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You Kill Your Brain Cells Rapidly With These 5 Stupid Daily Activities
No, it's not smartphone, overeating, or sugar.
Daily habits have an incredible effect on your brain health. Good brain habits can help you boost cognition and memory.
While bad habits pile on the stress which can ultimately lead to the mass destruction of brain cells.
Bad brain habits can even undo evolution and shrink your brain.
So, give up these habits for better brain health.
1. The silent killer
Quarantine was a relief for most introverts.
Before the pandemic, they needed to make excuses to stay at home but after it, they had all the reasons to stay away from all human population.
I am an introvert, and I didn’t hate quarantine. There are billions of people like me who love to stay at home and avoid people.
But social connections are crucial for good brain health. Your anxiety or fear of socializing is costing you your brain health.
Anti-social behavior can change your brain. It can lower your IQ and put you at a higher risk of substance abuse.
Here’s what you can do:-
- Make a promise to yourself to talk to a stranger daily.
Who knows you might end up your lonely lover. - Get out of the house daily for at least 30 minutes.
- Buy groceries at a local store and not online.
- Call a friend, whom you haven't spoken to in months.
2. Don’t hustle too much
Hustle culture is all the hype. In this economy, you need to have a side hustle to save some extra money.
But working long hours can rapidly decrease your brain health. A side hustle is a blessing until you overwork yourself into the ground.
Too much work makes your wallet heavier and your brain older. An overworked brain has low cognitive power because it ages faster.
So, working extra hours will help you earn a side income but at the cost of your brain health.
