Self- hypnosis is the ability to get yourself into a very relaxed, trance-like state. Most of us experience the "hypnotic" feeling several times a day. If you have ever "lost" time while reading a great book, watching an absorbing movie, or driving down the road as you listen to music, then you have experienced the sensation of hypnosis.
If you are truly motivated to change a negative behavior, bad habit, phobia, or simply want to improve something about yourself, then you are a perfect candidate for self-hypnosis. Once you learn this technique, you will be able to use it at any time, in any place.
While learning this technique, you will need a quiet room where you will be undisturbed for at least 20 minutes. Make sure you are comfortable, but not so comfortable that you fall asleep. Since you need to give yourself instructions and suggestions, you need to be awake and alert, but in an altered state of consciousness.
Before you begin the process, think about what you hope to achieve. This goal will be the suggestion you state to yourself when you are in a relaxed state. Work this out ahead of time. Be very specific, such as, "I want to stop eating Snickers," or "I want to feel comfortable speaking in public." Whatever you choose, you must express the suggestion in positive terms. For example, "I am a non-smoker," rather than, "I do not want to smoke."
In the beginning, you should try to practice this routine at least twice a day in the privacy of your home. Once you have the knack, try it in a movie theater, a restaurant, or in some other public place. But, do not ever practice this procedure while driving or operating any kind of heavy equipment.
10 Steps to Self-Hypnosis:
Allow a minimum of 20 minutes of uninterrupted time.
Make sure the room is not too hot or cold, and that it is not too bright.
Sit or recline in a comfortable chair. Set a timer or clock for 30 minutes (just in case you fall asleep).
Decide on a simple term, such as "relax" or "calm," to trigger a post-hypnotic suggestion.
Close your eyes and take a deep breath in through your nose, hold it to the count of three, then whoosh it out through your mouth. Do this five times. Count backwards from five to one as you do this exercise.
Your body will start to relax immediately. To deepen this phase, count back from ten to one as you visualize yourself walking down a flight of stairs.
Imagine yourself, as vividly as possible, in one of your favorite places. Focus on it as you continue to breathe deeply.
As you envision yourself in this place, allow all your senses to come to life. See the scene, feel it, taste it, smell it, touch it.
Once you have this scene firmly in your mind, think the words of the suggestion you decided upon. Again, remember to present it in a positive way. If your suggestion is to be a non-smoker, see yourself clearly in a group situation where you are comfortable, happy, confident, and a non-smoker.
When you see the image and feel the strength of your conviction, you are ready to "think" the word you chose as your post-hypnotic suggestion. Then state the suggestion as simply as this: "The next time I hypnotize myself, I will use the word, 'calm,' and I will feel instantly and deeply relaxed." Once this suggestion is planted in your mind, count from one to five and slowly awaken. By the count of five, you will be fully awake and energized.
The more you practice these steps, the more adept you will become at mastering self-hypnosis. Of course, this is just a very basic technique for beginners. If you want to learn more about this fascinating subject, you can read a book, take a course, or have a certified hypnotherapist teach you the method. If you want to attain self-hypnosis quickly, you can listen to a professional CD, tape, or MP3 download.
The key to a successful self-hypnosis session is to be as clear as possible about your specific goal. If you are truly motivated, you will have a valuable tool to use throughout your life.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Obtain a Photographic Memory
"At very first, I possibly could generate jokes concerning becoming golden-haired plus a small ditzy," says Michaela Anderson, a market analyst at Patterson-Forbes. "I would forget exactly where I had left my glasses, my vehicle keys, all types of personal belongings, and I would just make a joke. Within, though, it irritated and scared me," she says. "Sometimes, I really feared I was losing my thoughts," Anderson shakes her head sadly.
"The concern became a crisis when I went into a meeting prepared with all kinds of sales numbers and market statistics; when the time came to provide my presentation, I could not keep in mind any from the numbers. I created a fool of myself as I fumbled via my notes. In that humiliating moment," sighs Michaela, "I knew I had to take action."Anderson finished a workshop dedicated to developing memory, understanding the essentials of what some people call "photographic" memory. "Most of all," Anderson recalls, "I learned that we remember info important to our daily survival, and we retain information associated to overall performance until we complete the overall performance; then, it generally slips away." Remembering the workshop in vivid detail, Anderson relates, "We particularly keep in mind info and vivid particulars that associate with very powerful emotions."
Challenged to sum-up the most important "take-away" from the workshop, "Practice, exercise, and more practice!" Michaela declares.
Exercise, practice, and a lot more practice
Anderson explains that any type of exercise will assist, but deliberate, organized, strategic exercise has far a lot more effect than random recitation or half-hearted searching at notes. Michaela points to three essentials, which enhance her practice...
• Make it active- When you have large pieces of text, lengthy lists of terms, or main bodies of information to memorize, add an active element to the process. Your higher school teachers and college professors probably recommended producing "flash cards," the 21st century equivalent of which is a PowerPoint; they did not tell you, however, the procedure of making the flash cards provides essential exercise. Additionally to writing-out the info on flash cards, you might wish to illustrate it, to ensure that the picture becomes a tool for the recall. Kids understand state capitals, for instance, utilizing pictures: For Arkansas, they understand "An arc can saw a little rock," plus a picture reinforces the expression which encodes the knowledge.
• Make it repetitive-Bear in mind how often you drilled your math facts and spelling terms in elementary school? The drill reinforced the information inside your memory, and it frequently strengthened the mnemonic devices you used for recalling the most difficult info. You might have memorized the truth that multiples of 9 usually add-up to 9, so that 9 times 9 became simpler to determine until "81" became a matter of reflex. Make illustrated flash cards and recite the contents aloud. While you practice, call the images to thoughts, reciting your mnemonics out loud. Ask your friends and family to quiz you more or less as the test will, getting time to frame your image and recite your memorable phrase in response to each query. Repeat your quizzes and recitations till the answers turn out to be almost reflexes; then, carry on reciting until you no longer need to hear the whole query prior to you give your response.
I really hope you found the knowledge presented fascinating. Head to Develop a photographic memory
"The concern became a crisis when I went into a meeting prepared with all kinds of sales numbers and market statistics; when the time came to provide my presentation, I could not keep in mind any from the numbers. I created a fool of myself as I fumbled via my notes. In that humiliating moment," sighs Michaela, "I knew I had to take action."Anderson finished a workshop dedicated to developing memory, understanding the essentials of what some people call "photographic" memory. "Most of all," Anderson recalls, "I learned that we remember info important to our daily survival, and we retain information associated to overall performance until we complete the overall performance; then, it generally slips away." Remembering the workshop in vivid detail, Anderson relates, "We particularly keep in mind info and vivid particulars that associate with very powerful emotions."
Challenged to sum-up the most important "take-away" from the workshop, "Practice, exercise, and more practice!" Michaela declares.
Exercise, practice, and a lot more practice
Anderson explains that any type of exercise will assist, but deliberate, organized, strategic exercise has far a lot more effect than random recitation or half-hearted searching at notes. Michaela points to three essentials, which enhance her practice...
• Make it active- When you have large pieces of text, lengthy lists of terms, or main bodies of information to memorize, add an active element to the process. Your higher school teachers and college professors probably recommended producing "flash cards," the 21st century equivalent of which is a PowerPoint; they did not tell you, however, the procedure of making the flash cards provides essential exercise. Additionally to writing-out the info on flash cards, you might wish to illustrate it, to ensure that the picture becomes a tool for the recall. Kids understand state capitals, for instance, utilizing pictures: For Arkansas, they understand "An arc can saw a little rock," plus a picture reinforces the expression which encodes the knowledge.
• Make it repetitive-Bear in mind how often you drilled your math facts and spelling terms in elementary school? The drill reinforced the information inside your memory, and it frequently strengthened the mnemonic devices you used for recalling the most difficult info. You might have memorized the truth that multiples of 9 usually add-up to 9, so that 9 times 9 became simpler to determine until "81" became a matter of reflex. Make illustrated flash cards and recite the contents aloud. While you practice, call the images to thoughts, reciting your mnemonics out loud. Ask your friends and family to quiz you more or less as the test will, getting time to frame your image and recite your memorable phrase in response to each query. Repeat your quizzes and recitations till the answers turn out to be almost reflexes; then, carry on reciting until you no longer need to hear the whole query prior to you give your response.
I really hope you found the knowledge presented fascinating. Head to Develop a photographic memory
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Hypnotherapy Treatment For Pediophobia
The fear of mannequins, dolls or children is clinically known as pediophobia.
While it is certainly not the most common phobia that we treat here in our hypnotherapy clinics in the UK, it is something that we do see several times a year. Many clients have been relieved to learn that not only is there a name for this disorder, but that it most certainly can be successfully and quite easily treated.
The real number of people suffering from this particular anxiety disorder is actually unknown because most have no name for it and so imagine that they are the only ones with this fear. Few people would really feel fully at ease visiting a doctor and saying: 'Doctor, I'm afraid of store mannequins...'
This, of course, not only serves to further alienate the person experiencing the phobia, but it also prevents them from getting the help that they need and that is available. If allowed to go untreated, this phobia can seriously affect the individual's life in some truly major and quite devastating ways.
Sometimes, this fear can assume such overwhelming proportions that it seriously interferes with the individual's ability to function in a normal way. An individual afraid of mannequins, for example, can very easily find a way to avoid those shops selling clothing. Or the individual who has a phobia of dolls or children can find themselves turning down opportunities to visit family and friends who are mystified and hurt by their behavior.
The symptoms of pediophobia are, generally speaking, similar to those found in other phobic conditions.
In the presence of children, mannequins or dolls, the phobic individual usually finds their heart pounding and their breathing becoming labored and shallow, and this is so often accompanied by feelings of nausea and a dry, parched feeling in the mouth. Some people may find difficulty in thinking or speaking properly, and the anxiety can swiftly snowball into a full blown panic attack, with all of its fearful feelings.
All too often the individual experiencing this phobia is all too keenly aware that it is irrational, but he or she feels powerless to do anything about it. Will power and attempts to 'grin and bear it' do precious little to lessen its frightening grip.
This is because fear, like all feelings is generated in the subconscious part of the mind, and so it is to the subconscious that we must turn for a real solution.
But what causes a person to develop such a fear or phobia?
Almost always it is because of some unpleasant experience that the individual has passed through when younger, often in childhood.
At some time in the person's past, they have been surprised or shocked while in the presence of mannequins, dolls or children, or have had a frightening experience which the younger self interpreted as being dangerous. (In some cases, this may even have been in a dream, nightmare or movie.)
This traumatic experience caused the pediophobic person to become afraid and anxious and they have linked this fear with mannequins, dolls or children in a manner similar to a 'conditioned response'. Often this event has been forgotten by the conscious mind, but it is still being held onto by the subconscious which is attempting to prevent the person from putting themselves into danger again by creating fear as a means of protection.
But there is a way out.
Unfortunately, many therapists attempt to remove this phobia by simply working on the symptoms - the fear itself. This, however, can all too often prove only a temporary fix, even complicating matters.
A phobia has an origin, and carries with it much unprocessed subconscious emotion. By merely removing the fear symptom, the person is left vulnerable to this unprocessed emotion surfacing in another way.
In a process akin to displacement, the anxious emotions can later manifest themselves in all sorts of different unpleasant ways that are ostensibly unconnected with the original phobia. This process is called 'symptom substitution'.
In order for pediophobia to be fully and completely treated and healed, it is essential that the powerful subconscious emotion linked to the phobia also be correctly processed and comprehensively treated, together with the anxiety and fear itself.
In the hands of an experienced, fully qualified transformational hypnotherapist, the person can be safely taken back to the initial sensitizing experience itself (and to key reinforcing experiences, too) and there the damage can be undone. The 'script' or 'program' can be 're-written'.
Once the subconscious has accepted the truth - that mannequins, dolls or children do not in reality pose a threat or a danger -- then the person is released from the grips of this pernicious and restrictive phobia.
If you or someone you care about suffer from the inhibiting phobia that is pediophobia, fear of mannequins, fear of dolls or fear of children, do not despair, help is available.
With correctly applied, modern transformational hypnotherapy techniques, you really can regain control and end pediophobia for good.
You'll be glad you did!
While it is certainly not the most common phobia that we treat here in our hypnotherapy clinics in the UK, it is something that we do see several times a year. Many clients have been relieved to learn that not only is there a name for this disorder, but that it most certainly can be successfully and quite easily treated.
The real number of people suffering from this particular anxiety disorder is actually unknown because most have no name for it and so imagine that they are the only ones with this fear. Few people would really feel fully at ease visiting a doctor and saying: 'Doctor, I'm afraid of store mannequins...'
This, of course, not only serves to further alienate the person experiencing the phobia, but it also prevents them from getting the help that they need and that is available. If allowed to go untreated, this phobia can seriously affect the individual's life in some truly major and quite devastating ways.
Sometimes, this fear can assume such overwhelming proportions that it seriously interferes with the individual's ability to function in a normal way. An individual afraid of mannequins, for example, can very easily find a way to avoid those shops selling clothing. Or the individual who has a phobia of dolls or children can find themselves turning down opportunities to visit family and friends who are mystified and hurt by their behavior.
The symptoms of pediophobia are, generally speaking, similar to those found in other phobic conditions.
In the presence of children, mannequins or dolls, the phobic individual usually finds their heart pounding and their breathing becoming labored and shallow, and this is so often accompanied by feelings of nausea and a dry, parched feeling in the mouth. Some people may find difficulty in thinking or speaking properly, and the anxiety can swiftly snowball into a full blown panic attack, with all of its fearful feelings.
All too often the individual experiencing this phobia is all too keenly aware that it is irrational, but he or she feels powerless to do anything about it. Will power and attempts to 'grin and bear it' do precious little to lessen its frightening grip.
This is because fear, like all feelings is generated in the subconscious part of the mind, and so it is to the subconscious that we must turn for a real solution.
But what causes a person to develop such a fear or phobia?
Almost always it is because of some unpleasant experience that the individual has passed through when younger, often in childhood.
At some time in the person's past, they have been surprised or shocked while in the presence of mannequins, dolls or children, or have had a frightening experience which the younger self interpreted as being dangerous. (In some cases, this may even have been in a dream, nightmare or movie.)
This traumatic experience caused the pediophobic person to become afraid and anxious and they have linked this fear with mannequins, dolls or children in a manner similar to a 'conditioned response'. Often this event has been forgotten by the conscious mind, but it is still being held onto by the subconscious which is attempting to prevent the person from putting themselves into danger again by creating fear as a means of protection.
But there is a way out.
Unfortunately, many therapists attempt to remove this phobia by simply working on the symptoms - the fear itself. This, however, can all too often prove only a temporary fix, even complicating matters.
A phobia has an origin, and carries with it much unprocessed subconscious emotion. By merely removing the fear symptom, the person is left vulnerable to this unprocessed emotion surfacing in another way.
In a process akin to displacement, the anxious emotions can later manifest themselves in all sorts of different unpleasant ways that are ostensibly unconnected with the original phobia. This process is called 'symptom substitution'.
In order for pediophobia to be fully and completely treated and healed, it is essential that the powerful subconscious emotion linked to the phobia also be correctly processed and comprehensively treated, together with the anxiety and fear itself.
In the hands of an experienced, fully qualified transformational hypnotherapist, the person can be safely taken back to the initial sensitizing experience itself (and to key reinforcing experiences, too) and there the damage can be undone. The 'script' or 'program' can be 're-written'.
Once the subconscious has accepted the truth - that mannequins, dolls or children do not in reality pose a threat or a danger -- then the person is released from the grips of this pernicious and restrictive phobia.
If you or someone you care about suffer from the inhibiting phobia that is pediophobia, fear of mannequins, fear of dolls or fear of children, do not despair, help is available.
With correctly applied, modern transformational hypnotherapy techniques, you really can regain control and end pediophobia for good.
You'll be glad you did!
Brain Training Exercises
Bet you thought brain training exercises meant something like memorizing the NYC phone directory?
Well, there are memorization tools available that could be part of your brain training exercises, but these days brain training has much more to do with neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, two recently discovered capacities of the human brain.
Until about 12-15 years ago, no one knew that we humans grow new brain cells which is the process described by the term neurogenesis.
Those new cells grow daily, if we bring them to a hospitable environment, which means we are attending to what the experts are calling the pillars of brain fitness.
Most of those experts are indicating that the new neurons migrate to the hippocampus, a very important part of the memory keeping circuitry of your brain.
Want an overview of the whole brain training exercises process?
I suggest you read Brainfit for Life by Simon Evans,Ph.D., and Paul Burghardt,Ph.D. for a non-jargon guide to a foundational understanding of the entire brain fitness concept.
Evans and Burghardt make the concepts of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity and how to work out the brain to enhance them very easy to grasp.
By the way, the term neuroplasticity is the term the experts use to describe how the brain reorganizes itself, sometimes within minutes of learning something new.
That's right, we do not need to wait for there to be an overwhelming weight of new information stuffing the cranium until a tipping point is reached, and a big shift occurs.
The brain reorganizes itself as we learn, but we do need to review that learning perhaps, and remember to take care of the brain fitness pillar called 'getting-enough-sleep' because that is when memory consolidation happens.
OK, So What Are The Pillars of Brain Fitness and How Do I Train Them?
The pillars of brain training exercises are; physical exercise, nutrition including antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acid, the above mentioned sleep, stress management, and novel learning experiences.
Physical exercise is perhaps the most important of the pillars, which may be bad news for the couch potatoes amongst us.
However the good news is that the level and intensity of physical exercise required for neurogenesis and neuroplasticity does not have to involve an olympic training regimen or even a gym membership.
We need to be able to generate deeper faster breathing for about 10 minutes a couple of times per day to increase blood flow to the brain. That deeper faster breathing can come from doing more and a bit faster walking than you already do.
However, physical exercise does not preclude joining a gym and working out there also, perhaps while listening to a challenging lecture on your ipod.
But you can be very successful at the physical exercise pillar with tools like an exercise ball and couple of five pound dumbbells, like those used by 89 year old Bill and 82 year old Pat to keep themselves in shape for their international travel adventures.
Of course, nutrition is going to be a big part of your brain training exercises, which means you have to put aside the processed food, and increase the fruits and vegetables. Surprisingly though, there is a significant role for omega 3 fatty acid in your brain fitness regimen, which needs to be taken in through what you eat, since your body does not manufacture it very efficiently.
According to Evans and Burghardt about 70% of the membrane of our neurons is composed of omega 3 fatty acid, and if it is not replenished, those membranes become brittle and communications between neurons becomes garbled.
The best source of omega 3 fatty acid is fish, but if you do not like to eat or cook fish, then perhaps a supplement is in order.
As mentioned above sleep is a very important part of your brain training exercises, and that is good news for most of us, but you have got to remember to allow your brain enough REM sleep, which means a full nights sleep.
Stress management is very important to neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, as too much and too frequent exposure to to stress hormones will kill those newly born neurons and inhibit neuroplasticity in the remaining neurons.
Most folks do not think that they need to attend to stress more that a few times per week, but I want to suggest that you need to attend to stress heart beat by heart beat.
Sound impossible? Not true if you learn how to do heart rate variability biofeedback, which trains your heart to make itself coherent whenever you engage in a cue thought and a breathing pattern.
A great heart rate variability biofeedback side effect? It opens up the higher perceptual centers of the brain. A better brain through relaxation rather than effort? You bet.
And the last pillar of brain fitness is the novel learning experience pillar.
The experts say that they most effective novel learning experience for neurogenesis and neuroplasticity is the kind of novel learning experience we get when we learn a new language or new instrument.
Not sure about you, but I do not have a lot of time for a new language or for practicing a new instrument, so I am going to check out some of the computerized brain fitness programs.
I really like what the IMPACT study has to say about the one brain training exercises program and the PNAS research is equally exciting about the impact of the dual n back tasks.
Those are programs that I can do at my computer, and I can make time for that kind of brain training exercises much easier than I can for Spanish lessons.
Feel your brain tingling? It will if you do these brain training exercises.
Well, there are memorization tools available that could be part of your brain training exercises, but these days brain training has much more to do with neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, two recently discovered capacities of the human brain.
Until about 12-15 years ago, no one knew that we humans grow new brain cells which is the process described by the term neurogenesis.
Those new cells grow daily, if we bring them to a hospitable environment, which means we are attending to what the experts are calling the pillars of brain fitness.
Most of those experts are indicating that the new neurons migrate to the hippocampus, a very important part of the memory keeping circuitry of your brain.
Want an overview of the whole brain training exercises process?
I suggest you read Brainfit for Life by Simon Evans,Ph.D., and Paul Burghardt,Ph.D. for a non-jargon guide to a foundational understanding of the entire brain fitness concept.
Evans and Burghardt make the concepts of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity and how to work out the brain to enhance them very easy to grasp.
By the way, the term neuroplasticity is the term the experts use to describe how the brain reorganizes itself, sometimes within minutes of learning something new.
That's right, we do not need to wait for there to be an overwhelming weight of new information stuffing the cranium until a tipping point is reached, and a big shift occurs.
The brain reorganizes itself as we learn, but we do need to review that learning perhaps, and remember to take care of the brain fitness pillar called 'getting-enough-sleep' because that is when memory consolidation happens.
OK, So What Are The Pillars of Brain Fitness and How Do I Train Them?
The pillars of brain training exercises are; physical exercise, nutrition including antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acid, the above mentioned sleep, stress management, and novel learning experiences.
Physical exercise is perhaps the most important of the pillars, which may be bad news for the couch potatoes amongst us.
However the good news is that the level and intensity of physical exercise required for neurogenesis and neuroplasticity does not have to involve an olympic training regimen or even a gym membership.
We need to be able to generate deeper faster breathing for about 10 minutes a couple of times per day to increase blood flow to the brain. That deeper faster breathing can come from doing more and a bit faster walking than you already do.
However, physical exercise does not preclude joining a gym and working out there also, perhaps while listening to a challenging lecture on your ipod.
But you can be very successful at the physical exercise pillar with tools like an exercise ball and couple of five pound dumbbells, like those used by 89 year old Bill and 82 year old Pat to keep themselves in shape for their international travel adventures.
Of course, nutrition is going to be a big part of your brain training exercises, which means you have to put aside the processed food, and increase the fruits and vegetables. Surprisingly though, there is a significant role for omega 3 fatty acid in your brain fitness regimen, which needs to be taken in through what you eat, since your body does not manufacture it very efficiently.
According to Evans and Burghardt about 70% of the membrane of our neurons is composed of omega 3 fatty acid, and if it is not replenished, those membranes become brittle and communications between neurons becomes garbled.
The best source of omega 3 fatty acid is fish, but if you do not like to eat or cook fish, then perhaps a supplement is in order.
As mentioned above sleep is a very important part of your brain training exercises, and that is good news for most of us, but you have got to remember to allow your brain enough REM sleep, which means a full nights sleep.
Stress management is very important to neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, as too much and too frequent exposure to to stress hormones will kill those newly born neurons and inhibit neuroplasticity in the remaining neurons.
Most folks do not think that they need to attend to stress more that a few times per week, but I want to suggest that you need to attend to stress heart beat by heart beat.
Sound impossible? Not true if you learn how to do heart rate variability biofeedback, which trains your heart to make itself coherent whenever you engage in a cue thought and a breathing pattern.
A great heart rate variability biofeedback side effect? It opens up the higher perceptual centers of the brain. A better brain through relaxation rather than effort? You bet.
And the last pillar of brain fitness is the novel learning experience pillar.
The experts say that they most effective novel learning experience for neurogenesis and neuroplasticity is the kind of novel learning experience we get when we learn a new language or new instrument.
Not sure about you, but I do not have a lot of time for a new language or for practicing a new instrument, so I am going to check out some of the computerized brain fitness programs.
I really like what the IMPACT study has to say about the one brain training exercises program and the PNAS research is equally exciting about the impact of the dual n back tasks.
Those are programs that I can do at my computer, and I can make time for that kind of brain training exercises much easier than I can for Spanish lessons.
Feel your brain tingling? It will if you do these brain training exercises.
Get a Better Memory Naturally!
Getting a better memory can be attained not only through expensive supplements but also as through adapting healthy lifestyle choices that work as effectively, if not more efficiently and effortlessly.
A better memory function can be widely attributed to the state of the body, particularly the brain. So it is to say that the more you take care of your body, the better chances you will get at improving your memory!
Simple ways abound on how to do so, in particular, rest and sleep are crucial determinants of better memory performance. Fir instance, it is during sleep where the brain processes the information it has received during the day and transforms them into memories for future retrieval. Minus sleep, the memory-making mechanism is disabled.
As for rest, stress is a known factor that contributes to major mental disorders that has to deal with a loss of memory functioning. To get a better memory, make sure that you diffuse stress often, or better yet, stress less in general. Find more ways for recreation and relaxation.
What you put inside your body also goes a long way with regards to getting better memory. Ensure you are capitalizing on brain foods such as those rich in omega 3 fatty acids that protect your brain cells and ensure smoother transmissions, such as those found in oily fish like tuna, herring, salmon, and cod. An assortment of plant foods, particularly an increase in berries also provide the necessary antioxidants that support the function of brain cells.
Get a better memory this instant!
A better memory function can be widely attributed to the state of the body, particularly the brain. So it is to say that the more you take care of your body, the better chances you will get at improving your memory!
Simple ways abound on how to do so, in particular, rest and sleep are crucial determinants of better memory performance. Fir instance, it is during sleep where the brain processes the information it has received during the day and transforms them into memories for future retrieval. Minus sleep, the memory-making mechanism is disabled.
As for rest, stress is a known factor that contributes to major mental disorders that has to deal with a loss of memory functioning. To get a better memory, make sure that you diffuse stress often, or better yet, stress less in general. Find more ways for recreation and relaxation.
What you put inside your body also goes a long way with regards to getting better memory. Ensure you are capitalizing on brain foods such as those rich in omega 3 fatty acids that protect your brain cells and ensure smoother transmissions, such as those found in oily fish like tuna, herring, salmon, and cod. An assortment of plant foods, particularly an increase in berries also provide the necessary antioxidants that support the function of brain cells.
Get a better memory this instant!
Improve Memory by Not Panicking
It is very off-putting when you suffer a bout of memory loss. If someone has asked you a question when it happens and they are waiting for your answer, you can end up standing there gawping like a fish out of water, and panicking inside because for the life of you, you simply can't remember.
This happens to many of us and is not necessarily the beginning of Alzheimer or an early visit to the local mental institution. Short term memory loss happens when one is tired, uneasy about something or has had too much alcohol recently. Illicit drugs have a similar effect too but if you are worrying about your current memory state, it's unlikely that we need to cover these.
One way to improve memory is not to panic when this happens because if you do, all that happens is that you end up concentrating more on the loss of memory than on finding the answer to the original question. Once you become unfocused, then you will stand little chance of recovering the required information easily.
It's uncomfortable yes, but don't just stand there with your mouth working soundlessly and your brain stuck in the mire. Don't panic, just remember to go back to the nearest thing around the time you learnt the answer to the question and it will most likely come flooding back. But if you panic, your attention then becomes focused on your panic and you lose the track to the memory.
If you have been called to account by the Boss over some perceived error and they ask you to "please explain" don't immediately switch memory to "I'm going to lose my job...they're going to fire me...what will I do..." because this has nothing to do with the question being asked. It's unnecessary stress that causes you to panic and it kills memory stone cold dead!
Take a deep breathe or two, control your fluttering heart and cast your mind back to the time that you did the work and why you did something in a certain way will become self-evident to you. If it has been a mistake on your part, own up to it and fix the problem. Don't dwell on the loss of memory as to why you couldn't remember at the time because this is self-defeating.
Once you have sorted through this, the next time you pass a Chemist Pharmacy or supermarket, go and get yourself some Omega3 Fish oil. These fish oils are wonderful food for improving memory.
This happens to many of us and is not necessarily the beginning of Alzheimer or an early visit to the local mental institution. Short term memory loss happens when one is tired, uneasy about something or has had too much alcohol recently. Illicit drugs have a similar effect too but if you are worrying about your current memory state, it's unlikely that we need to cover these.
One way to improve memory is not to panic when this happens because if you do, all that happens is that you end up concentrating more on the loss of memory than on finding the answer to the original question. Once you become unfocused, then you will stand little chance of recovering the required information easily.
It's uncomfortable yes, but don't just stand there with your mouth working soundlessly and your brain stuck in the mire. Don't panic, just remember to go back to the nearest thing around the time you learnt the answer to the question and it will most likely come flooding back. But if you panic, your attention then becomes focused on your panic and you lose the track to the memory.
If you have been called to account by the Boss over some perceived error and they ask you to "please explain" don't immediately switch memory to "I'm going to lose my job...they're going to fire me...what will I do..." because this has nothing to do with the question being asked. It's unnecessary stress that causes you to panic and it kills memory stone cold dead!
Take a deep breathe or two, control your fluttering heart and cast your mind back to the time that you did the work and why you did something in a certain way will become self-evident to you. If it has been a mistake on your part, own up to it and fix the problem. Don't dwell on the loss of memory as to why you couldn't remember at the time because this is self-defeating.
Once you have sorted through this, the next time you pass a Chemist Pharmacy or supermarket, go and get yourself some Omega3 Fish oil. These fish oils are wonderful food for improving memory.
The 5 Minute Phobia Cure
In the years I have studied and worked with NLP, I have been privy to wonderful transformations in the quality of many people's lives. For example, I have cured people of phobias from everything from snakes to heights - phobias that have plagued them for years and through many sessions with traditional therapists and institutions.
Traditional Remedies Are Ineffective Because They Aren't Looking In The Right Place
Why is the traditional therapy ineffective or so slow in producing a result which is at best usually some form of learning how to reduce or manage it? Because it continues to work within the existing structure of how they ran the phobic response inside themselves, rather than change it.
Knowing how they knew what they knew made all the difference. For example- the way someone knows how to have a snake phobia is: see a snake, hear a hissing internally, see a really large mental picture of the snake, feel panic.
Altering that pattern - In this example having the person imagine they are watching themselves having the response from behind a thick pane of glass, then running the sequence backwards several times so it makes it impossible to generate the original response addresses the issue at the level of how did they know to have the response to begin with with.
The longest I have ever had to do this with anyone and have the phobic response disappear is 35 minutes. And that person previously had been through over 20 years of treatment to try and manage it- in this case it was a phobia of heights, including a world famous Standford University desensitization program. Imagine what decisions people like this are free to make for themselves now that they do not have to orient their lives over avoiding the situations that used to trigger those responses!
More than ever, we need to explore effective ways to make the types of changes we most want to be able to live in this rapidly changing world. To find out more about personal growth and development and effective strategies, I suggest checking out resources like this one I am linking to.
Traditional Remedies Are Ineffective Because They Aren't Looking In The Right Place
Why is the traditional therapy ineffective or so slow in producing a result which is at best usually some form of learning how to reduce or manage it? Because it continues to work within the existing structure of how they ran the phobic response inside themselves, rather than change it.
Knowing how they knew what they knew made all the difference. For example- the way someone knows how to have a snake phobia is: see a snake, hear a hissing internally, see a really large mental picture of the snake, feel panic.
Altering that pattern - In this example having the person imagine they are watching themselves having the response from behind a thick pane of glass, then running the sequence backwards several times so it makes it impossible to generate the original response addresses the issue at the level of how did they know to have the response to begin with with.
The longest I have ever had to do this with anyone and have the phobic response disappear is 35 minutes. And that person previously had been through over 20 years of treatment to try and manage it- in this case it was a phobia of heights, including a world famous Standford University desensitization program. Imagine what decisions people like this are free to make for themselves now that they do not have to orient their lives over avoiding the situations that used to trigger those responses!
More than ever, we need to explore effective ways to make the types of changes we most want to be able to live in this rapidly changing world. To find out more about personal growth and development and effective strategies, I suggest checking out resources like this one I am linking to.
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