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Health & WellnessHow to Improve Your Memory

How to Know if Your Forgetfulness Is Normal

Transcript

My name is Barry Reitman. I’m the author of “Secrets, Tips and Tricks For a Powerful Memory,” and I’d like to discuss the question of what’s normal forgetfulness, or do I have a serious problem in my forgetfulness? Let me start out with a disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. I am not a psychologist, but I have some experience in the area of memory, certainly.

If you think you have a problem, please feel free, feel encouraged to speak to your family physician about it. They will know exactly what questions to ask to see if you need to go to the next step. In all likelihood, you do not have a serious problem. In all likelihood, the pressures of everyday living are reaching you. And you can use some of the many of the techniques in this system to get around those problems. But don’t shy away from it.

I personally have a serious medical related memory problem that I only realized almost by accident, and I’m sorry I didn’t realize it sooner. I could’ve done something sooner. So, the answer is you probably don’t have a serious problem, but I don’t believe any general video can answer that. Speak to a medical professional.


Lessons in this Guide

About Memory Expert Barry Reitman

How to Remember Foreign Words & Phrases

How to Remember Planets by Size

What Is Rote Memory?

How to Remember Where You Parked Your Car

How to Understand “It’s On the Tip of My Tongue” Syndrome

Why Can’t I Remember What I Study?

Short-Term Memory vs. Long-Term Memory

How Alcohol Affects Memory

How to Keep Your Memory Sharp

How to Know if Your Forgetfulness Is Normal

How to Remember a Change in Your Morning Schedule

How to Remember to Take Something with You in the Morning

How to Memorize the Presidents

How to Memorize a Speech

Connection between Sleep & Memory

How to Use the Alphabet List Technique

How to Use the Mnemonic Technique

How to Use the Link or Story Method

How to Use the Peg System

How to Use the Loci Technique

How to Remember a Word or Name You’re Blanking On

How to Remember the Months with 31 Days

How to Remember Why You Walked Into a Room

How to Remember Where You Put Something

Top 3 Tips for Improving Your Memory

How to Use the Body Part System

How to Use the Memory Palace Technique

How to Use the Major Memory System

How to Remember Planets

How to Remember Birthdays

How to Remember Passwords

How to Remember Numbers

How to Remember Lines

How to Remember Names & Faces

How to Remember Everything You Read

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