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  1. This is why music is so important for Alzheimer’s patients, too – it can trigger memories from the past.

    I agree that dissociation can be a gift, especially to someone who’s been through some kind of trauma.

    Have a good day, Brenda!

  2. This struck such a chords with me. I love the Emily Dickinson poem too. Thank you for doing the research and posting this for us.

  3. When you taught children in firs grade who were delayed in reading often the activities combined visual, tactile, and auditory modalities. Once these were all working together they were learning. It was explained that they needed a flap to open in their brain to allow all the signals to work properly. The next goal was to teach them to orchestrate they were making mistakes. Only after that could they shown how to correct themselves.

  4. Years ago I read an article online about a word from another language, maybe Swedish or Danish, that was used to describe the feeling that you get when you are having a daydream or memory that seems to be about a real event, but you don’t think you ever actually experienced what you are remembering. Darned if I can remember the word, but it started with an “h” I think. This word described something different than deja vu, where you feel like you are reliving a fleeting moment. What I read about was not the feeling of reliving something, but of having a memory of something, yet having no memory of what you are remembering. It was a fascinating concept, and I’ll work at trying to remember the word. Has anyone else heard of what I am talking about?

  5. It has happened to me! The force took over when I was almost kidnapped at a shopping center parking lot! Watching my granddaughter’s face, I knew to get in my car, groceries in all. When I put my groceries in the backseat, is when I saw this guy crouched down with his arms out, waiting for me to back up, after closing the door, so he could grab me underneath the armpits and pull me into his vehicle! It gives me the creeps writing this, but I want everyone to beware of their surroundings of all times! This makes the 2nd summer coming up, since I was almost kidnapped! My granddaughter wouldn’t come over my house til recently. When she did, she had a nightmare that someone was chasing her!
    I was so scared and couldn’t believe it Almost happened to me, that I forgot about it for awhile, til I read that a woman and child almost got kidnapped at a rest area! That triggered my brain and everything came rushing back in, that had happened!
    Since then, someone goes grocery shopping for me, but I can’t let that b@st**d rule my life anymore! Besides I always like to see what new products have come out too! I just won’t be talking to strangers anymore…which I didn’t then, just to people I know! If someone parks weird by me, then I will move my car, closer to the store, that I’m going in!
    Our liver plays a very important part of our body too! Alot of people are not drinking enough water and it makes our liver work even harder! You should read about everything that your liver does bc it’s interesting as well!
    Have a great evening with Charlie and Ivy!

    1. I like ordering groceries through Shipt. Don’t even have to worry about going to the store anymore.

  6. I find brain research fascinating. So much about our own inner workings to still learn and understand. Whenever I smell my gardenia flowers in the garden I am reminded and transported back to my mother tucking me into bed at night. She wore a gardenia scented perfume . The aroma of coffee brewing makes me think of waking and going into the kitchen to greet my mother in the morning. Most of my sensory memory is tied to her as she was my comfort and security. These scents for me have been imprinted and most days bring me comfort still and other days bring longing for the past.

  7. Good morning Brenda, one of the reasons that I love to bake is that the smell of certain recipes transport me right back to my grandmothers kitchen and I can picture myself standing next to her with my siblings baking. Some of the happiest moments of my life.

    This is an excellent post, I had read some of this information before but I did not know about the work with Alzehimer patients, that is fascinating.

    I hope that Charlie is feeling better and the Miss Ivy is keeping you on your toes with her antics.

    Have a great day!

  8. A fleeting memory I have from earliest childhood is my mother’s mother having candies flavored with lavender. A brief whiff of lavender at times brings me back to a time visiting a grandmother I barely knew. (We lost her to Alzheimer’s disease many decades ago!)

  9. Our brains are the most amazing organ in our body next the heart. It is amazing how our brains work and work and never shut down. It demands the most of our blood in our body too to maintain along with the heart. I remember taking care of a patient that was transitioning with dying and his lower body was in rigamortis and he was still alive. The brain and heart shunted all the blood at the waist and took it back to the brain and heart. It will keeping going until all other organs have shut down. I too have felt different smells that brought back good memories of childhood. It is truly an amazing organ.
    Kris

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