A myth about forgetfulness connecting to ageing

As you grow with your age – you tend to be forgetful. Why? I don’t think there is a link between age and forgetfulness.  I think it’s just a myth.

Didn't you ever forget anything when you were young? I think yes, many times!   Although in that age we were not that conscious about it.  You were a bit careless.  You just used to excuse you by yourselves and used to forget about your forgetfulness.

However as you grow… you tend become more serious, and start taking thing more seriously.  And thus, start noting your own forgetfulness more consciously. And begin to feel guilty conscious about it.  Others, when they note your weakness about yourself, naturally start using this opportunity of pointing out and linking your forgetfulness with your age.

Secondly, in young age, the area of considerations in your thoughts is very narrow. But as you grow with your experiences…. the area of considerations widens and widens. More and more considerations are made on various matters before reaching to a final conclusion. Your thought process encompasses more and more type of thoughts and considerations. That require much more energy, may be in times, in comparison to the thought process that used to be in the young age.  

Sometimes due to the shortage of energy supply, the process of thought breaks. That, to the other person looks like forgetfulness… which was actually broken due to absence of energy.

Therefore, it’s just a myth that the people become more forgetful in old age. People equally forget in young age too!!!