Does this sound familiar?
- When I leave the shopping centre, I often forget where I parked my car.
- I can’t remember where I left my keys.
- I walk into a room and forget what I came for.
- Sometimes I blank out on the names of my own grandchildren.
These little slips can be worrisome. Yet, just like the rest of our body, our memory goes through the aging process as well. If your forgetfulness isn’t affecting your day-to-day life or hindering your independence, it’s just a matter of your memory aging normally. There are tricks and strategies for keeping this forgetfulness to a minimum.
