The Forgotten Epidemic: Understanding and Managing Forgetfulness in Modern Life
Are you ever doing one task and suddenly forget what you were doing or saying? If so, you are not alone.
Understanding the Memory Drain: ForWomen
The phenomenon of forgetfulness in women, particularly in their 30s, is often linked to pre and post-childbirth experiences. Dr. Dr. Yoo Jung-hyun, a renowned Gynecologist expressed that the circumstance can be compared to a hormonal bomb going off.
But:
💭 We all forget,
With Dr. Yoo Jung-hyun as one of our experts.
What is ‘Young Alzheimer’s’?
Also called Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, this condition affects people in their 30s and 40s. And forgetfulness is just one of the symptoms.
Memory Before and After Birth
Ails intimate secret yet?
The most significant memory drain for wives and mothers happens during late pregnancy and the post birth period. Dr Yoo contends that hormonal changes are primarily to blame.
- Follicule Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and
- Luteinising Hormone (LH) elevate drastically
Postpartum hormone levels slowly descend back to normalcy again. But, the havoc they have wrought on the memory could linger for months, if not more.
Brain Drawer Theory
Dr. Hyun also suggests that the brain could be compared to a drawer in which we lay up our memories. Birth mothers experience memory failure due to overcrowdedness –
