What Fresh Hell Is This? by Heather Corinna

Author:Heather Corinna [CORINNA, HEATHER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2021-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

NEUROPLASTICITY!

Everyone around me is no doubt tired of my too-cheerful “It’s good for your neuroplasticity!” chirps, but (1) they just don’t understand how exciting it is for me that I can remember that word, and (2) neuroplasticity is very cool, especially if you, like me, are a big nerd.

For those who haven’t had to listen to me or anyone else drone on about this, neuroplasticity refers to our brain’s ability to reorganize itself. Keeping up our neuroplasticity is maintaining our brain’s ability to stay flexible; to grow, maintain, prune, and adapt neural pathways; to learn new things; and to stay sharp. Think of it as limbering up for your brain. The extra cool part is that much of the stuff we can do in the service of that is already good for us in other ways and/or is stuff we want to do. The positive feedback loop we get from doing things we enjoy is a big part of the neuroplasticity picture. So is repetition, which means that you get to do things you like over and over again and help your brain in the process.

The good-for-you things you already know about that help include Ya Basics. Also helpful is learning or trying new things you’re interested in! Both novelty and new challenges increase neuroplasticity (aka how to rationalize going all in with the most ridiculous of hobbies, adventures, or geekdoms!). Feeling rewarded while doing a thing that matters to you is an important component of neuroplastic change. So is giving something your whole attention. In other words, you now have another very good reason to ask other people to leave you the fuck alone for a bit. Reading fiction is something else found to specifically help, as is traveling or moving to a new place.

In my humble opinion, one of the benefits of learning new things in menopause is that it can be a lot less frustrating and heartbreaking than trying to do things you already knew how to do, maybe even well, but suddenly seem to really suck at or be unable to do at all right now. Even if we suck at the new thing, we were never good enough at it to know how much we suck.

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