Any forgetful freddys out there?
Image via PixabayAbsent-minded people in Ireland forget on average 1,095 things a year.
The most common thing people have trouble recalling, is why they entered a room.
A survey of 2 thousand people in the country found on average, people forget over a thousand things a year.
Social media and not exercising your brain, are among the things people blame for forgetfulness.
However Clinical Clinical Psychologist Malie Coyne says stress is one of the biggest causes.
"When we're stressed, we're operating more from our fight or flight response. Our brains are primed for protecting us from whatever threat we're feeling. The process of memory and forgetting and learning is all reduced during that time."
According to the kicker survey top five things people forget daily in Ireland are why you went into a room, what you were going to say, names and passwords.
