On Memory Loss

I've been worrying about my mental health these days... I tend to forget about a lot of things. Misplaced keys, forgetting to turn off the lights, halting in the middle of a conversation because of suddenly not being able to remember the next word to say.

Have you ever experienced the same thing? Could forcing my self to forget something be a contributory factor? Or maybe it is the demands from my job? Handling so many positions/responsibilities create a lot of stress in me these past months. I wish I could live a much simpler life. I wish to just work quietly at the background. I want to enjoy life.

How could the University dump so much responsibilities on my shoulder? Only a fool could accept all these. I did and so I am. But do I have a choice?

This is sometimes demotivating.

/end of rant


Ah, going back to the topic on memory loss, I took a simple verbal memory quiz from www.memorylossonline.com and here's the result:

Your recall score was 6. Your recognition score was 39.

If you are like most people, your RECOGNITION score will be much higher than your RECALL score. Why? In part 2, you were asked to recall as many words as possible -- you were not given any clues to jog your memory, only blank lines. In part 3, you were asked to recognize words -- and in each test item, one of the two items was always correct. All you had to do was jog your memory to see which of the two items was more familiar. In general, it is always easier to recognize information than to recall it.

But now, on to what your scores mean.

First, look at your recall score. Among other healthy people who have taken this test, the average number of words recalled is about 6. A score in the neighborhood of 3-10 would be considered "normal". If you got more than 10 correct, then you are doing better than 75% of the people who took this test.

Now, look at your recognition score. Among other healthy people who have taken this test, the average number of words recalled is about 38. A score in the neighborhood of 36-40 would be considered "normal". If you got all 40 correct, then you are doing better than 75% of the people who took this test.

If your scores are at least as good as the average, congratulations!

Thank you God for somehow I am still normal.