Worries about memory loss “Lately I often forget things, I often can’t find my keys, I forget where I put my glasses, I can’t remember anything???” Or seeing someone who looks familiar, but can’t call his name??? This kind of worry is usually heard often, or you have experienced it yourself. How to look at it? Generally speaking it is possible to have trouble remembering small things in daily life due to stressful work and poor sleep. Usually, as we get older, our memory decreases, but this kind of failure to remember is occasional, this time we can’t remember, the next time we remember, or we can remember with a reminder. Even with age, memory will diminish, but judgment and thinking are always maintained within normal limits. You should also seek professional medical advice for this memory disorder. ”My mother’s memory has been particularly poor for over a year. She forgets what she just said, forgets it all at once, forgets what dish she ate just after eating, ????? Forget to turn off the gas??? Back from buying vegetables at the grocery store, still carrying them in his hands, saying that he hasn’t bought vegetables yet and has to go to the market to buy them???” This kind of concern is usually often heard, or you have experienced it yourself. How to look at it? Generally speaking it is possible to have trouble remembering small things in daily life due to stressful work and poor sleep. Usually as we get older, our memory fades, but this inability to remember is occasional; this time we can’t remember, but the next time we remember, or we can remember with a reminder. Even we all experience forgetfulness, forgetting is a normal physiological process. For example, it makes no sense to memorize all the garlic, green onions, tofu, fish and meat you buy at the market in your brain, so our brain is making choices all the time, storing what is useful and important and clearing what is irrelevant. But sometimes the brain makes mistakes and forgets important things, as in the second case of “forgetting”. This kind of forgetting affects the normal work process, and it is necessary to see a doctor. We believe that if you feel that your memory is getting worse after the age of 50, it is better to consult a doctor, because the earlier any disease is detected, the better, and the earlier it is treated, the better. The aging of the population is a sign of social civilization, due to social and economic development, people’s living standards improve, the aging of the population is inevitable, according to the traditional concept of the past, “old and confused” as if the inevitable trend of ageing, but the elderly are not “old and confused But the elderly are not “old and confused”. Today, we can say for sure that this concept is wrong. It should be recognized that “old fogey” is also a disease. It is often said that ‘everyone ages when there is an old person in the family’, and with the current growing elderly population, the health and illness of the elderly and the quality of life of the elderly require the attention of society as a whole. The first step to take to cope with an increasingly unreliable memory is to admit that you have a memory disorder. Be honest about the problems you are experiencing. Another problem that accompanies memory loss is forgetting the names and faces of acquaintances, with the resulting frustrating embarrassment. In this case, we can sometimes think of ways to cover up the situation and save face. You can talk to the person without calling them by their name, or joke that you have misremembered them, to avoid embarrassment. Humor certainly has its place in dealing with memory loss. There are a number of things patients can do to make memory errors less likely to occur. You may have used memory aids such as a journal or a shopping list. The most common complaint of patients is that they were going to go to the store to buy something, but then they can’t remember it when they get there. This is where a shopping list becomes important to write down what you need to buy to prevent forgetting. Notes are also a simple but very effective reminder. Carry a notebook with you to write down what you need to do every day, especially those things that do not need to be done immediately. Check your notebook regularly, two to three times a day, but of course, if you don’t look at it, the reminders you write down will be meaningless. Alternatively, you can use sticky notes to write down the things you need to do on a daily basis and post them in a prominent place so that it is easy to see what you should do next. It is normal for memory to decline as we get older. However, if memory loss is so severe that it affects daily life, work and normal communication with people, you should pay attention to it and go to the hospital to see a doctor to determine if you have dementia. If you have dementia, you need to get treatment in time. Early detection and treatment can be very helpful in improving the symptoms of dementia and slowing down the progress of the disease.