Memories In Mind
As a psychotherapist, I was sad at how people's memories declined as they grew older and wanted to learn how to help them deal with the anxieties associated with the loss of the life they used to have. In particular, I wanted to assist the 'bystanders' who were witnessing their loved one's slow decline into death's embrace. What I've learned to teach people, is how to calm their anxious feelings about their mind aging, and one key is to become aware of the biological fact that memory is not one single thing . There are many ways to look at it, but there are only two main sections. Section 1 includes: 'long-term memory' (technically, these are 'episodic', 'semantic' and 'procedural' memory). Section 2 includes our 'working memory' (a doctor will use the words 'visual-spatial sketchpad' and 'phonological loop'). So, when someone says that our memory fails with age,...