Chronic stress does in fact physically damage the brain, it can
make remembering much more difficult. After prolonged stress, the
brain will start to become affected and deteriorate.
When under stress, your brain releases adrenaline and later,
cortisol--both of which damage the recall of memory in your
brain.
Stress may never be completely eliminated from one's life, but
it definitely can becontrolled . Try torelax , focus on
yourbreathingandfocusyour mind on the day.
3. Eat Good Food on the Day
Get your 5 a day.
Thiamine, Vitamin E, Niacin and Vitamin B-6 are known to boost
brain power.
Drink lots of water!
Dehydration is counter productive when trying to study and
retain information!
Grazing, or eating 5 or 6 small meals throughout the day
instead of 3 large meals!
improve mental functioning (including memory) by limiting dips
in blood sugar, which may negatively affect your brain.
4. Give Yourself Five...
Give yourselftime to form a memory.Memories are very fragile in
the short-term, and distractions can make you quickly forget
something as simple as a phone number.
The key to avoid losing memories before you can even form them
is to be able tofocus on the thing to be rememberedfor a while
without thinking about other things, so when youre trying to
remember something,avoid distractions and complicated tasks at this
time.
5. Go to Bed!
The amount of sleep we get affects the brain's ability to
recall recently learned information.
Getting a good night's sleep -- a minimum ofseven hours a
night
(consistently) will improve your short-term memory and
long-term relational memory, according to recent studies conducted
at the Harvard Medical School.
