Super performing athletes, during moments of peak performance, report the experience of seeing an activity as if it were in slow motion while they were doing it, making the task easier or, at least, doable. Also, recently, neuro-scientists have discovered that the brain takes slices of time, snapshots, to capture in the memory of the brain the daily experiences of humans.
During youth, when there is more available space and processing power in the brain, it takes many more snapshots per second. Later, as the person has more experiences, and the memory banks are are packed with, hopefully, exciting and interesting experiences, it takes fewer snapshots, and processing in understandably slower.
This may be due to the aging of the brain. Or, possibly, because there are more qualitative things to do . . associate new experiences with certain people, locations, emotions etc.
Perhaps, the slowdown is physical . . the physical changes from aging could certainly be the cause. But, suppose it is not aging or disease that causes the slowdown?
What if it is just an overabundance of information in the brain resulting in a lack of immediately available storage space or the inability to efficiently get at critical pieces of information . . i.e. a problem of inefficient organization. What if we could reorganize or eliminate some of this material? Would our brains revert back to the speeds (and capabilities) of our youth?
My friend René recommended electro-shock treatment for me to do just that. I certainly appreciate his thought on this matter and his recommendation!
And, I am hoping that it will speed up my brain processing and restore my brain to its heretofore former glory.