Dementia is the result of the Brain gradually destroying itself because of long periods of Depression. In other words Dementia equals Depression plus Time. Depression is when you do a partial shutdown of your Conscious Mind to help cope with incessant ‘Thoughts’ coming from your Subconscious Mind, aka, ‘Monkey Mind”. The shutdown of the Conscious Mind also means a significant reduction in Brain activity.

If you start regular resistance training your brain instructs the body to increase muscle mass. If you stop regular training your brain instructs the body to decrease muscle mass. Use It or Lose It. Your Brain and its neuron connections doesn’t treat itself differently to any other part of the body when applying the Use It or Lose It protocol. So Depression and low brain activity, over Time, causes the brain to cannibalize itself to the point where it is called Dementia.

It is never too late to start ‘resistance training’ for your Brain. Try crosswords, sudoku, conversations, hobbies etc. anything that increases brain activity. Oh, and don’t forget the most important one; Get rid of the Depression.

Monkey Mind and a Path to Depression
How to get Depression
How to get rid of Depression