Learning new things like, a new language, playing the guitar or taking up drawing can strengthen the connections between your brain’s nerve cells. Even participating in leisure activities like reading books, a trip to a museum, & writing letters protect your brain from amyloid protein buildup. Keeping your brain engaged by learning new things even improves your memory- and who doesn’t want to remember where they put the keys?!
Subjective Cognitive Decline is when you admit that you notice something is off related to your brain. Now, of course nobody wants to say their memory or brain is ‘off’... but what if you know something is 'off' and don't say anything- even though YOU KNOW something isn't quite right? Well, you lose your power. That’s right! I said it. You lose the power you’ve been working on your whole life because you don't say “YES!” to yourself and your needs! This blog is all about Subjective Cognitive Decline- and you will gain power when you read it. So read it! 😉
Imagining living with dementia is a small consideration you can do to begin understanding what it might be like to be with it, on a daily basis. I’d like to share a story of what I have learned about what it could be like to live with dementia.
I never imagined the depth of what I would discover about living with dementia, until this happened.
Scientists now know that although you can’t change the genes you were born with, you can control how the genes express themselves by your daily behaviors, or your lifestyle. Lifestyle choices can help you protect your brain health.
This newer science is called epigentics, and you have a say in your health destiny!
