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11 Things You Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You’re An Overthinker

By
Elizabeth Williams

Overthinking can be a blessing and a curse, depending on how you use it. However, only the brilliant mind possesses this gift, and only brilliance will lead to using it right.

We all tend to overthink things from time to time, and it seems so natural when you think of it. However, what happens when you tend to overthink everything? Overthinking is a tough job that takes much energy.

The biggest problem about overthinking is that no matter how much you think about the things in life, they will happen as they do, and overthinking will eventually get the best of you and leave you unable to cope with all the information.

Overthinking leads many to various problems that their minds have created out of thin air, it seems. But it can also lead to some perfect solutions. It all depends on how you use it.

Whatever the case, there are some things that an overthinker does and others cannot realize. If you are an overthinker, you will agree that these 11 habits come very naturally:

  1. You seek meaning in everything

It is not that it is wrong – everything has meaning behind it, and you know this very well. Your overthinking tends to remind you of it, really. You tend to think and think about that text you did not receive back in time from your sweetheart or the look that somebody gave you at the subway.

The list can go on indefinitely, as everything can go with the question “WHY?” How about letting things be as they are? Knowing the meaning behind everything will not change the fact that these things happen as they do – but your overthinking won’t allow such nonsense, will it?

  1. Of all that ‘thinking,’ you forget ‘doing’

Before action comes thought (at least it should). And your overthinking mind knows this too well. But in your case, it is not ‘a thought’ – it is thoughts and thoughts and thoughts. So much thinking that you do not do anything in the end.

It is a typical analysis paralysis, and finally, when you cannot decide what idea is the best, you turn to the pessimist that you can become, and you decide that perhaps doing nothing is the best option.

Next time, try to stick to one option and go bravely – it is better than doing nothing, isn’t it?

  1. Solving problems makes you feel ecstatic

You do not overthink things out of mere fun – you do that because every problem needs the most proper solution. And when you come to such solution, you cannot help but jump over the moon.

Nobody said that overthinking is always bad, but you are aware that all these solutions come from one thought. Why not turn your overthinking in thinking how your reasoning works and how you can come to that one thought that is the best?

  1. You are not prone to letting things go easily

In fact, there’s no need to let things go when there’s a solution to everything, isn’t there? Your overthinking mind will agree – there has to be that right thought in your mind that will lead to the perfect solution.

However, sometimes it is better to let go. All things need fixing, but you are not the one who should fix everything. It is here that your overthinking turns against you and you are helpless to prevent the wrecked nerves that come.

  1. Always on the hunt for new information

Knowledge is power, and the more information you get your hands on, the more knowledge you possess. You will hear a bit of information, and you will do everything to learn everything about it.

Every day is a new thing to learn, and you later use this information in your systematic thinking analyses.

  1. You despise small talk

Who cares about this stuff? Not you, for sure. You could not care less about what someone had for lunch, or what café they went to. What you want to know is much deeper and genuine.

You want to talk about deep things, about the purpose in life, about the meaning of things. This makes you feel satisfied. Small talk is gibberish you do not want to waste your time on.

  1. You analyze everyone

People, the way they behave, the things they do – everything reveals something about them. And you just happen to know the perfect way to put every of those pieces in the complex puzzle a person can be.

You like to know everything about the people around you. And this does not involve gossip, but rather their genuine ways of behavior and the reasons behind them. You like the secrets that lie behind the façade, and you have a way of learning them.

  1. You like to chill out

You are aware of just how tiring overthinking can be, but you also know how to balance your overactive mind with some chill-out time. You like spending some alone time doing nothing, taking long walks, exercising, meditating, writing – things that will let your mind relax.

Whatever you choose to do, you choose it because of the action involved that prevents thinking. If you have not chosen a chill-out activity yet, it is best that you do it soon or you will burn out quickly.

  1. You often tend to be pessimistic

Overthinking comes with all possible scenarios involved in every possible situation. And when you get to the adverse scenarios, you cannot help but rewind them in your head more. Why? Better safe than sorry, you may think.

However, holding onto the worst-case scenario makes you very pessimistic, and this is why you tend not to do anything, lest it turns out wrong. Relax, even if it does, it is not the end of the world.

  1. You find simplicity as disturbing

Nothing can be that simple, can it? The mystery of the simplicity of things sometimes disturbs you. It cannot be simple, in your mind, it is most probably something that only seems simple but has a whole complexity you cannot get a hold of.

That is why simple people are not your cup of tea – you are sure that they are hiding something, you cannot put your finger on what that is, and you do not like that.

  1. You may feel like you are suffering from anxiety

Anxiety has some overthinking in it, doesn’t it? So, what’s the difference then? You cannot help but think that you may be anxious too. You do overthink everything, and you do sometimes get pessimistic when worst-case scenarios pop up.

However, anxiety comes with only the worst-case scenarios. It does not voluntarily involve overthinking solutions to problems, but rather the problems themselves and what dreadful effect they will have.

Don’t worry – you are not anxious, you may have thought of it because, yes, you do overthink everything!

What do you think? 

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People Who Are Emotionally Intelligent Have These 5 Special Qualities

By
Mary Wright

According to psychology, emotional intelligence is one of the most admirable traits you could possess. Read on to find out if you have these 5 characteristics that make you an emotionally intelligent person. 

Psychologists define emotional intelligence as the ability to identify and handle our emotions as well as the emotions of others in the most beneficial way for us and those around us.

Many connect emotional intelligence with happiness, likability, and success.

Even though many people are not aware of how emotionally intelligent they are and what it really means to be an emotionally intelligent person, their ability to manage and handle their emotions as well as them being always in tune with what they are feeling and why they are feeling it – are all characteristics of emotional intelligence.

Below are 5 characteristics that all emotionally intelligent people possess:

1.     They Apologize When They Are Wrong

Emotionally intelligent people are not ashamed to say they are sorry and take the blame when they realize they are wrong. They know that sometimes a simple apology is what makes a situation better. 

Emotionally intelligent people are aware that showing true regret can instantly make a person feel better and strengthen the relationship they have with that person.   

2.     They Question Themselves And Their Actions

Emotionally intelligent people do not think that they know everything and are doing everything right. Rather, they tend always to question themselves and their actions.

They are very good at self-evaluating and are not afraid to ask questions about things to get another perspective. This is what makes them open-minded and susceptible to change.

3.     They Do Not Sugarcoat The Truth

Being an emotionally intelligent person does not mean being always kind to others and tolerating any nonsense that comes your way. Contrary, emotionally intelligent people are always honest in the communication with others.

They will speak what is on their mind because they know how important it is that a hard message is communicated and understood for things to change.  

4.     They Take Good Care Of Their Mental Health

Along with the ability to feel a variety of emotions, emotionally intelligent people sometimes can get overwhelmed and ‘a little lost.’

However, they will not sit and do nothing – but in times when their emotions are getting the best of them, they seek professional help. They are not ashamed to take the therapy needed to handle their emotions better.

5.     They Are Not Always Happy

Being in tune with your emotions does not mean that you must be happy all the time. Emotionally intelligent people know this fact. They know that being able to experience, acknowledge, and welcome other emotions like sadness, anger, or grief is not a sign of weakness, but rather it is a sign of strength.

They are true to themselves and their emotions, and most importantly, they are okay even when they experience negative emotions.

If you are an emotionally intelligent person, your ability to handle your emotions and your strong mental health helps you to make the best out of every situation.

You are the one who is in control of yourself, and this has a positive effect on all your relationships and interactions with people.  

Moreover, you can help others to get in touch with their emotions as well and teach them how to deal with difficulties that will come on their way.

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Fibromyalgia Mystery Finally Solved! Researchers Find Main Source Of Pain In Blood Vessels

By
Elizabeth Williams
If you are exploring treatment options, learn more about the effectiveness of gabapentin for fibromyalgia.

Scientists find that fibromyalgia is not “all in the patient’s head,” but rather a result of a pathology in the nerve fibers around specialized blood vessel structures in the palms of the hands.

Fibromyalgia affects as many as 5 million Americans aged 18 and older. It mostly affects women (by up to 80 – 90% of the cases), and it is hard to treat. Fibromyalgia is a disorder which is characterized by pain and aches all over the body.

People suffering from it report ‘tender points’ on their neck, shoulders, back, arms, hips, and legs, which hurt when pressure is applied. The pain is increased when exposed to cold, especially during wintertime.

So far, doctors have categorized fibromyalgia as a psychosomatic disorder, which means that it is caused by mental factors, and attribute it to the patients’ imagination. However, research has failed to identify the underlying cause of this pain, and this has left many physicians to doubt the true origins, or even the existence, of this disorder.

Now, to the relief of many who suffer from this disorder, new research has finally proved that fibromyalgia is not in the patients’ heads. In fact, it has been discovered that fibromyalgia appears as a result of an “excessive sensory nerve fibers around specialized blood vessel structures located in the palms of the hands.”

Conducted by scientists at Integrated Tissue Dynamics LLC (INTiDYN), the study has found that these nerve fibers, which were considered to be involved only in the regulation of the blood flow in the skin, were in fact also responsible for sensing touch and pain.

Bearing this in mind, they conducted a second study to locate any pathology in the blood vessel endings that could contribute to the existence of fibromyalgia. After analyzing skin samples from women who suffer from fibromyalgia, they discovered that there was an “enormous increase in sensory nerve fibers at specific sites within the blood vessels of the skin.”

As part of the arteriole-venule (AV) shunts, these nerves are responsible for the heat regulation in our body by controlling the blood flow in our blood vessels. In warm conditions, the shunts close down, thus forcing blood into the capillaries and the skin surface so as to release heat from the body.

In cold conditions, the shunts open wide, and this allows the veins to bypass the capillaries and thus conserve heat, making the hands and feet cold.

Dr. Albrecht, the lead scientist of the study, explains that this excess of sensory innervation may be the reason behind the tender and painful hands among fibromyalgia patients.

“But in addition, since the sensory fibers are responsible for opening the shunts, they would become particularly active under cold conditions, which are generally very bothersome to fibromyalgia patients.”

Even if these AV shunts are primarily located in the hands and feet, they have another important role which could contribute to the widespread pain, achiness, and fatigue that fibromyalgia patients experience.

Dr. Rice, president of INTIDYN, explains that our hands and feet contain a lot more blood than they need, as they serve as reservoirs for blood which can be diverted to other parts of the body when needed, and because of the pathology that occurs in these shunts, this blood flow is mismanaged.

“The pathology discovered among these shunts in the hands could be interfering with blood flow to the muscles throughout the body. This mismanaged blood flow could be the source of muscular pain and achiness, and the sense of fatigue which are thought to be due to a build-up of lactic acid and low levels of inflammation fibromyalgia patients.” 

It’s good to know that there is a potential in finding a proper treatment to people who suffer from fibromyalgia, which has so far been treated with painkillers and antidepressants.

And it is best to know that instead of the thought that you may be going crazy, you can be sure that fibromyalgia is real and has a real cause behind it that has nothing to do with your mind.

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9 Types Of Pain That Are Directly Connected To Emotional States

By
Mary Wright

Today, many experts believe that physical pain is the body’s response to different emotions within us.

When life gets hard, it can lead us to feel more negative emotions than positive. This overwhelming emotional state can further manifest in feeling physical pain too.

Our spirit and body are intertwined. So, it becomes that much important to start listening to the signals our body is sending us. Only by pure emotional and physical awareness, we can be able to detect and effectively treat our issues.  

Here are 9 kinds of physical pain that you might be experiencing as a result of different emotional states:

1.     Pain In Your Head

Headaches are often indicators that you are under a lot of stress. Try to spend more time relaxing and do the things you love. Walking in nature, reading, painting, exercising, and meditating are good ways for stress relief.

2.     Pain In Your Neck

This type of pain is probably a sign that you have trouble with letting things go and forgiving others. You should accept the fact that everyone makes mistakes and it is only human to be able to forgive. Start seeing people in a loving way and try not to let their mistakes get the best of you.   

3.     Pain In Your Shoulders

Shoulder pain is an indicator of having an emotional blockage and burden inside of you. It may be something that is bothering you from within, but you are choosing to ignore it. Try to dig deeper and find the real cause of the problem, and then focus on solving it.  

4.     Pain In Your Upper Back

Pain in your upper back usually means that you lack emotional support. You may be feeling a little lonely, unappreciated, or even unloved. Whatever the reason, try to connect to those people close to you, and if you are single, it’s time to start dating.

5.     Pain In Your Lower Back

This kind of pain may be a sign that you are worrying too much about your financial situation. Maybe you are in a financial crisis right now, or perhaps money is a touchy subject for you and you are always worried about it. Try to regain control over this matter by managing your money carefully, or ask a financial expert to help you.

6.     Pain In Your Elbows

Elbow pain may signalize that you approach life in a rigorous and planned way. Also, it is a sign of your unwillingness to change. The stiffer your elbows are, the stiffer the life you are leading. Try to be more flexible and shake things up from time to time.  

7.     Pain In Your Hands

This type of pain can be a sign that you are not reaching to people in the way you want. You should go out and start making new friends as well as reestablishing the connection with your old ones because every relationship requires effort and real investing.

8.     Pain In Your Hips

The hips are connected to your legs, so the pain in your hip area may be a sign of your fear to move. The soreness that you experience in your hips can be connected to your resistance to make a decision and move further in life. You should consider taking a leap from time to time without worrying too much about the consequences.

9.     Pain In Your Knees

Knee pain is associated with your ego. If you are experiencing this type of pain, it can mean that your ego is a little too big, and you think very highly of yourself. Even though a little ego never hurt anyone, having too much of it is not a good thing. Start appreciating others, and be humble and caring. Doing volunteer work can also help.

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Frequent Ringing In Ears Is A Sign Of Higher Spiritual Awareness – Here’s What You Need To Know

By
Elizabeth Williams

Hearing these frequencies is something beyond ordinary perception and comes as a result of a heightened spiritual awareness.

If you are on the path of spiritual growth and you start experiencing this phenomenon, don’t be afraid – as it is an excellent sign. Ringing in your ears that happens frequently is something not many experience.

You may call it clairaudience, as you can indeed hear things that are beyond the ordinary perception. And depending on the pitch, the frequencies you hear are there to help or hinder your soul’s enlightenment.

Being able to notice these very subtle energetic frequencies has got a lot to do with your evolved perception of energies. This means that people who are not that spiritually evolved may not hear them at all, or could hear only the lower frequencies.

These frequencies are coded messages of something that is trying to vie your attention. And depending on the feelings they provoke, you can easily tell the benevolent from the malevolent ones.

BENEVOLENT FREQUENCIES

These frequencies are usually characterized with a higher pitch, causing feelings of joy, calmness, and ease. If you cannot hear them that doesn’t mean that they are not there. However, if you do hear them, you can further focus on the energy they bring and the spiritual coding that is taking place.

This spiritual coding is a process through which your frequency and DNA receive upgrades. That means that if you hear this frequency, be ready to accept it with gratitude.

High frequencies are also associated with other people. More precisely, if you hear these high frequencies more loudly and at a very high pitch, someone may be talking or thinking something very positive about you.

In either case, they are accompanied by positive feelings and bring a wave of positive, benevolent energy to your being.

MALEVOLENT FREQUENCIES

Low-pitched frequencies that usually cause disturbing feelings mean that you are in a wave of negative energy. However, being able to hear them, you have the upper hand in handling your shield and creating a barrier of positive energy that will either neutralize or repel the negative influence.

Just like the benevolent frequencies, the malevolent ones can come from two sources – dark forces and people.

You need to be very careful if the ringing is caused by dark forces, as this frequency will most likely inspire negative and destructive emotions.

As much as you believe that you are energetically strong, you should be aware that these forces are much stronger than you and that you need to seek protection from the higher forces you call upon.

In the case of people, hearing loud, low-pitched buzzing means that they are projecting anger toward you. While it is not that important who the person is, it is important that you accept this truth with love and create protection from such psychic.

It’s very important that you don’t give in to the negative emotions this energy wave is trying to cause. Responding negatively means that the low frequency has succeeded in hindering your spiritual growth. Instead, respond with love and send light to replace the darkness that is trying to reach you.

TUNING THE RINGING DOWN

Sometimes the ringing may become too loud. This is a sign that you are exceptionally sensitive to the energies around you. In this case, you may even feel your mood swinging, being overly affected by the energies.

However, there is a way to tune it down, if you cannot cope with it at the moment. Simply, ask for your Higher Self and the forces you usually call upon to tone it down and give you protection. Sometimes we need to learn to control the intake of information from around us, as it can become too overwhelming.

Whatever the case, know that being able to hear these frequencies gives you the control over them. They have started manifesting themselves in sound because you have evolved highly enough to start communicating with them.

Consider them as an important part of your spiritual growth and learn the codes that they carry. Eventually, you will find yourself being in control of the energies around you and you will be able to calm even the biggest storm that you are sensing (energetically speaking).

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Getting Chills While Listening To Music Can Be A Sign That You Have A Unique Brain

By
Mary Wright

Find out what a USC researcher has to say about people who have an enhanced ability to feel intense emotions. 

Have you ever had a tickling feeling of goosebumps on your hands? Or, have you ever experienced chills running up through your spine?

This feeling is called frisson, and it is a French term for “aesthetic chills” that feel like waves of pleasure going through your body. It is like an orgasm for your skin. Many experiences can cause frisson, such as looking at a beautiful piece of art, watching a movie that touches you, or seeing and getting physical with the person you love.  

However, the most common trigger for experiencing chills is listening to emotionally charged music. Moreover, if you are one of those people who can feel them, new research found that you have a unique brain.

Alissa Der Sarkissian is a research assistant at USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute, who gets chills every time she listens to the song “Nude” by Radiohead.

“I sort of feel that my breathing is going with the song, my heart is beating slower, and I’m feeling just more aware of the song — both the emotions of the song and my body’s response to it,” said Alissa.

Alissa, together with her friend Matthew Sachs who is an undergraduate student at USC, published a study in which they investigated how the chills are connected to the brain.

They discovered that people who often get the chilling feeling when listening to music have a different brain structure than the rest.

They have an increased number of fibers which connect the auditory cortex of the brain with areas that are responsible for the emotional processing of the information. In other words, these two regions that are rich in fibers communicate better, and thus the processing between them is more efficient.

Due to this fact, these people also have an enhanced ability to experience deep and intense emotions.

So, what are your thoughts on this? Do you think that being able to feel chills and goosebumps are a way to tell the depth and the intensity of a person? Or, do you think that not everyone has a physical reaction to what happens inside of them?

Please share your thoughts with us, and watch the audio clip below on how music and chills work in reality. 

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4 Important Factors That Can Help You Raise Spiritually Awakened Children

By
Elizabeth Williams

Many cultures consider children to be born as angels and gain their humanity later in life. And this is no coincidence when you think of it. Children are born unspoiled, unprogrammed, and full of love and pure emotions.

Children see the world in amazement, absorb the love and joy from the air they breathe – that same world we are so tired of. And you will think that, yes, a child doesn’t know anything, that’s why they aren’t aware of how evil this world can be.

The truth is, children aren’t aware of these things because their minds are free from prejudice, their emotions are their language, and they aren’t afraid to shine with love and joy in front of anybody. They indeed are angels.

So, how to help this child keep their spiritual abundance while learning about the world? These 4 factors are what can make a difference between a spiritually awakened child, and one that has begun living amongst the flux of envy, negativity, and bitterness.

1. Helping your children understand and accept their emotions

Emotions are truth – they are the most natural form of expression us humans have. So why teach your children that they should feel ashamed of some emotions and do everything to reach other emotions?

There are no good and bad emotions, and children know this. Their feelings are a response to the world and the things that are happening around them. So, experiencing and acknowledging these emotions is very important.

If you teach your child to hide certain emotions which people have dubbed as ‘bad,’ you teach your child to bury these emotions deep inside, where they will fester into frustrations, negativity, and even mental illnesses.

Instead, discuss the emotions they are experiencing with them and try to identify and make out the difference between the symptom and the real cause, as they may be different. Helping your child understand their emotions and reactions means teaching them to express their feelings in a healthy way.

Here are three steps you can use to help your child express their negative emotions, like anger and frustration:

1. Recognize what emotion they are experiencing
2. Allow your child to recognize and understand the emotion by bringing it “front and center”
3. Encourage your child to release it in a healthy way. If your child is angry, for example, encourage them to yell “I AM ANGRY” as many times as they feel like they need to, until they have released that anger.

You will see your child feeling much better once they have finished venting and they can even start laughing. Such healthy release of the emotion will make them feel better about themselves and about the emotions they are experiencing, as no emotion is unhealthy – keeping them inside is.

2. Removing programmed and stereotypical behavior

Never allow yourself to put your child in a frame, in a stereotype they need to follow. The worst stereotype you can assign to your child is the ‘good/bad child’ stereotype. In truth, there are no good or bad children. There are only good and bad deeds, and you should stop with the categorization there.

Making your child think that they are bad (or good) because of what they did is completely wrong and misleading. Instead, they should learn the difference between good and bad actions, and you should encourage them to make decisions that wouldn’t cause harm or hurt someone else.

Moreover, speaking of stereotypes, you should never teach your children how a boy should behave, or how a girl should. These stereotypical ideas that gender comes with behavior are hurtful for a child who wants to be free in the way they think and express themselves.

3. Learning your child’s language

Children have their unique way of expressing thoughts. Not being able to express them in the verbal fluency of an adult, the child will find a way to say what’s on their mind in what may seem funny or silly to adults.

Possessing unique capabilities of perception, children have a touch of deeper wisdom in their thoughts. And instead of discarding or laughing at the words they utter, you should pay close attention to what they really mean when they say these things.

Ignore the wisdom they have to share, and they will eventually cut that communication short and may even start telling lies. So, create an open environment for discussion and allow them to share what they have on their mind.

4. Understanding your child’s world

Children are a lot more than miniature humans who like to play, giggle, and cry. They have the ability to connect with positive energies and create robust and unconditional bonds with people.

When spending time with them, try to level yourself to their mentality and stop acting like an adult. You will discover a world filled with unconditional happiness. Learn to be as curious as they are about every littlest thing.

Becoming a part of their world is a humbling experience which will tear down all the walls that keep you from seeing the pure light of joy. Your ego, your inhibitions, your misconceptions, and misunderstandings – they will all crumble in the presence of that pure consciousness that requires no conditions.

Children are fascinating in so many ways. It’s us, adults, that tend to teach them the wrong values of life which are deeply rooted in our egos, our bitterness from the harsh reality, and our wish to be happy without looking deeper within.

They can teach you more than you can teach them. While we teach them facts, they teach you the truth that doesn’t need words and labels. Accept this from them and nurture it so that it doesn’t disappear.

 

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Scientists Say That Being Forgetful Is A Sign Of Higher Intelligence Actually

By
Elizabeth Williams
being forgetful is a sign of high intelligence

If you are one of those who keep forgetting mundane things that people usually like to remember, now it’s the time to know that you can be rather proud of this. And if you feel like you don’t have to know everything, your brain strongly agrees. In fact, selective memory can be a sign of stronger intelligence.

Memory As A Sign Of Intelligence

In the beginning, let’s see what memory is in the broader sense and what types of memory exist, and how memory and intelligence are linked one to another. Memory has always been perceived as the strongest of mental traits. It is an important aspect of cognition, that involves not just remembering, but also other aspects such as attention, insight, reasoning, abstract thinking, imagination, and appreciation of beauty.

Memory is generally believed and seen as a storage space, but, quite on the contrary memory presents a series of processes that are used for storing and encoding information that is later used for retrieval. Our ability to do these processes change as we age, but the rate and the amount change per individual, and it is not always determined by someone’s biological age. According to some studies, we can take some actions during life to prevent memory loss and deterioration of the brain cells.

Different Types Of Memory

The most common division of the memory is into:

  • Long-term memory ( events and knowledge from the past) and
  • Short-term memory ( recent events and knowledge)

There is another way to classify memory into:

  • Implicit memories ( skills and procedures that you can learn such as dancing, driving, playing some sports, and other types of procedures) and
  • Explicit memories ( things that we retrieve consciously and can describe with words (people, places, and some facts).

Working Memory Has A Strong Relationship With Intelligence

There is another type of memory that has a strong relationship with intelligence and that is the working memory, i.e. the ability to retain and manipulate information in your brain, as in doing mathematics calculations.  In some studies has been found that having a poor working memory leads to low results in school. In addition, this type of memory is very important for writing down dictates and the inability to learn. This applies especially to school children and they need to seek another method of teaching and learning to achieve better results.

Therefore, this type of memory can strongly influence your intelligence because this is the ability to retrieve and apply stored information from your brain when you need to solve a problem. Solving problems quickly can be defined as intelligence as in solving mathematical problems. People who tend to solve mathematical problems quickly can store data longer in their long-term memory and retrieve it quickly when needed and are considered intelligent.

We can conclude that working memory and intelligence are the two sides of the same coin.

Still, working memory can be affected by many things such as stress, which can give a false impression of someone’s intelligence and lack of intelligence and you can train it during your life to achieve better results.

Forgetfulness And Remembering Act As Interactive Processes

Besides working memory, there are other signs that may indicate you have higher intelligence.

Forgetting small details like names and birthdays may be a sign of higher intelligence and of a genius according to scientific results.

The paper published in Neuron focused on several studies that analyzed the neurobiology behind remembering and forgetting. It turns out that these two processes interact with each other, allowing for “intelligent decision-making in dynamic, noisy environments.”

The author of the review study, Professor Blake Richards, explains that the real purpose of memory is the optimization of decision-making. 

“You don’t want to forget everything, but if you’re forgetting a lot more than normal, that might be cause for concern,” he says. “But if you’re someone who forgets the occasional detail, that’s probably a sign that your memory system is perfectly healthy and doing exactly what it should be doing.”

Forgetfulness Can Be Linked To Intelligence

As previously mentioned, the goal of memory is selecting useful information and optimizing decision–making. 

The brain achieves this by filtering out irrelevant details and holding on to things that will contribute to intelligent decisions in the real world.

‘Bad memory’ in this respect is actually a mechanism in the brain which serves to quickly make space for relevant information and not allow the brain to waste energy and space remembering the mundane and trivial information.

‘Facts’ are not what the brain perceives as facts. The brain focuses on creating a general picture of the events or a simplified version of some information, which could serve as a means to make better decisions later.

This means that learning by heart, something which is impossible for the ‘forgetful’ ones, is not something the brain would do gladly for you. 

The more you forget such ‘facts,’ the more your brain works in adding the most relevant information from them into a more general picture, and thus a more keen perception of reality.

Forgetfulness and Memorizing Are Equally Important

In our mnemonic systems, transience (forgetting ) and persistence ( memorizing) are equally important. (1)

Neurobiological research focuses mainly on the cellular mechanisms that are involved in storing information rather than forgetting or the inability to remember due to the failure of the mechanisms involved in storing the needed information. But forgetfulness can also be very helpful, and it has been found that it can help in the following:

How can forgetfulness help us?

1. Forgetfulness helps us to forget the old information

As already mentioned, it helps us forget outdated information and information that is not valuable and clears up space for new information on some situations and people. This is done by creating new neurons in our hippocampus that can overwrite the existing memories that might influence our decision-making.

Researchers say that there are two reasons why we tend to forget information;

1. We are constantly faced with new problems, and our lives are changed, so bringing different conflicting memories, can make it harder to make the right and informed decision.

2. The other reason is related to a concept known in artificial intelligence as regularization. This principle teaches the computer models to make generalizations that are based on large amounts of data. This way, they prioritize the important information needed for making a decision. 

If you want to increase neurons in your brain, try exercising and try aerobic exercises like walking, jogging, and swimming which have been found to increase the number of neurons in your brain. 

2. Forgetfulness helps us to see the big picture

If you start forgetting too much, it can be a cause for concern, but if you occasionally forget some details, it means that your brain is healthy. Researchers say that our brains encourage generalization and help us to remember the most important points of the conversation or the event, and it doesn’t focus on the minor past details. When you memorize the bigger picture, it allows you to generalize the previous experiences better compared to just remembering every single detail of the said conversation or event.

One of the things that can help to memorize is the consistent environment and the how likely it is that the same things come back to your life. For example, suppose you meet the same client regularly, and you work as an analyst. In that case, your brain will recognize it more easily, while, on the other hand, if you meet him only once, the brain will weigh that information appropriately. Similarly, people working in a big department store will have difficulties remembering the customers they meet every day compared to people who work in a small boutique and have regular customers.

To put this into greater perspective, experts explain that information that is easily accessible, like facts you can find on Google or phone numbers, is not something your brain is likely to remember. Instead, the brain will free this space up to store information that is truly necessary to remember.

So, do not get offended when you are criticized for being absent-minded in the future because our brains work smarter when they try to remember the right story, not every story.

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Source: CNN

Have You Ever Noticed A Woman With This Tattoo? If You Have, This Is What It Means Exactly

By
Mary Wright

The pain from a miscarriage is a pain that affects only the future parents. Others might try to be supportive, and they are likely to say things like: “It wasn’t meant to be.” “You’ll have another one soon.” “God wanted it that way.”

Even though they mean well, the inevitable pain that comes from miscarriage remains. The parents’ feelings of loss are feelings that cannot be brushed away. A mother who has just lost a little piece of her heart is inconsolable, and only those who have gone through the same experience can understand her pain.

A mother who has just lost a little piece of her heart is inconsolable, and only those who have gone through the same experience can understand her pain.

That is why some women around the world who miscarried, chose a particular tattoo as a memorial to their unborn child.

You have probably noticed a tattoo that has one black, bold, curved line with two hearts between the curves – but you haven’t gotten around to the meaning behind it. The tattoo is a silhouette of a pregnant mother and the child living in her womb.   

The line represents the special relationship that a mother has with her child. And the two hearts represent the connection of the mother’s heart with her baby’s heart.

This unique tattoo serves as a communal way for all mothers to get a broader perspective and connect with all other moms out there who share the same experience.

Joan Bremer is a mother who went through this painful experience. She shares her story in the video you can watch below. And please, take a moment to share it with someone whose life is touched by this subject.  

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What Type Of Men Find You Most Attractive, Based on Your Horoscope

By
Elizabeth Williams

Everyone has their type. Have you ever thought that your type is the wrong type? They say opposites attract, so it isn’t unusual to like someone who has a completely different personality than yours. Some zodiac signs tend to attract the opposite more often than the others, like Aries. Others attract people similar to them and won’t settle for anything else. Which one are you?

Aries – Someone completely opposite

The woman Aries has confidence and she likes to dominate in the relationship. It is interesting how they usually attract men who are not as passionate as the Aries – men who are always overthinking. But, that’s why it often works.

Taurus – Someone unstable

Taurus girls are far from simple, but they don’t want complications either. They are responsible and organized, so it’s not unusual that they attract men who need harmony and peace.

Gemini – Someone mysterious and open to everything

There is no zodiac sign that is more unpredictable than Gemini. They can be playful and happy one moment and moody the next one. In order to constantly feel energetic, men who like a Gemini are mysterious, adventurous and open to everything.

Cancers – Someone unexpected

Cancers often find themselves in awkward situations where they friend-zone people without noticing it. This zodiac sign is very caring and loving, but some don’t appreciate that enough. Thus, Cancers always attract men who seem completely uninteresting to them.

Leo – Someone completely dedicated

Leos are very lucky. They always attract men who are willing to give everything for the girl. Often, the Leo girl will want to take it more slowly, but they usually manage to overcome everything fast because they’re really strong.

Virgos – Someone who needs fixing

As with everything else, Virgos tend to mix things up rather than leave them simple. They often attract men who need fixing, but they don’t mind that. Virgos attract men who want to have someone who can take care of them and someone who they can depend on.

Libras – Someone who is balancing between facts and feelings

As a zodiac sign, they’re not the most unbalanced one, but they certainly need some improvement. Apart from the balance they need in life, they also get it from another side. They usually attract men who are balancing between the heart and head.

Scorpios – Someone who enjoys spending time alone

Scorpios wouldn’t function well with someone who wants to take up all their free time. They are outgoing, but they also value their alone time. Luckily, they also attract men who appreciate this and are independent themselves.

Sagittarius – Someone who can tame them

They are wild and adventurous. Sagittarius girls are active and always in motion, but they attract men who want to tame them. They attract men who want to settle and watch Netflix all weekend instead of going on an adventure and that often becomes a problem.

Capricorn – Someone who will make them laugh

They want to control everything and they’re very organized. But you could say that Capricorn girls miss some insanity in their life. That’s why men who are naturally funny find them challenging and are attracted to them. This combination often works, but not always.

Aquarius – Someone narcissistic

Always being kind and helpful to everyone, Aquarius girls are often seen as a prey by narcissists. These sociopaths can easily recognize a genuinely good person.

Pisces – Someone who needs attention

The only thing worse than a girl desperate for attention is a man desperate for attention. Pisces are not seeking attention – on the contrary, they are thoughtful. However, they tend to attract men who need attention.

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