Daddy, I Forgot to Write

Daddy, I forgot the answer

“Daddy, I forgot to write the answer. I knew it well,..” unable to control his tears, my son Majo was stuttering with sobbing words.

“I knew it. But just forgot when I began to write.”

Majo was studying in the elementary school. He was struggling hard with his memory. I know he is a hard worker. He works hard with his studies. He memorizes a lot. But when he sits to write the examination, his brain becomes a blank sheet. He becomes nervous, much depressed and forgets everything .

What is this memory?

Can we improve it?

What is Memory?

Memory is the ability to remember something that one has learned or experienced. It is the indispensable part of every learning process. Without memory, we may lose the richness of our life, i.e., the experience or the pleasure of halcyon remembrance as well as the sorrow of our lonely experience. Memory is a great gift of nature and it plays a vital role in every life.

A scientific study says that inside our brain there is an emotional brain, built differently from the rest of the neo-cortex, which is the center of language and thought. Language and cognition have limited access to the emotional brain. Memory has a very intimate connection between the emotional brain and body’s physiology.

Emotional Brain

The emotional brain controls everything that that governs our physical well being, as well as much of our body’s physiology. It also controls our systems like the heart, hormones, blood pressure, digestive and other systems. Emotional disorders may result from dysfunctions in the emotional brain. These dysfunctions affect memory and learning. By reprogramming the emotional brain many a memory problem can be solved easily.

How To Reprogram The Emotional Brain

The important factor of treating emotional memory is to reprogram the emotional brain so that it adapts to the present instead of continuing to react to past experiences. It is, by all means, more effective to use methods that act through body rather than to use approaches that depend entirely on language and reason. . It is a consoling fact that the emotional brain contains natural mechanisms for self healing.

Stress is the most dangerous factor which robs one of brain power. It literally destroys the brain regions that are very important for memory.

Fight With Stress

Stress affects the brain in physical, biochemical and hormonal levels. When we are in stress, a special variety of hormones called glucocorticoids, which are the stress hormones, flood our bloodstream. They destroy the important structures of our brain and that is how our memory is affected.