CAUSE OF FORGETFULNESS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 October 1930, Page 7

CAUSE OF FORGETFULNESS.

At the present day it is becoming more and more common to hear people complaining of bad memory, writes a London doctor. The complaint is made by people of early middle age, as well as by those of advanced years. It seems not unlikely that this forgetfulness is the result of the stress of which fresh events, new experiences and the meeting of new people are crowded into each day. Those who fear that this forgetfulness is' due to some individual defect may console themselves, reflecting that the complaint is almost universal novy-a-days among very busy Me may want to introduce an old friend to someone else and at the critical moment cannot remember his name, which we have known and spoken for years, or perhaps we go upstairs to fetch some article and when we arrive there cannot remember what we went for.

These sort of things occur generally at a time when we have been specially busy and pre-occupicd. It is well to realise this because the fixed impression that we have a bad memory is hardly likely to improve it. A restful holiday is the most likely remedy for this complaint. '