Do you also lose the keys and let the socks disappear?

There must be a limbo of missed homemade objects, a kind of parallel reality where ‘Tsar’ tapas ‘in Aeternum’ has been suspended, disappeared from their container or the separate socks that have never returned to life from the drum of the washing machine. That volatilization as if by magic of some things happened to us all, it is so common that there is even a world day of lost socks – it’s not a joke, it’s May 9.

Witch -ing? Illusionism of walking home? Maybe Iker Jiménez should ask both questions. More biased studies have done it. One of whirlpool Institute of Fabric Science, for example, confirmed that these unsolved cases are common: we lose an average of a sock per month. They are trapped in hidden areas of the washing machine, under the rubber in the input tax and in the space between drums in those of Superior (Sorry Iker, we no longer need you). But let’s thoroughly analyze the matter as Poirot would do while it slides your fingers to get the mustache. What happens to the skinizos already mentioned? And with the keys that seem to be moving because of Telekinesia? Why are the glasses on to appear in unexpected places? In short, because of our condition and the accumulation of tasks that we must be confronted with every day.

“The fact that the environment in which we live is organized helps to set and organize priorities and, vice versa, is a reflection of our mental state,” says Pilar Jiménez, psychologist and supervisor in Residence De Verwennij and psychologist in Globalsalud. It is always favorable to retain harmony, especially in convulsive times. «A chaotic stimulating environment does not help our brains. Having many objects in the neighborhood, with many colors, shapes, sizes … occupied sources that can invest in other processes ».

To dive into the subject, we return to research. Another, made by IKEA in 2019, confirmed that we have devoted 4,683 hours of our lives to the search for fasteners that are lost at home. Moreover, almost half of the Spaniards (48%) lost something at least once a week. The ranking of disappearances dominates it, in order, the pens (it once loses 86.8%), glasses (86.1%) and the keys or mobile (82.6%). Under the clothing, the Palm -T -Thirts or sweatshirts (53%) and our explained enemies, the socks, wearing the underwear (47%). Should this circumstance worry after the time we escape because of those who are misled? According to Dr. Teresa Moreno, a spokesperson for the Spanish Society of Neurology, no. «The daily forgetfulness is very normal. They are done by collapse in the interface of attention and memory. Other reasons why we lose things are stress, fatigue and multitasking. It has long been associated with serious diseases such as attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity or the dementia of Alzheimer’s, but it is rare, “he says.

Neither disease nor malignant eye

Sometimes we make abstract statements when reality is very specific. We distract ourselves that this failed action hides something harmful, attention problems or worse. «In specific cases it can be, but in general not. And if it happens, this will not be the only symptom, there will be more. It can be a sign of stress or emotional change, or that we are going through a more complicated moment, but an A priori of a mental disorder, except in the case of forgetfulness in older people who can form a sign of cognitive disorders, “Jiménez explains.

Fortunately, there is also science to place ourselves in our place when we go to crazy ideas, such as serious or angry eye disease. «Psychologically, the interface fails when we do not activate our memory and do not cod what we do, where we leave the keys or glasses, or when we try to restore a memory. The Hippocampus, the part of the brain that are largely associated with the function of the memory, takes a snapshot in a series of neurons. These neurons can be activated later, if we want, with a signal. That is why remembering things depends on both the activation of memory and the attention we pay at a certain moment. If the increase in forgetfulness is worried, it is a good idea to consult a doctor, it is better to start treatment as quickly as possible, “says Moreno.

When should alarms jump then? When are that forgetfulness that seem to be regularly? The doctor responds. «One of the warning signals for dementia is not only losing things, but they find in strange places where you don’t remember you have put them. To be a worrying symptom, others must be associated with lost on the street, forgot to perform daily tasks and behavioral changes ».

Go to a chair

We can therefore relax, although the verb does not relax with these situations. According to IKEA’s research, the loss of objects and forgetfulness generates stress or fear in one in two Spaniards when they notice that they do not find them and while they are looking for them, especially in the case of keys and mobile. «The keys are essential to access home, if you lose them, you can become tighter. And the mobile … which has not become nervous because he did not find it in the usual bag or in the bag? It is, without being an essential goal, so the loss of it supplies us, “confirms Jiménez.

Interesting is that, whether or not seen, the University of Iceland and the Landspítali University Hospital have established that the participants in an experiment expire an average of 6.4 per week. The working days were given more often, at noon and eight in the afternoon. They found a slight negative correlation associated with the age and confirmed that aging, lack of sleep, fear and alcohol play an important role in suffering from them. «Occasionally forgetfulness is a normal part of life, they occur more often as we get older. In most cases it is not a reason for the alarm unless they begin to hinder daily activities. Forget where you have left the car keys, is one thing, forget what the keys are for another very different. As we get older, changes are produced in the body, including the brain. As a result, the person notes that it takes you more time to learn new things, maybe I may not remember more information or previously losing things. These memory falls are usually signs of normal aging, “says the neurologist.

Tips for when nerves explode in full search, there are so many that some even invite laughter. “Infalible” methods are plentiful by getting into a chair to change the perspective until the object is questioned, you unknowingly disturb (read married ring that indicates …).

Logica argues for simpler systems that have to do with restoring calmness and focusing on the latest actions. «We have to assess what happened since we use it, so most cases have been resolved. If we don’t find it, it is not worthwhile to be despair, it is shown that when the level of fear increases proportionally, our memory and the level of attention, “says Moreno. Jiménez adds that it is best to prevent order in the house, so that it will not be easier to determine that it is more. “

Benjamin Franklin said, who was certainly a methodical man: “For every minute dedicated to the organization you earn an hour.” For all this, where did I leave the glasses?