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If you are afraid of developing dementia in later life, pay attention, I’m going to talk about mental decline!

Cognitive disorders like dementia, including Alzheimer’s and also Parkinson’s, show a strong link to lifestyle and not genetics. Only 3 to 4 percent of cases, including Alzheimer's disease, have these rare gene mutations….and most disease-related gene mutations are influenced by lifestyle which includes emotions, quality of sleep, diet and stress levels.
However, you don't have to get Alzheimer's disease to lose mental alertness as you grow old.
So what does this mean?
The cognitive decline that we associate with old age is linked to lifestyle and with lifestyle adjustments, you have a big say in how well your brain ages.

Research shows that some areas of the brain involved with memory and learning continue to produce new nerve cells every day. At any age you have the ability to grow new neural pathways. This is called Neuroplasticity. So while it’s true that you do lose brain cells every day, you also are constantly replacing brain cells. …you always have.

The brain, like the body, needs to be stimulated/exercised to be able to perform at high levels. The best thing you can do to build new brain cells is to keep your brain active with new activities and learning. Build up a cognitive reserve so to speak.
Study Participants were followed for 11 years, during which time 5,185 developed dementia. The study found that, in participants who engaged in regular, vigorous activity, such as playing sports or working out, the risk of developing dementia was reduced by 35 percent. Surprisingly, people who reported regularly completing household chores also experienced a significant benefit; they had a 21 percent lower risk.
It’s very important to know that if you have a family history of dementia, you can use physical activity and diet to reduce your risk.

SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/well/move/exercise-dementia-risk.html

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MENTAL DECLINE AND EXERCISE | S I E N If you are afraid of developing dementia in later life, pay attention, I’m going to talk about mental decline!Cognitive disorders like dementia, including Al...

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CHRONOLOGICAL VS BIOLOGICAL AGE | S I E N

QUESTION: How old do you feel?

How does old feel? Tired? Slow? Low energy? What is the opposite?

Take a moment to consider your own associations with getting older and question them. Sometimes tired is just tired but when you associate it with chronological age [something you can’t change] you give away your ability to feel differently or seek another reason for why you are tired.

People report feeling better and more vital when they spend time with younger people, it’s like they absorb their enthusiasm and curiosity. Attributes we associate with youth.

How you perceive the process of aging; your expectations and beliefs; how you experience time and how energetic you feel actually affects the biology of aging.

Another way of saying this is that the Psychology of ageing affects the Biology of ageing.

BIOLOGICAL VS CHRONOLOGICAL AGE | S I E N THE TRUTH ABOUT AGEINGWhat we believe about ageing can have a tremendous effect on how we actually age. We tend to overestimate the influence of genetics and...

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HYPERVIGILANCE | S I E N
!RED ALERT!
A biological adaptation to stress, your brain’s method of trying to keep you out of harm’s way by being highly alert and aware of your surroundings, constantly looking for and assessing potential threats around you.
Looking forward: a looming threat, common with anxiety disorders.
Looking back: reminder of a previous threat, common with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma manifestations.
One can also be hypervigilant in the context of a relationship. Especially one that has historically been difficult to navigate, so you anticipate a problem at any second.
I’m going to focus on the type of hypervigilance associated with chronic stress and anxiety. I’ve noticed lately how many people seem to be hypervigilant and not realise this. It no wonder considering the conditions we have been living under globally. Sometimes something begins for one reason and continues even when that reason is no longer relevant.
It can basically present whenever you DO NOT FEEL SAFE or UNSURE or OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE for whatever reason.
When you feel uncertain you might experience irrational or exaggerated fear over a person, situation or event. This fear can cause your nervous system to be excessively aware or scanning for threats to your safety. A feeling that something “bad” is about to happen and you’re unable to relax in your environment. . You may be perfectly safe but being hypervigilant can cause a feedback loop. You look for a specific threat and you get more anxious, which causes you to look for more threats. On and on it goes. Your nervous system is primed for danger so there must be a danger so you keep looking. To find the treat, you focus intently on people’s expressions or tone of voice. In this state of readiness you can latch on and react to harmless things as if it is a treat to you. Since you are under threat you are more sensitive so you may take things personally and experience emotional outbursts.
Fearing the worst without an obvious cause can lead you to catastrophize, or believe that the worst possible thing is about to happen
Being in a constant state of high alert is exhausting and it affects your health since you can’t ‘switch off’ sleep is affected and you may even have elevated blood pressure.
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# HYPERVIGILANCE

HYPERVIGILANCE | S I E N !RED ALERT!A biological adaptation to stress, your brain’s method of trying to keep you out of harm’s way by being highly alert and aware of your surrounding...