How many times have you uttered the words: "Oh I can't remember?" It is frustrating when you know you used to know something, and now it has thoroughly gone from your memory, rendering it useless. How many of us studied languages at high school, struggling with verb conjugations and tenses, only to forget all years later? If you identify yourself in either of those questions, you are not alone. But being part of a common question is petite comfort in itself if there is no solution. Well there is a solution. In fact there are a whole of solutions, and some of them are very simple and quick to learn.
The first thing we have to do is to differentiate between the short-term memory, and the long-term memory. It isn't uncommon for population to misplace things colse to the house or office, and then spend hours in discontentment searching. It seems that the more we search, the less likely we are to find the item, when in fact, statistically at least, the more places we look, the more likely we are to find it as the probability of looking it goes up. But that's a whole other story for a distinct article. I found an exciting blog recently where the author spoke of a new chapter of a beloved Us medical drama, in which the key character used his subconscious to remember things. Of course, being Tv it wasn't just as simple as that, but the basic facility is a sound one. Things that we may think we've forgotten have precisely been stored in our subconscious memory. It's a bit like associates sending older files to the archive department-they're no longer needed for day-to-day use, but it's worth keeping onto them just in case they're ever needed for reference.
There are a few ways we can use our subconscious to remember things, and possibly the most common or determined is to use hypnosis. But a technique that is more readily available, and takes no special training or coaching, is to plainly relax. The human memory works considerably better when we are relaxed, which is why we often remember things hours after we were racking our brains for them. By the same token, the more stressed we are, the more difficult it is to remember things easily. We've all heard how much easier it is to acknowledge Tv quiz questions when we're sitting at home in the comfort and freedom of our armchair, than it is for the poor contestant on Tv for the first time in front of millions.
So when you need to remember something, here's the tip:
If you can, close your eyes, and take three nice big deep breaths, precisely filling your lungs. As you exhale, tell yourself "Relax now" and do this each time you exhale from your deep breath. After a few moments, just dream an empty beach (this imagery helps to clear your mind), and hear the sound of the waves slowly patting the sand. Then, when you feel sufficiently relaxed, ask yourself the demand to which you sought an answer. In other words, entrance your archives...
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