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Originally Posted by MandoMan
Where was I? This is a very common problem with age, and it isn’t necessarily dementia. For the last ten years I spent teaching literature on the college level, I had a hard time occasionally remembering the names of characters in books I was teaching when I needed their names. I used to write the names on a post-it note I kept inside the front cover. I think that if you can explain the context where a word is used, give synonyms, define it aloud, then recognize the word when it comes to you later, you are doing okay.
I may have problems remembering a certain word I need at times, but I read scholarly books, have high-level conversations, write and publish books. I learn to play new musical instruments and learn new techniques for playing old ones and learn new songs. I like to think those things help keep my mind sharper than it might otherwise be. It’s definitely harder to memorize new songs these days, but I’m still learning and loving it.
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This thread, for me, is the most relevant of all that I have seen here. I have similar problems with names. For example, the other day I was trying to remember the name of Mel Gibson and then, what's his name, the guy who has aphasia, oh now I remember, Bruce Willis.
I also was a teacher and have written a number of books on historical subjects, so a lot of names to remember. I have never read anything that suggests this, but is it possible that as we age, we have more to remember and our brain capacity is being pushed to its limits?