The brain of a human every second takes from the outside world, the environment of about a thousand signals. Thanks to attention, which is an important mental process, selection of the necessary information and discarding unnecessary is carried out. Attention is a kind of filter, thanks to which our brain can avoid the load.
And inattention, which sometimes affects more than half of the modern population, is the quality of the individual. Its presence is explained by a number of habits that make it difficult for the brain to select qualitative and necessary information.
If with you it happened that you read the book, and then forgot most of the read, or you can not concentrate for more than a few minutes on what your interlocutor is broadcasting. Or you constantly forget where the mobile, keys, etc. were placed, then some of the factors listed below may be an explanation of your lack of attention.
Consider the factors that influence whether you develop inattention and show what are the causes of its appearance.
Causes of anthropogenic nature
The development of technologies helps make human life more convenient, practical, but also absorbs our attention. Initially, the human brain is able to structure the tasks necessary for it. But, the more simultaneous cases a person produces, the more difficult it is for his brain to pay attention and concentrate on everyone.
- How to deal with inattention: do not overload your brain, use an organizer or keep a diary, writing down everything that needs to be done in a day. Experiment and arrange for yourself days without anthropogenic overload (without the Internet and mobile communication). You will be surprised when you see that after this you are twice as fast as the planned one.
- Appeal to the doctor: in the case when you, for example, sent an SMS, and after that it is very difficult for you to return to the started activity and you are actively trying to find the reasons for not doing it.
Lack of sleep
Do not forget that for a person between the ages of 20 to 70 years, the norm of sleep should be 7-9 hours a day. When you sleep less than the required norm, you can get chronic weakness, irritability, weak concentration, headache. This has a negative impact on your overall performance, causing inattention, or, as it is called, absentmindedness.
- How to fight: the simplest answer - you need to sleep. Bring your condition back to normal.
- Address to the doctor: in case you sleep the required number of hours, and the symptoms do not go away, it is worth to consult a specialist for advice. After all, the reasons can be different (violation of sleep hygiene, sleep disorder, etc.)
Uninteresting work
Work takes, often, one of the main positions in a person's life. If you are constantly dissatisfied with your work, then this can lead to chronic diseases.
- How to get rid of inattention: change your job, or change the attitude to it, find the positive side.
- Address to the doctor: if you are not able to perform operations that require you to consistently perform poorly the collective tasks and are forced to change jobs several times in one year, then it is worth consulting with a doctor.
Stressful situations
The cognitive centers of the human brain are adversely affected by various stressful situations. Because of this, you lose the ability to think clearly and react quickly to the required tasks.
- How to overcome inattention: organize for yourself a rest session (at least twice a day). Learn to relax and focus on one thought, practice meditation.
- Address to the doctor: stress, inattention can develop into a depressive state or into sharp changes in your mood.
Sedentary lifestyle
Regular physical exercises help your brain to clearly and firmly think. Also help to get rid of the reasons of inattention.
- How to overcome absent-mindedness: enter into your daily routine the habit of charging every morning. Walk more, at
contributes to your state. - Treatment of inattention: if you find it difficult to stay in one place for more than 5 minutes and you always go somewhere without objective for that purpose. If you have a desire to squeeze the last juice out of your brain every 3 hours a day, then you need to reconsider your habits in consultation with a specialist.
So, inattention is not something negative in a person, but it is just necessary to understand that it should be quickly disposed of.