Not really a possibility sense your mind is located inside your brain and without a brain, you would be dead. To lose possession over ones mind or your thoughts you must first have possession and this is where the topic of "Have You Lost Your Mind" starts. To hear someone say - "If this or that doesn't stop, I'm going to lose my mind" is an all to common statement, yet in actuality as stated above, it's an impossible feat. But, there are times in every ones lives when the feeling of losing ones mind is possible.
In most cases a crisis would be the catalyst for making such a statement, like not being able to find your car in the parking lot, but you haven't lost your mind, you forgot where you parked your car and this caused anger or desperation. Being forgetful is an all to common reason for one saying they have lost there mind. Alzheimer's disease, forms of dementia, head injuries and drug use are also reasons people become forgetful and lose the ability to think, to remember and to reason.
In a recent study done by the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, heterosexual men lose their minds, or at least get a little fuzzy, when talking to attractive women. On the other hand women were unaffected when talking to attractive men. Psychologist behind the study believe the fuzzy brain syndrome was caused by disparity and the need to mate and pass on one's genes. Men were more focused on impressing the woman, then remembering important things the women had just mentioned.
Women are not completely unaffected by memory loss. Postpartum psychosis occurs in some new mothers and the cause is unclear. Genetics, hormone levels, disrupted sleep patterns may all share in the blame, with various symptoms including delusions, hallucinations, hyperactivity, paranoia and difficulty communicating. Additionally when the "change of life" occurs women will begin experiencing the mind-crushing, mood-altering, man hating symptoms of menopause, which can last from a few months to a few years.
Another area where there is concern for one loosing their mind is children and when they go from adolescence to teenager to adulthood. Only science has been able to explain why a usually placid and well-behaved 10-year-old turns into a reckless, moody, jerk. Scientists believe this is because the brain is the last to mature during their rapid growth spurts, that part of the brain that controls reasoning, impulse control and other reckless mouthy behaviors.
Although there are many times in every ones lives when we feel we are going to lose our mind, the fact is, it can't be done. We can have temporary stress related memory lost, hormonal imbalances, fried brain cells, neurological disorders and a variety of other issues which will cause various symptoms, but loosing your mind is only possible if you lose your brain. Don't lose your brain, your mind doesn't work without it.
In a recent study done by the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, heterosexual men lose their minds, or at least get a little fuzzy, when talking to attractive women. On the other hand women were unaffected when talking to attractive men. Psychologist behind the study believe the fuzzy brain syndrome was caused by disparity and the need to mate and pass on one's genes. Men were more focused on impressing the woman, then remembering important things the women had just mentioned.
Women are not completely unaffected by memory loss. Postpartum psychosis occurs in some new mothers and the cause is unclear. Genetics, hormone levels, disrupted sleep patterns may all share in the blame, with various symptoms including delusions, hallucinations, hyperactivity, paranoia and difficulty communicating. Additionally when the "change of life" occurs women will begin experiencing the mind-crushing, mood-altering, man hating symptoms of menopause, which can last from a few months to a few years.
Another area where there is concern for one loosing their mind is children and when they go from adolescence to teenager to adulthood. Only science has been able to explain why a usually placid and well-behaved 10-year-old turns into a reckless, moody, jerk. Scientists believe this is because the brain is the last to mature during their rapid growth spurts, that part of the brain that controls reasoning, impulse control and other reckless mouthy behaviors.
Although there are many times in every ones lives when we feel we are going to lose our mind, the fact is, it can't be done. We can have temporary stress related memory lost, hormonal imbalances, fried brain cells, neurological disorders and a variety of other issues which will cause various symptoms, but loosing your mind is only possible if you lose your brain. Don't lose your brain, your mind doesn't work without it.