The reader will probably expect to see a list of drugs, alcohol and tobacco among them, salt and sugar, fat and fried foods, trans fats and all the like. The reader already knows about the dangers of these things, and for the most part, he is right.
There are probably people on the resource who understand the question better than I do, and I really hope that they will be able to either supplement and correct my answer, or write a better one. In the meantime…
In fact, everything is harmful for a person, for a person's body, for a person's brain, for a person's mind. Life, statistics tell us, leads to illness and death. Even breathing is harmful: oxygen is an oxidizer, and it oxidizes you as much as your brain, gradually destroying you from the inside out. Don't breathe. Don't live. Cover yourself with a hood.
If you do not like this option, we will understand, and we will move from the most harmful, which you should definitely refrain from, to the less harmful or what a person cannot control.:
The greatest harm from the above is caused by excessive drug use. For those who haven't figured it out yet, alcohol and tobacco are also drugs. Yes, it is. If you indulge in something like this, first of all you need to give it up.
Overeating is also harmful. For the brain, too. (Excessive consumption of anything is harmful. After drinking too much water, you can also die). If you're overeating, moderate it. Overeating is, firstly, an excess of cholesterol, and secondly, an excess of sugar.
Of course, the body needs cholesterol (it plays an important role wikipedia.org in the plasma membrane of cells), but in high quantities clogs blood vessels, including the brain. Sugar is also necessary for the body, but in excessive quantities it acts almost like drugs.
However, for example, the refusal of breakfast (and actually you need to have breakfast) leads to an excessive decrease in blood glucose, and the activity of the brain decreases. This also has its own harmful consequences. A well-known formula: you need to eat often, but little by little.
Lack of sleep also harms the entire body, especially the brain. If you can get at least 6-8 hours of sleep at night, take advantage of this opportunity. I've already written about this here: thequestion.ru and here: thequestion.ru
Trans fats are also bad. It is better to abandon them, since they, apparently, increase the ratio of “bad” and “good” cholesterol — more cholesterol that clogs blood vessels, less cholesterol of cell membranes. Where are trans fats found? In, for example, milk and some meat (but this is not fatal and it is generally not necessary to refuse them if you are not focused on maintaining health, although this approach will lead you to the next item on the list). In this sense, milk, by the way, is even more harmful than the same palm oil, which everyone is already talking about, forgetting about things that are more harmful: letidor.ru
Stress is also bad. However, I doubt that anyone can independently limit themselves from both upsets and joys, which are equally stressful in large quantities. If you are unbalanced, this should also be dealt with.
Polluted air is also harmful, but a modern person can fight this either by actively working as part of Greenpeace and similar organizations, or by moving to the village, to his grandmother, in the wilderness… Or you can wear respirators 24 hours a day.
I may not have listed everything, but giving up the first item on the list and regulating the second and third will be enough to live a healthy and healthy life and not worry about the content of your skull.
I would rather reformulate the question-what needs to be added so that the brain does not collapse.
And here you can write a whole article. Because the brain, to put it bluntly, is also a muscle. And if you don't pump it, it won't atrophy, it just won't work as well as it can.
Therefore, it is worth giving him time)
For example, to train your memory. Because it is responsible for several zones at once and such exercises allow you to keep your brain in good shape.
You can do something unusual. Choose different routes, perform the usual actions differently, for example, use your left hand instead of your right if you are right-handed. And vice versa. Such tasks force the brain to rearrange and build new neural connections. And he really doesn't like to do this) But this is how we pump up its capabilities.
Or just read books. Because reading also involves several zones at once.
And the brain also likes and learns well to the regime. This is very important when the work requires intellectual effort. And in this matter, its capabilities are still limited. Because the zones responsible for analytics are quickly overloaded. On average, their work in enhanced mode lasts about 4 hours.
And the mode helps to load and unload them without overexertion.
In general, in order not to destroy the brain, it is worth training it) And let them rest)
Brain cells die from various excitatory substances and chemicals (drugs, alcohol), oxygen starvation also destroys brain cells, and another very much brain-destroying factor is the lack of new mental activity – if a person constantly does the same things, does not connect individual brain areas to work, then brain cells of those areas that are not involved in human life begin to die, because the body is given a signal that these are “necessary cells”. Why should the body “feed unnecessary brain cells”? supply them with oxygen? If he does not participate in any way in the daily life of a person. Therefore, to keep a clear mind until a very old age, it is necessary to engage in new activities (sewing, knitting, drawing, etc.) so that all brain cells are involved.
All bad habits that do not bring benefits, lead gradually to the destruction of the brain. A person ceases to be just a person, everything is not interesting to him, his addiction becomes either alcohol or narcotic substances that introduce a person into complete dependence. And also laziness. Without movement, there is no life. The person gradually degrades. It is better to live a full life, advance as a person, achieve success and be proud of yourself. Then the surrounding people will also respect you. There are many temptations, and the strength of a person is in his choice.
Idleness and laziness destroy our brains. When a person is busy with his business, purposeful, knows what he wants to achieve, constantly moves hard towards the goal and develops on the way to it, brain destruction does not threaten him
Negative thoughts destroy the brain and Soul. It is necessary to abandon the negative completely, and change the thinking model to a positive one. Think about the good things and give thanks for what you have.
The process of brain destruction is the loss of nerve cells and connections between them.
Nerve cells (neurons) transmit information to each other by means of contacts — synapses, and the connection between cells is called synaptic or neural. You can evaluate the effectiveness of the brain by the number and quality of these contacts — the faster and better the neural connection, the better the brain works.�
A neuron, like any other cell, is susceptible to destruction. It can die under the influence of many factors:
stress;
alcohol or nicotine;
junk food;
traumatic brain injury or infection;
hypoxia (lack of oxygen).�
When a neuron dies, its body is destroyed, and the processes degenerate and no longer transmit information to other cells. After destruction, the neuron is not able to recover.�
In addition, the brain can destroy our habits, lifestyle and pastime, narrow horizons and isolation from society are also negative factors.
Passive lifestyle, both physical and intellectual, provokes laziness and unwillingness to develop, which develops into a habit. This can be triggered by a lack of motivation: we do not see the point in any actions, we get used to the template lifestyle (work-home-TV series) and thus degrade.
Template behavior also includes procrastination in social networks.
We don't use them for their intended purpose – for entertainment and “killing time”, which as a result only leads to a narrowing of our horizons. Even if we read informative posts and subscribe to developing publics, we are not developing. Our brain is overloaded with unnecessary and versatile information. If we only consume, but do not structure and use this information, there is no stimulation of thinking.
To stop the destruction and partially restore brain function, you can build up neural connections. The creation and strengthening of these connections occurs during the training of cognitive functions of the brain-attention, memory, thinking, speech. Expanding your horizons, stimulating your thinking, and developing your culture promotes brain development and, as a result, increased intelligence.
There are many scientific methods to stimulate thinking (and other cognitive functions).
All of them involve completing tasks that are often quite simple. But behind this simplicity lies a powerful developmental effect on the brain. For example,Wikium online simulators are developed using such scientific methods, and at the same time they are presented in an exciting game form. A daily 15-minute workout begins with a warm-up session that “includes” attention and then builds up from training pairs made up in a certain sequence. Regular cognitive training allows you to create new neural connections and promote brain development.
I will answer based solely on my personal experience of observing myself and my peers, and older people.
Those of them who are still intoxicated from Thursday to Sunday inclusive, namely alcohol, drugs, there is another degradation, look older, “tired and exhausted” than non-drinkers, get sick more, and their behavior changes too. All life is built around the glass. And that's the sadness.
Alcohol is scientifically proven to be “embedded” in the biochemical processes in the brain. And without the ethanol molecule, it already ceases to function adequately. Look at the stars of Cinema and showbiz. It is obvious from a person's point of view whether he is an alcoholic or not. Alcoholic, so regularly. Not from December 31 to December 31, but every day, every other day. Systematically.
Drugs are evil!
The rest of GMOs, McDonald's and other “horrors”, if you approach the diet sensibly (holistically), and treat food as fuel, in its primary purpose, do not arrange rituals with food, etc., you can help the body to survive great. Smoke through the mouthpiece if you want. But also less often.
MONOTONOUS BEHAVIOR (especially complete SUBMISSION) DESTROYS THE BRAIN. The brain development of any social animal depends on a VARIETY of BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS.
In orphanages, deprivation (monotony of behavior, subordination to all adults indiscriminately) significantly affects the development lag. A graduate of an orphanage feels comfortable in prison.
Pigs are smarter than dogs when they are raised in the open, in contact with their parents, and it is being locked in the toilet for life that makes them stupid.
The brain development of infants depends on substances produced by the infantis bacterium, which feeds on human milk. It is better for infants to give up antibiotics and complementary foods, so that other bacteria do not displace our infantis from the intestines.
Babies ' brain development is also affected by their ability to communicate. The adult must understand the signals and respond to them. Communication on the principle of signal-response, as well as facial expressions, are the only ways for an infant to communicate, so you need to learn to guess the child's desires and talk to him, expressing emotions. The baby perceives the tone of speech, and reacts accordingly. And if a child has scheduled feeding and changing diapers on schedule (and not at their request), then there is no communication and brain development.
what should we give up? I would give up hiring services to become a jack-of-all-trades. Fortunately, YouTube easily teaches you how to solve any business. By complementing the knowledge gained with communication, you develop new professions – new roles, which is exactly what is required. You will be admired.
The brain is destroyed by alcohol, drugs, smoking, overeating, promiscuous sexual relations and perversions, as well as thinking about it. And the lack of real brain activity, of course
I would like to add to Vytas ' answer that television really leads the brain to degradation unnoticed by us.
And the first thing that came to my mind when reading the question is a similar thing-the Internet. Unfortunately, in my personal experience, I recently came across the fact that when I didn't have the opportunity to sit on the network without control, I did much more things, I could even say that I was more interested in the world around me and self-improvement.�
And now, if you can find everything on the Internet, some people don't really try to remember anything, because the answer can always be found on the Web. And this is on the one hand a big plus (less waste of time), and on the other- “mental laziness”, as Elena wrote above.
Now think about what destroys the brain more-something that is clearly visible, but you can fight it, or a hidden enemy that is no less addictive…
They also say that in boxing, you can very easily earn brain damage or concussion. This applies to the fact that when you miss a blow to the face, your head recoils, and the brain under the impulse catches up with the head and hits the skull. And concussions do not lead to the most pleasant consequences, you can talk to Klitschko 🙂
all the bullying of drugs (tobacco, alcohol, etc.) is that you want to stop using these neurons, and after an hour these same neurons are screaming and demanding to resume taking drugs and you are already in a trap, the only thing is to understand the process and without relapses….
In the book” Planet of the Apes ” by R. Merle , scientists (monkeys) found the diary of one of the last THINKING people. He wrote: “People are overcome by mental laziness…”.
It says a lot about “drugs”, but nothing specific. Meanwhile, not every psychoactive substance can directly or indirectly destroy neurons. Dissociatives, for example, can be attributed to those that contribute to the destruction of the brain. It is proved that a large number of NMDA antagonists in the body of mice naturally creates holes in their brains. In humans, excessive use of PCP (the so-called “angel dust”, a classic dissociative agent) often provokes the development of schizophrenia and memory loss, which can be considered brain damage. This is understandable, because when you essentially turn off some part of your brain (in this case, NMDA receptors), this part in its idle state clearly does not become better.
Indirectly, everything that causes hypoxia contributes to the destruction, in particular, any smoking substances with excessive use, as well as alcohol and heroin with the same excessive use. Here, too, everything is clear: less air means less cells in the brain.�
I emphasize the word “excessive”. If there is a measure, your brain is not in danger of anything but old age 🙂
I would like to add that it has long been accepted that the brain cannot develop in a cognitive direction in adults, but studies have shown that this is not the case. Посморите http://www.lumosity.com/hcp/research/bibliography. So don't be totally lost, the increased training will help you.
From movies to TV series .. preferably from the Internet of games .. communication with degraded people is also harmful.. you can also add a school .. but without this, there is no way to work in the social sphere.. everything is peculiar .. you also need to look at the nutrition issue .. if you even decided to allow yourself something from the above .. a strict measure is needed here .. give up negative emotions … keep your mind under control in positive emotions .. and practice the art of Qigong .. ten minutes a day ..
Vova, I was interested in your question. Here are some things that have a negative impact on the entire human body , in particular on the brain • * drugs • alcohol
For example , the above-mentioned alcohol kills brain wall cells and negatively affects its activity .
Therefore, it is best to listen to the bible's advice and try to “think clearly” 2 Peter 3: 1. And to do this, you need to get rid of EXCESSIVE alcohol consumption, and get rid of drugs altogether.
Here we have already cited almost all the factors that cause the brain to collapse. But I would like to tell you about the harm of football, boxing and similar contact sports. Why is football bad for the brain? The fact that during the game a person can get mild traumatic brain injuries, all this has a cumulative effect and over time dementia progresses. There is a lot of research on this. For example, experienced football players were tested for cognitive abilities and almost all were found to have cognitive impairments. It makes no sense to talk about the harm of boxing, because even a separate type of dementia was identified as “boxer's dementia”, and in scientific terms, this is called “traumatic encephalopathy”.
Also, for some reason, they did not mention the harm of lead-it also harms the brain and also has a cumulative effect.
And there's no point in taking care of your brain if you don't use it ..
First, you should take care of development ,and then you will understand for yourself .
If you do not want to kill your personality ,your mental abilities, do not stop developing, learn more new things, preferably languages, they strongly develop the brain at any age .
Give up TV, don't waste your time on useless things,especially timekillers and surfing on entertainment platforms .
Do not forbid the latter to yourself, sometimes you can also cheer yourself up if there is no other way . (but not often)
And as for nicotine … this is complete nonsense!! �
Smoking is undoubtedly harmful to the body and limits your mental abilities .
However, the use of nicotine helps to collect your thoughts and relax, it becomes easier to think .
Especially if you are worried about panic attacks and can't fight them (or don't want to).
I do not recommend using nicotine unnecessarily.
But if you smoke ,switching to e-cigarettes will significantly improve your brain's health and capabilities .
P.S. all this is verified ,but it is only my opinion, which you are not forced to listen to 😺
Let's leave aside the obvious harms of drugs and see what harms the brain from the inside out. Depressing thoughts. If there are a lot of them and often, the brain begins to control the body with failures. Diseases appear, and not the most harmless ones. Like the muscles of the body, the brain also atrophies from inactivity, without solving problems, learning something new, and creative implementation.
Mr. Alexander, I have already outlined what harms your brain externally, but I want to touch on the side that we can fix . Surely many people know that nerve cells (neurons ) they are not restored , they die out all our lives and our ability to function is compensated by the ability to establish new connections between living Neu-rons . And connections appear only from resource requirements . For this reason, the more you load your brain, the longer you will not overcome senility .
Drive to work on a new road, learn poems by heart, try not to write down elementary things, but remember, learn languages and break the TV to hell, it only floats digested information, you get stupid every day . Brains are like muscles-they atrophy , but unlike the body, you don't notice your degradation .Your dementia gradually draws you a different world to which you get used without noticing the changes and narrowing your vision
The reader will probably expect to see a list of drugs, alcohol and tobacco among them, salt and sugar, fat and fried foods, trans fats and all the like. The reader already knows about the dangers of these things, and for the most part, he is right.
There are probably people on the resource who understand the question better than I do, and I really hope that they will be able to either supplement and correct my answer, or write a better one. In the meantime…
In fact, everything is harmful for a person, for a person's body, for a person's brain, for a person's mind. Life, statistics tell us, leads to illness and death. Even breathing is harmful: oxygen is an oxidizer, and it oxidizes you as much as your brain, gradually destroying you from the inside out. Don't breathe. Don't live. Cover yourself with a hood.
If you do not like this option, we will understand, and we will move from the most harmful, which you should definitely refrain from, to the less harmful or what a person cannot control.:
The greatest harm from the above is caused by excessive drug use. For those who haven't figured it out yet, alcohol and tobacco are also drugs. Yes, it is. If you indulge in something like this, first of all you need to give it up.
Overeating is also harmful. For the brain, too. (Excessive consumption of anything is harmful. After drinking too much water, you can also die). If you're overeating, moderate it. Overeating is, firstly, an excess of cholesterol, and secondly, an excess of sugar.
Of course, the body needs cholesterol (it plays an important role wikipedia.org in the plasma membrane of cells), but in high quantities clogs blood vessels, including the brain. Sugar is also necessary for the body, but in excessive quantities it acts almost like drugs.
Here — about drugs and sugar: youtube.com
However, for example, the refusal of breakfast (and actually you need to have breakfast) leads to an excessive decrease in blood glucose, and the activity of the brain decreases. This also has its own harmful consequences. A well-known formula: you need to eat often, but little by little.
Lack of sleep also harms the entire body, especially the brain. If you can get at least 6-8 hours of sleep at night, take advantage of this opportunity. I've already written about this here: thequestion.ru and here: thequestion.ru
Trans fats are also bad. It is better to abandon them, since they, apparently, increase the ratio of “bad” and “good” cholesterol — more cholesterol that clogs blood vessels, less cholesterol of cell membranes. Where are trans fats found? In, for example, milk and some meat (but this is not fatal and it is generally not necessary to refuse them if you are not focused on maintaining health, although this approach will lead you to the next item on the list). In this sense, milk, by the way, is even more harmful than the same palm oil, which everyone is already talking about, forgetting about things that are more harmful: letidor.ru
Stress is also bad. However, I doubt that anyone can independently limit themselves from both upsets and joys, which are equally stressful in large quantities. If you are unbalanced, this should also be dealt with.
Polluted air is also harmful, but a modern person can fight this either by actively working as part of Greenpeace and similar organizations, or by moving to the village, to his grandmother, in the wilderness… Or you can wear respirators 24 hours a day.
I may not have listed everything, but giving up the first item on the list and regulating the second and third will be enough to live a healthy and healthy life and not worry about the content of your skull.
I would rather reformulate the question-what needs to be added so that the brain does not collapse.
And here you can write a whole article. Because the brain, to put it bluntly, is also a muscle. And if you don't pump it, it won't atrophy, it just won't work as well as it can.
Therefore, it is worth giving him time)
For example, to train your memory. Because it is responsible for several zones at once and such exercises allow you to keep your brain in good shape.
You can do something unusual. Choose different routes, perform the usual actions differently, for example, use your left hand instead of your right if you are right-handed. And vice versa. Such tasks force the brain to rearrange and build new neural connections. And he really doesn't like to do this) But this is how we pump up its capabilities.
Or just read books. Because reading also involves several zones at once.
And the brain also likes and learns well to the regime. This is very important when the work requires intellectual effort. And in this matter, its capabilities are still limited. Because the zones responsible for analytics are quickly overloaded. On average, their work in enhanced mode lasts about 4 hours.
And the mode helps to load and unload them without overexertion.
In general, in order not to destroy the brain, it is worth training it) And let them rest)
Brain cells die from various excitatory substances and chemicals (drugs, alcohol), oxygen starvation also destroys brain cells, and another very much brain-destroying factor is the lack of new mental activity – if a person constantly does the same things, does not connect individual brain areas to work, then brain cells of those areas that are not involved in human life begin to die, because the body is given a signal that these are “necessary cells”. Why should the body “feed unnecessary brain cells”? supply them with oxygen? If he does not participate in any way in the daily life of a person. Therefore, to keep a clear mind until a very old age, it is necessary to engage in new activities (sewing, knitting, drawing, etc.) so that all brain cells are involved.
All bad habits that do not bring benefits, lead gradually to the destruction of the brain. A person ceases to be just a person, everything is not interesting to him, his addiction becomes either alcohol or narcotic substances that introduce a person into complete dependence. And also laziness. Without movement, there is no life. The person gradually degrades. It is better to live a full life, advance as a person, achieve success and be proud of yourself. Then the surrounding people will also respect you. There are many temptations, and the strength of a person is in his choice.
Idleness and laziness destroy our brains. When a person is busy with his business, purposeful, knows what he wants to achieve, constantly moves hard towards the goal and develops on the way to it, brain destruction does not threaten him
Negative thoughts destroy the brain and Soul. It is necessary to abandon the negative completely, and change the thinking model to a positive one. Think about the good things and give thanks for what you have.
The process of brain destruction is the loss of nerve cells and connections between them.
Nerve cells (neurons) transmit information to each other by means of contacts — synapses, and the connection between cells is called synaptic or neural. You can evaluate the effectiveness of the brain by the number and quality of these contacts — the faster and better the neural connection, the better the brain works.�
A neuron, like any other cell, is susceptible to destruction. It can die under the influence of many factors:
When a neuron dies, its body is destroyed, and the processes degenerate and no longer transmit information to other cells. After destruction, the neuron is not able to recover.�
In addition, the brain can destroy our habits, lifestyle and pastime, narrow horizons and isolation from society are also negative factors.
Passive lifestyle, both physical and intellectual, provokes laziness and unwillingness to develop, which develops into a habit. This can be triggered by a lack of motivation: we do not see the point in any actions, we get used to the template lifestyle (work-home-TV series) and thus degrade.
Template behavior also includes procrastination in social networks.
We don't use them for their intended purpose – for entertainment and “killing time”, which as a result only leads to a narrowing of our horizons. Even if we read informative posts and subscribe to developing publics, we are not developing. Our brain is overloaded with unnecessary and versatile information. If we only consume, but do not structure and use this information, there is no stimulation of thinking.
To stop the destruction and partially restore brain function, you can build up neural connections. The creation and strengthening of these connections occurs during the training of cognitive functions of the brain-attention, memory, thinking, speech. Expanding your horizons, stimulating your thinking, and developing your culture promotes brain development and, as a result, increased intelligence.
There are many scientific methods to stimulate thinking (and other cognitive functions).
All of them involve completing tasks that are often quite simple. But behind this simplicity lies a powerful developmental effect on the brain. For example,Wikium online simulators are developed using such scientific methods, and at the same time they are presented in an exciting game form. A daily 15-minute workout begins with a warm-up session that “includes” attention and then builds up from training pairs made up in a certain sequence. Regular cognitive training allows you to create new neural connections and promote brain development.
I will answer based solely on my personal experience of observing myself and my peers, and older people.
Those of them who are still intoxicated from Thursday to Sunday inclusive, namely alcohol, drugs, there is another degradation, look older, “tired and exhausted” than non-drinkers, get sick more, and their behavior changes too. All life is built around the glass. And that's the sadness.
Alcohol is scientifically proven to be “embedded” in the biochemical processes in the brain. And without the ethanol molecule, it already ceases to function adequately. Look at the stars of Cinema and showbiz. It is obvious from a person's point of view whether he is an alcoholic or not. Alcoholic, so regularly. Not from December 31 to December 31, but every day, every other day. Systematically.
Drugs are evil!
The rest of GMOs, McDonald's and other “horrors”, if you approach the diet sensibly (holistically), and treat food as fuel, in its primary purpose, do not arrange rituals with food, etc., you can help the body to survive great. Smoke through the mouthpiece if you want. But also less often.
And be out in nature more often.
But alcohol is No-No ❌
Good luck and good health! 🌻
The brain is destroyed by alcohol, drugs, smoking, overeating, promiscuous sexual relations and perversions, as well as thinking about it. And the lack of real brain activity, of course
I would like to add to Vytas ' answer that television really leads the brain to degradation unnoticed by us.
And the first thing that came to my mind when reading the question is a similar thing-the Internet. Unfortunately, in my personal experience, I recently came across the fact that when I didn't have the opportunity to sit on the network without control, I did much more things, I could even say that I was more interested in the world around me and self-improvement.�
And now, if you can find everything on the Internet, some people don't really try to remember anything, because the answer can always be found on the Web. And this is on the one hand a big plus (less waste of time), and on the other- “mental laziness”, as Elena wrote above.
Now think about what destroys the brain more-something that is clearly visible, but you can fight it, or a hidden enemy that is no less addictive…
They also say that in boxing, you can very easily earn brain damage or concussion. This applies to the fact that when you miss a blow to the face, your head recoils, and the brain under the impulse catches up with the head and hits the skull. And concussions do not lead to the most pleasant consequences, you can talk to Klitschko 🙂
all the bullying of drugs (tobacco, alcohol, etc.) is that you want to stop using these neurons, and after an hour these same neurons are screaming and demanding to resume taking drugs and you are already in a trap, the only thing is to understand the process and without relapses….
In the book” Planet of the Apes ” by R. Merle , scientists (monkeys) found the diary of one of the last THINKING people. He wrote: “People are overcome by mental laziness…”.
It says a lot about “drugs”, but nothing specific. Meanwhile, not every psychoactive substance can directly or indirectly destroy neurons. Dissociatives, for example, can be attributed to those that contribute to the destruction of the brain. It is proved that a large number of NMDA antagonists in the body of mice naturally creates holes in their brains. In humans, excessive use of PCP (the so-called “angel dust”, a classic dissociative agent) often provokes the development of schizophrenia and memory loss, which can be considered brain damage. This is understandable, because when you essentially turn off some part of your brain (in this case, NMDA receptors), this part in its idle state clearly does not become better.
Indirectly, everything that causes hypoxia contributes to the destruction, in particular, any smoking substances with excessive use, as well as alcohol and heroin with the same excessive use. Here, too, everything is clear: less air means less cells in the brain.�
I emphasize the word “excessive”. If there is a measure, your brain is not in danger of anything but old age 🙂
I would like to add that it has long been accepted that the brain cannot develop in a cognitive direction in adults, but studies have shown that this is not the case. Посморите http://www.lumosity.com/hcp/research/bibliography. So don't be totally lost, the increased training will help you.
From movies to TV series .. preferably from the Internet of games .. communication with degraded people is also harmful.. you can also add a school .. but without this, there is no way to work in the social sphere.. everything is peculiar .. you also need to look at the nutrition issue .. if you even decided to allow yourself something from the above .. a strict measure is needed here .. give up negative emotions … keep your mind under control in positive emotions .. and practice the art of Qigong .. ten minutes a day ..
Vova, I was interested in your question. Here are some things that have a negative impact on the entire human body , in particular on the brain
• * drugs
• alcohol
For example , the above-mentioned alcohol kills brain wall cells and negatively affects its activity .
Therefore, it is best to listen to the bible's advice and try to “think clearly” 2 Peter 3: 1. And to do this, you need to get rid of EXCESSIVE alcohol consumption, and get rid of drugs altogether.
Here we have already cited almost all the factors that cause the brain to collapse. But I would like to tell you about the harm of football, boxing and similar contact sports. Why is football bad for the brain? The fact that during the game a person can get mild traumatic brain injuries, all this has a cumulative effect and over time dementia progresses. There is a lot of research on this. For example, experienced football players were tested for cognitive abilities and almost all were found to have cognitive impairments. It makes no sense to talk about the harm of boxing, because even a separate type of dementia was identified as “boxer's dementia”, and in scientific terms, this is called “traumatic encephalopathy”.
Also, for some reason, they did not mention the harm of lead-it also harms the brain and also has a cumulative effect.
Hypoxia(alcoholism, smoking, injuries,anemia)
Toxic effects(alcohol, poisons, smoking, mercury, neurotoxins, harmful labor effects)
Traumatic brain injuries(concussions,stroke, ruptured capillaries, ruptured nerve connections)
Diseases(stroke,aneurysm, malformations, pathology, autism)
Lack of vitamins and elements(series B and omega 3,exposing the myelin sheath)
Unbalance of the receptor system(stimulants, opioids, drugs, nicotine, antidepressants).
emotional depression, stress,boring monotonous life For(lack of serotonin, hormonal failure, strengthening of destructive neural architectures)
Marijuana and Psychedelics(the disappearance of natural neural connections, the emergence of atypical neural architectures)
Love(hormonal failure,occurrence of atypical neural architectures)
The brain is also destroyed by itself .
And there's no point in taking care of your brain if you don't use it ..
First, you should take care of development ,and then you will understand for yourself .
If you do not want to kill your personality ,your mental abilities, do not stop developing, learn more new things, preferably languages, they strongly develop the brain at any age .
Give up TV, don't waste your time on useless things,especially timekillers and surfing on entertainment platforms .
Do not forbid the latter to yourself, sometimes you can also cheer yourself up if there is no other way . (but not often)
And as for nicotine … this is complete nonsense!! �
Smoking is undoubtedly harmful to the body and limits your mental abilities .
However, the use of nicotine helps to collect your thoughts and relax, it becomes easier to think .
Especially if you are worried about panic attacks and can't fight them (or don't want to).
I do not recommend using nicotine unnecessarily.
But if you smoke ,switching to e-cigarettes will significantly improve your brain's health and capabilities .
P.S. all this is verified ,but it is only my opinion, which you are not forced to listen to 😺
Let's leave aside the obvious harms of drugs and see what harms the brain from the inside out. Depressing thoughts. If there are a lot of them and often, the brain begins to control the body with failures. Diseases appear, and not the most harmless ones. Like the muscles of the body, the brain also atrophies from inactivity, without solving problems, learning something new, and creative implementation.
Mr. Alexander, I have already outlined what harms your brain externally, but I want to touch on the side that we can fix . Surely many people know that nerve cells (neurons ) they are not restored , they die out all our lives and our ability to function is compensated by the ability to establish new connections between living Neu-rons . And connections appear only from resource requirements . For this reason, the more you load your brain, the longer you will not overcome senility .
Drive to work on a new road, learn poems by heart, try not to write down elementary things, but remember, learn languages and break the TV to hell, it only floats digested information, you get stupid every day . Brains are like muscles-they atrophy , but unlike the body, you don't notice your degradation .Your dementia gradually draws you a different world to which you get used without noticing the changes and narrowing your vision