How to Overcome Short Term Memory Loss

[edit] StepsConsult a doctor if your memory loss is chronic or interferes with your everyday life. Your doctor can help you identify the cause and eliminate serious conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, brain trauma and more.
Understand that short term memories are stimuli stored in the brain for only a few minutes with minimal processing. You can also bring long term memories 'to the surface' to be included in your short term memory for a short time, as you do when you recall a phone number.
The short term memory system is naturally limited in the number of items that it can hold, usually between 5 and 9 items depending on the individual.
Repeat things you want to retain in your mind. Repetition can help "hold" things in your short term memory.
If you are a heavy user of drugs or alcohol cut back a bit on your consumption or quit.
Keep a journal of your daily activities that you preformed the day before or even the week before. That way if you can't seem to remeber you can look back and read over it to help recall.
Go to sleep at a set time each night. Try to have 8 hours of sleep as this can help your short term memory.
If it's a word, use it in a sentence. A persons' name, call them by their name during the first meeting.
Saying what you're trying to remember out loud, involves another sense thus adding to your chances of retaining the thought.
If you are sad because of your short term memory loss, try watching a movie. These are good because you can practice remebering the characters names, and the plot. Then you can watch it a week or two months later and see how much you can remember. If you want to you can even watch a movie about short term memory loss like 50 First Dates.