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Share your early symptoms of forgetting: What can help?

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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! 👍

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I also forget names. They usually come back to my brain after an hour or so. Then I think how come I couldn’t remember an hour ago so easy. I am better remembering grocery item if I picture a house with rooms I have to go into to find things. If I need milk I picture a room with a baby sitting in a crib and pouring milk over its head. Carrots I see a rabbit sitting eating carrots. Seems to help

I find if I take a walk it frees up the portion of my brain to retrieve information. I try to get in a walk everyday as it helps. When I get a brain freeze for a name it’s usually my anxiety that blocks the retrieval but moving around helps. Google is a big help also.