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Share your early symptoms of forgetting: What can help?

Aging Well | Last Active: Oct 27, 2024 | Replies (60)

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@gussie

In my town in Northern California we have an institution called The Buck Center on Aging. They have scientist from all over the world. Years ago before the actual buildings were built I was part of a volunteer team to have scientist usually from Stanford come and speak to the public at our Frank Lloyd Wright building. This was thirty years ago and I was in my fifties so I didn't pay much attention because it didn't have much to do with me. Now at 83 it sure does. One of the speakers subjects was memory. What he said I repeat to myself a lot now. He said all the memory is still in there it just takes longer to retrieve. I especially have trouble with names. Like I'll see a celebrity and I know that face but I just can't think of their name at all. All I can say is thank you google.

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@gussie I so identify with you. When you said "I especially have trouble with names. Like I'll see a celebrity and I know that face but I just can't think of their name at all. All I can say is thank you google," I said "Ditto...me, too!" 😊

And I've had a similar thought to the speaker at the Frank Lloyd Wright building. I, too, tell people that everything is still in the brain. But we've accumulated and stored so much information and data over the years which is why it takes us longer to recall things. There's a lot to rummage through to get to the information we're trying to remember. Younger people, on the other hand, can recall things quicker because they haven't accumulated as much information as older people have. Hashtag Senior Strong! 👍