Your harddrive may be full...

I've been saying this for years to my mom.
She's been complaining that as she gets older, her brain is getting worse. (but actually, she does quite a bit and then some)

And that would make sense in many aspects.
Younger people tend to not have as many obligations built up as more experienced people.

I'd say, many of our mental issues are due to the physical limits of capacity of our brains.

Absent minded...maybe you're thinking about too many things at once.
And so on...

 

Sure...there are likely even more factors than this.
Younger people tend to blow things off more...or not consider the consequences. Not because they're any worse, just they haven't experienced the pain yet.
But you get burnt more and more over the years...you start trying to absorb more...think about the consequences more.
Your standards are higher...because you expect more of yourself. Why? Because you do NOT want to experience that discomfort again.
Also more responsibilities have likely been piled on more...people expect more of you. Why? Because you're more experienced.
The mountain gets higher and higher...so do the challenges... So do the consequences...

This is not always the truth...but it is more likely as you move on through the years. Stresses and more.

And then your "harddrive" gets full on top of that?

Need a defrag?
A purge?
A malware scan?
A process or registry optimizer?

Funny analogy...but I wonder if there is truly some type of medical equivalent...drug, procedure, training, rehab or otherwise for the brain.
That would be an awesome thing to find.
Keep your neurons crisp and clean.

Because if anything a good IT person knows...doesn't matter where the bottleneck is...still a bottleneck.
It affects you whether you can see it or not.
And the little stuff accumulates.

Sorry all, you can't wipe yourself and reload your OS.

I know there are techniques for increasing memory.
Anyone know ones for clearing away the old stuff? The bullshit? The cobwebs?

Sleep helps. R&R. But anything specific?
Meditation?

Train your brain, get it fit.

 

Well, the exact opposite is not necessarily the truth..
I've encountered the learning language period limitation in the past, with one of my ex-gf, she was deaf and her ignorant family/school didn't teach her to talk...
so she couldn't communicate/comprehend well, even with full sign language.

The people who learn more, may have more capacity...or if you've trained yourself to absorb more, you may be able to have more capacity.
There are a lot of factors...and everything counts.
From parts wearing down or breaking or not working as effectively...or chemical balances thrown off. (which in an older body, happens more often)
But I'd say the burdens, stresses and limits of capacity count also.

Perhaps, keeping a clear mind, is learning how to let go.
I wonder if those that are more happy-go-lucky or forgive easily...if they remember better as they age. (or at least trend that way)

There are so many subtle variables...and getting reliable feedback from individuals is always a challenge.


For example, my mother who was known for her knowledge for years by her associates, always had good recall,
but I don't think as she aged she became more forgetful, but it was as additional and more intense stress increased that she started to become a bit more flighty.
So is her brain getting worse for wear due to age? Or due to the fact of impact of stress? Or the memories of it? If she let go, would she recall more in ability? Or is it perm?
My suspicion is that it is all the above...and varying of course for each.