Today's life is so fast paced that we do not have the time to understand what is going on around us and knowingly or unknowingly we often pick up an argument that should never have taken place. Anger, rage, Stress, Tension, Pain and all such feelings cause memory loss and blur the mind for those moments. One must try to maintain his/ her cool at all times to avoid any such memory losses. You will observe that once you are out of such situations your memory automatically returns to normal.

•  Another reason as to why we often get confused or forget some piece of information is due to a factor that can be called “ambiguity”. We meet so many people everyday and it's quite possible that some of them will share common name. In addition, of course most of us would get confused if we were to meet four people named Jason in the same party. You will have to create a very distinguished image of each of them to remember them. In addition, most of the European languages are so common that it is obvious that if you are learning more than one you will mix up sometimes. Therefore, it's always better to go for one at a time.

•  The so-called sleep busters like caffeine, tobacco or various available pharmacy drugs do nothing more than keeping your eyes awake and letting your mind sleep. How efficiently would you be able to do a task if you were asked to do it while in deep sleep? The case with your mind is also the same. It needs adequate rest to work properly and to store the day's information. All these things make your brainwork at just a fraction of the true efficiency. It is the case with other drugs like marijuana and alcohols. Although all these things initially make you feel alert but with time, they become a habit and start degrading your brain cells. As long as all these stress busters and sleep busters are used in a restricted amount, its fine but overdose of all these will lead to lifelong effects on your mind. It's normal to drink cup or two of coffee to eliminate drowsiness but not ten.