What is Brain Fog?
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Today we are talking about brain fog. What is brain fog? Let me illustrate with footage of me today and footage of me two days ago.
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A gay, red headed, disabled woman... Who is an absolutely wonderful human being... Legend.
she is also part of a minority religion :)
Agreeeee
Dont forget the accent 😍
Veronica Duncan, her hair is not naturally red, it’s blonde. 🙂
I really appreciate that your puppy tried to comfort you when you started crying.
I noticed that too. My little silky terrier will do the same thing. She will have nothing to do with me unless I’m “sick“.
I get this especially when I get sensory overload or after a meltdown. It's like fishing for words in my brain.
As for help, quiet, dark room is the best help for me.
When I was in middle school I had seizures from brain damage done by fevers as a baby, that went undetected for a long time. When I was in these states my classmates and teachers would be very unkind to me, clapping and snapping in front of my face, some even shouting into my ear. I remember it would make me very startled and upset, even though I couldn't understand why. "Brain fog" is a perfect way to put it.
Brain fog sucks, it's so embarrassing having to explain it to work collegues too when I've missed what they've said for the 5th time 😑
I get something like brain fog connected to my migraines. The best way I could explain it to someone is the exhaustion of being incredibly ill with a flu combined with being drunk/ having stayed awake for more than 36 hours.
When I'm like this, I struggle to comprehend basic written instructions, I'll often just repeat "um" because I want to say something but I can't generate the words (like a computer that has the spinning icon but isn't loading).
I often get frustrated because I am bored but cannot follow the plot of a show, understand a podcast, etc. Depending on if my migraine is sound or light sensitive, if someone can turn on soft music or a gardening show for me, I like that because I can enjoy it quite passively (I will not retain any of that information but I will like the pretty pictures). The best thing is just to park me in a chair with a warm blanket and a cat. Petting the cat is often quite grounding and gives me some purpose so that I'm not upset thinking I should be doing something but can't remember what. It is also a good idea to bring a foggy person beverages. Travel cups with straws (like for iced coffee) are a good choice because they don't require a lot of coordination. Reminding me to actually drink the beverage is also helpful.
I'm a bit foggy today. Been trying to say something about how good this video are for 10 min. Yeah i'm giving up now. Loved it. Words hard. 💗
thank you for adding that video which included the off time clips. I found that useful. i like a lot of your videos and wondered if youtuber's would feel able to show the less positive side rather than just refer to it. When my wife has brain fog I have to REALLY school myself not to ask questions and poke her for answers. I will have to watch this regularly! thanks
I cannot convey how meaningful to me it is every time you're transparent about your symptoms. Thank you for being you, Jessica. 🥰
I get brain fog after migraine attacks. Speaking, thinking and basic tasks are nearly impossible. I stay in bed when I can. And no-one is allowed to bother me.
Not gonna lie: this video made me cry, too. Foggy Jessica is me when I have my worst migraines. Just put me in a basement with a pillow and blanket because I'm heckin' USELESS. Too relatable, darling. Too relatable. It does get better, but it never feels like that at the time.
One time when i was fogged i tried to go to my room but oh man. The door! I tried to open it for solid 10 minutes but its just wasnt giving up!
..until my mom saw our fight and told me that the door was already opened from the start.
When I was fogged few days ago I threw out my brand new pack of metal straws..
@@kingsnothere8075 wow oof 😥
@@awesomeenbyperson714 update apperently I did not throw them away they were in the side my living room chair for several months lol
I was foggy two weeks ago and somehow managed to get to work, but couldn't actually remember how to count and had to rely on the customers the entire shift to tell me how much money they needed. I was so scared id mess up, but I was too scared to tell my boss I couldn't count. Thankfully I got through the day okay. Thanks for making this video xxx
You're not alone. I had the exact same experiences you just mentioned above. Not only was it confusing, it was terrifying in multiple ways. Not understanding what was happening to me, not being able to articulate or explain it, and the horror of loosing my position as head Cashier and store accounts manager when it progressed so much I finally had to admit what was happening to me. Mortifying.
I have hemiplegic migraines that give me stroke symptoms and this is the way I am for days after an attack. I call it zombie mode! I can get to the point where it looks like im functioning, but I have no idea whats going on and I won't remember anything that happened.
Yes! Exactly this! I have no idea what happens for hours...
Jessica Kellgren-Hayes Thanks for the reply! I really love your videos! You are so eloquent and have really made me think about better ways of talking to my loved ones about how they can help me. My partner loved your spoon video and really got that with how I am on bad days. Also the mix of info about disability and chronic conditions with fun and exciting videos about your life is great! I love the balance of happy life stuff with explaining the medical stuff you deal with too! Sorry, that was probably a lot, but I really love your videos!
This is me too! I had a migraine attack 2 weeks ago and the after effect was this... Brain fog.. difficulty functioning, difficulty in focusing, concentrating, vision seems a little blurred sometimes. And I feel like im not functioning to my normal abilities... Its frustrating, annoying and depressing! I want it to go away!
I haven't had brain fog much, mostly that resonates when I've been really sick. When I'm not feeling well I appreciate being told things I know, like husband telling me "I love you". It brings the happy feelings even when I'm not feeling good. It also makes me feel a bit like the world makes sense, since that's something I know so I feel smarter for having that mental connection.
When I was in highschool I had pretty severe brain fog for a large chuck of my junior year and I would just sit there in math class not comprehending anything. It was extremely frustrating because I am quite good at math but I couldn't understand it half the time in that period of my life. Like literally words spoken by the teacher were not even going into my head it was just a jumble of sounds. Just overall in every class my grades were dropping because I was unable to concentrate or really interpret anything.
Thank you for mentioning the "don't ask questions" tip. I'm having trouble making my boyfriend understand that I can't make the simplest decisions when I have brain fog. He's trying to be nice by asking me which plate I want or which show I want to watch when I'm just "Please just give me whatever and I'll be fine!".
when i get brain fog, i really cant remember why im feeling that way so if someone sees me with brain fog, i need to have someone tell me to go take of myself, rest, calm down, and then ill get better. reassurance is great when my mind is feeling simple
My guide for caring with someone during a shutdown (or meltdown/panic attack) is similar. I can’t make decisions or often form sentences, so just deciding what you’re going to do and then checking whether I’m alright with it with a yes/no question is the best way to handle it. IE: “Lie down here, I’m going to get you a glass of water, is that ok?”
Experiencing a minor amount of brain fog for several months as a medication side effect was one of the most discouraging experiences of my life. As a language-loving bibliophile who could no longer read much more than a few simple sentences and couldn’t find words that certainly used to be part of my vocabulary, I felt like I had lost myself. It’s so difficult, and I so admire your optimism and cheer in the face of recurring brain fog.
When i start having these things and i lay in bed all day my parents get so mad i start crying and moving like a worm in bed. Cuz i really dont know what to do
That puppy! Dogs are amazing! The immediate reaction to comfort you is just so sweet.
You are a very honest and courageous lady, Jessica.
Thank you David! x
I get this to do with my ADHD but I find that my brain cuts out in the strangest places, like right in the middle of crossing a road and I'll stand there being all 'what am I doing here? where was I going to?' and halfway in the middle of sentences and I completely forget what it was that I was going to say. I'll just sit there for minutes trying desperately to actually HAVE a helpful thought, and then trying to chase my thoughts back to when they were clear. Sucks.
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I have adhd as well as some memory and processing problems, and I get that too, though I wouldn't properly call it brain fig, since it's very instantaneous rather than episodic. It does suck though, and my slow days can feel like I'm rather absent (especially when dissociated), but I think it's a little bit different from having days without thought, breaking in frustration at the simplest question. No hate! It's cool to relate on this :)
I have ADHD and PoTS (like Jessica, but not as severe!) so I get ADHD brain fumbles AND small bouts of brainfog, where I basically forget what I'm doing and sort of randomly do other other things trying to figure it out because my brain just can't remember how to do the thing I was trying to do, or what I was trying to do. I opened three different cabinets the other day when I wanted to open the fridge.
I also drop out of conversations and can't catch what people are saying, but thankfully I've managed to catch that most of the time and I've stopped being embarassed about it! When my supervisor at work says something and I totally miss it, I always say "Okay, sorry, can you repeat what you said a second ago? I was listening but my brain just totally wiped it clean."
I write things down as they're said to me, ("Scan aisle 4", "Recheck Aisle 9 display", "Print water signs", etc) even if I'm present in the moment, because I never know what my brain will decide to just... forget, in 20 seconds.
I don't have any diagnoses but I nearly got hit the other day because I did that whilst crossing a road going...any advice on actually getting a diagnosis? (I have many symptoms of ADHD and my mum doesn't believe me which is *great* ❤
Ayeee me too
Love the treacle analogy, it kind of fits with my system of sitting over missing information and trying to edge down to where it should be
Glad it makes sense to you 💗
Honestly! I like to say that I’m thinking through marshmallows. Nothing works properly.
I also make the analogy that it's like thinking through treacle! Because it is. I used to have more foggy days than clear before I was put on sick leave by my doctor a year ago, and it's hard to explain to people how I knew I needed help (was severely burnt out), when I also say that I hardly remember anything of autumn 2016. Really. It's just blank. I also had some really scary moments that were so jarring that the fog sort of... Went away temporarily. Like standing in the lift on my way home and not knowing which button to press. Or realising I was at the store. With no memory of why I was there or how I got there. And now, when I'm doing a lot better, I don't think I knew how to hold a pen. Looking back at my "notes" from that time they're... Wobbly lines at best. I didn't know what brain fog was at the moment the time either so it was just scary. When it comes to dealing with it I like it when people tell me what to do if I need to do something, like you said. In stead of asking what we should have for dinner, decide on something and tell me when it's time to eat. I'll be happy to decide on a better day.
Great video - this is so validating for me, I have EDS and POTS (and other dysautonomia things etc) and when I'm foggy I cannot make the simplest of decisions. I thought it was just me! I'm so glad I've found channels like yours, hearing other people expressing feelings and experiences I have can be incredibly powerful xx
Don't worry you are definitely not alone :) glad you like my channel!
I've been watching a lot of your videos and just have to say it: you are absolutely gorgeous! I love your positive energy, your humor and your style ^^ thx so much for sharing your life with us ;)
You're so welcome, thank you for watching x
suggestion...no big demands. just let them ride it out. help them if they need it and try not to let them do too muxh of...well anything really. just being there helps. knowing someone is there helps, even if they csnt really help
Thank you for spreading more awareness of Chronic Fatigue and the brain fog that can come with it. 💕
agreed x
Me: *Writes a text message for my husband.*
Me: *Checks the recipient to make sure it's going to the right person.*
My brain: This person's name is familiar.
Me: *Checks three more times.*
My brain: This person's icon/ avatar is also familiar.
Me: *Checks one more time, just in case *
My brain: Oh for crying out loud, you verified that this is the right person like five or six times now. Send the stupid text already!
Me: *Sends text message.*
Text message I sent: I can't wait to get home and rip off all your clothes.
Me: ...
Me: .......
Me: .................I just sent that to the wrong person.
omg flirting/sexting with brain fog is literally the worst!! I downloaded WhatsApp solely to message my partner, bc I wanted an app where I didn't have anyone else to maybe mis-text 😅
I usually go for a thumbs up/thumbs down system if I can manage questions post-seizure - sometimes the symptoms last for a long time so it's good to be able to try and communicate somehow. Mainly just a hug and someone handing me a drink of water. Sympathetic that - yep I have repeated myself 6 times already and someone to laugh with me when I think it's funny! :D
Excellent advice! I hadn't even thought of using a thumbs up/thumbs down system but that's brilliant x
God seizures are hard. By the time you are ok from the last one, you're into the new one. My fav part: biting of the tongue and/or falling down stairs.
I’m so grateful for this. I begin each day crying because my family starts shooting questions at me as soon as I wake up. I’m going to try to show this to them. Asking them to stop hasn’t worked, so maybe this will.
I am sooo sorry you have to go through all of this. Please know that I am so glad your advocating for everyone and educating them. You are doing a wonderful job
I always appreciate the reassurance that it's alright. I always feel like there are things I should be doing and feel bad when I can't do them since I'm in a fog. Having someone tell me it's alright, or even better, helping me do them, is the best. I sometimes get really upset and frustrated when I'm in a fog (some of my mind is still there, even if my body doesn't want to cooperate), so just being left alone or comforted helps.
I'm like this for about 3 days after a migraine. Mine usually last anywhere from 1 day to as long as a whole week. I'm pretty confused and can't recall basic information I've known my whole life. I don't even try to think. I just let it pass. Which means that life passes by, but I don't have much of a life right now anyway
Suzanne Menuet Ive had that too also on my period I thought I was losing my mind! taking finals with brain fog is not a fun time
This really does explain it so well! I have kidney disease and when my kidneys failed I had such bad brain fog! No one really understands it! They just used to get frustrated!
This was a really good explanation! The clips of you in fog really help show the degree to which it affects everything. I’ll definitely use this to explain to people my own brain fog!
Thank you so much for posting this. I am a little late in viewing but this helped me so much. I know it is not nearly the same, but I am recovering from a concussion and had extremely delayed cognitive functioning for a while. The confused, forgetful, and overwhelmed/numb feeling is all too familiar. It was nice to be able to show this video to my loved ones as a "this is kinda my direction at the moment." I love your raw communication and beautiful energy. You are a blessing to the internet.
I usually describe it as more of my brain feels like it's miles away and not really connected so information, if it gets through, takes a really long time to process. I really like the treacle metaphor though.
Your videos are super helpful, sometimes I just send them to people when they ask about me because I feel like you're so much better at explaining haha 💕
I love this
Getting foggy at work is really difficult, I feel bad for my poor coworkers who have to explain something to me 5 times, and I still don't comprehend it. My coworker the other day was trying to teach me the new computer, and I still don't remember a word of what he said.
Being held goes a long way towards helping me when I'm in that place. Also, like you said, having to not answer questions is a major help as well as just being taken care of by someone who loves me and understands what is happening.
I have this also, and it comes with dizziness and headaches and when it's really bad I feel like I'm in a dreamlike state
I couldn't help but laugh rewatching this video because boy oh boy is it a mood! Glad to see someone explaining it so well!
I get this, I am autistic with ADHD and I think it's very possible I have EDS I am going to see if I can get this investigated. I get fatigue and brain fog, I slur my words, I can't function and just stare into space or try to nap. I was always very dismissive of it, but I'm coming to realise that I must take it on board and adjust my lifestyle accordingly. I find it difficult that people often don't believe you or take you seriously.
I am mostly able bodied except for some minor health issues like asthma, low blood pressure, some deficiencies and a childhood unexplained dizziness condition (I got random extreme bouts of dizziness that eventually grew away, when I was a toddler they nearly knocked me unconscious. Most likely related to my low blood pressure, but my doctors NEVER figured it out) and I watch your videos to help educate myself on how to act around disabled folks, because while I tend to be quite good at tending to peoples needs, I am also insanely awkward due to anxiety and being plain shy. Your videos are helping a lot with "normalising" disability for me - my first real encounter with disability was when I met my current girlfriend 7 or so years ago (In the summer 2018, we will have been together for five years!), whose youngest little sister has Downs and diabetes, while her older little sister has a speech and minor development impediment since early childhood, but is doing better now! It really opened my eyes on how *real* disabilities are, and to be a better partner and to help take care of my partner and her sisters and family, I started to do whatever necessary to help them - read up on Downs and diabetes to maybe some day be able to help with her sisters care, learning how to be more patient and encouraging than I already was, and just overall becoming more aware of my surroundings and how other people may experience it.
One of my proudest moments (but to be honest, I was sad to be viewed as an exception in this instead of a decent human being) was when holding an informational event for my school, we had a boy in a wheelchair, and he told me he was amazed that I wasn't fazed by it or treated him like he was less than others. He's still human and a real, living person with experiences and feelings like any able bodied person - why wouldn't I treat him the same? Obviously, accommodations should be made for disabilities where it is due, but people are still people, disabled or not.
Thank you for your amazing work, Jessica. I hope you keep the passion for this for as long as you need it.
I would stand for a long time not know what I am doing.
Many time don’t remember anything after a second ago.
Get confuse when people are talking.
Cannot concentrate for long or multiple task memory so poor i
Hate it.
I can totally relate to this. I do it as well - I find myself standing having absolutely no idea what I'm supposed to be doing. I completely forget words. Brain fog is a really difficult symptom to live with!
I loved your analogy about treacle, I've always described it as trying to think through porridge! I get quite frequent brain fog with my thyroid but no tips for dealing with it sadly, just a lot of struggling through!
Anyone else relate to this cos of ADHD and making lists sometimes helps but then you forget you made the list so make another but feel like you forgot something but then find the first list later and see that you DID forget something and it was important?
Yeah me too.
FinalFantasy7Freak6 omg omg me
Yes. And sometimes I just forget to make the list in the first place and I can't find it because it doesn't exist. A lot of the time I live life waltzing around with probably a reason to be, but since I don't know why I'm here, I do something else instead and then hours later go back and realize I needed a pencil for a thing
This is my life.
Wow!!! Four years after this video and one year after meeting you I see it the day after I’ve had to take heavy painkillers and couldn’t walk. So pertinent for my day today and my husband having to deal with my occasional super medicated days!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
This comparison back and forth really makes it clear. I see how questions when someone is foggy are not helpful!
Awesome video, thanks! I find it helps to have someone around who can remind you of basic stuff like making sure you drink water and eat regularly. Or to have little ‘cheat sheets’ around the house to help you get basic stuff (or the absolute minimum) done.
I know you're in England and this like isn't a thing there, but happy thanksgiving!😊❤ I'm very very thankful for your videos and getting to watch someone else who has a lot of the same disabilities as me, but is still happy😊 much love!
That is an amazingly lovely comment! Happy Thanksgiving to you
I experience everyday you say it's a disability that means it won't go away😢?
You look so adorable without makeup! Of course you look gorgeous with makeup and your hair done but without that you’re also really beautiful!
oh and a suggestion to help? hand me the objects i need to complete a task and then remind me of what task im trying to complete. if im wondering around looking lost, ask me what im looking for, and, if i know what im looking for, tell me where it is. if i tell you i dont remember what i'm looking for, guide me to a chair or something and make me stop looking. seriously ill wander around my house for hours looking for things while simultaneously forgetting what things im looking for
I just discovered you. Thank you, i have sent a few people links to some of your vids.
I have multiple disabilities with the last 2 developing in the last 2 years now causing awesome disabling parties in my mind and body. So i am still adjusting to the idea that i am disabled (for me refering to me i prefer this language at least now).
The fog is a factor in at least 4 of my diagnoses, as well as a side effect of at least 3 medications. So i live between light fog and pea soup with no predictable pattern. I always warn new people working with me that i will catch 80-90% of my delightful random word subsitution, but not all, and so if i say something nonsensical they should feel free to ask me for clarification, and specifically ask if the word i used was intentional or an accidental substitution. It works well and causes much mirth as ot is a thing i am not sensitive about.
My suggestion to help this as someone who gets brain fog a lot is yes definitely no questions, offer guidance to help them get what they need (water, easy to eat food, get to a comfortable place.) But with this guidance do it gently maybe saying "follow me" or leading by gently holding their hand but in such a way that if something conflicts and they realise they want something else (even if they don't know what that is) it's easy for them to refuse. This means you can be direct in offering help without worrying about disregarding needs due to not asking questions e.g. I will stop when being led to my bed if I realise I need to go to the bathroom etc.
Such a great and informative video on brain fog it’s kinda hard to learn more about brain fog and cfs because sometimes I feel myself starting to get tired and zone out
That explains a lot! Thanks for posting this 😁 also i love your vintage hair styles, very classy😉
Someone else has to find her cute as well even when she has brain fog
Triple B Locked me. She is cute all the time, I like seeing all sides of her story. I don’t have brain fog nearly as bad as her but I do have it. It sucks
Well done! Thank you! This is so helpful and I just found out about your channel through a friend. I get brain fog from mycotoxins destroying my neurotransmitters so my brain cells can't communicate as well. This is exactly how I get too. What people can do to help me is just to (1) remember that I'm working on conquering an illness and not myself right now, RATHER than presuming my foggy state is just who I am. Also, they can (2) go easy on me and not expect me to be able to speak and function like a normal human being when my brain cells can't physically communicate with each other. (3) I'd really like it if people like my family reached out and wrote or texted me more to make me feel like they care if I ever get well, because when I'm in my foggy state, all I can think about is the people who haven't been there for me after claiming to love me my entire life & I forget about all the good people who do love me in life. Sometimes I need a clear reminder that I am loved, with the understanding that I know that I am at heart and just need a reminder of that when I'm in my foggy state. Again, love your videos! Thank you so much!!!!!
This is so courageous and helpful to understand. Could you ever do a video on how scary it is not to remember, and how to cope with fear and trust?
The doctors don't know what's wrong with me but I deal with this and it's been getting worse (among other symptoms). Some days it's so bad that I try and talk and my words make no sense. I have two planners because I need to write literally everything down or I will not remember it. Most of the time trying to remember what I ate for breakfast is a struggle.
I have schizoaffective disorder add cfs and fibromyalgia... And yes haha some days im just stand in the middle of a room and dont even knkw my name...
This is really comforting to me
I don’t have brain fog, but I’ve had issues with being able to concentrate or even realize when I’ve said something out loud. People have to repeat things to me a million times. One time I was in the middle of talking to my landlord’s daughter, I got distracted mid sentence, and completely forgot what I was talking about. I paused, and thought and thought and started to internally panic because I was like uh oh how long have I been silently staring at the ground!? So I finally had to just admit that I forgot what I was saying. Thankfully she just chuckled and reminded me. But I can’t even imagine what you go through with brain fog 😢
Fantastic video thank you 🙏🏼 I call mine fuzzy brain. My partner and I have learnt through time and many frustrations that I just do what she tells me to do as I usually lose the power of speech so couldn’t answer if I wanted to. Simple hand gestures and thumbs up 👍🏼 or down 👎help too
I get like this sometimes and I have absolutely no idea why but I generally don't remember anything from the days I'm like this. I usually just go to sleep. That doesn't make it better but it's a way for me to ride it out. Usually goes away after two days.
One day I was dressing myself, and I completely forgot how shoes work. I still knew they were part of clothes, but my brain didn’t have any information. I cried to my mom, freaking out that I forgot a basic process. With my brain fog I forget so many things. Just having someone talk about it makes it feel less heavy, less crazy. Thank you.
And the unable to make even a simple decision part. That’s me exactly when that happens. I have an autoimmune disease, nerve pain from said disease, and chronic migraines. It’s so encouraging to know this happens to other people, that my symptoms are valid parts of my illnesses.
I love your videos!! Sometimes I find that people signing or writing thing down help and it helps with remembering thing for me if I have a list of things to do so as long as I remember the paper, I can do things. I think it would be better if people didn't get annoyed at you when you have brain fog or take ages to respond to a text. Love that you do youtube because reminds me that someone else somewhere is going through this too and there are fellow spoonies ♡
Not too sure if that made sense but oh well ahaha x
It made perfect sense, not to worry :)
Great suggestions- people being kind with the slowness of brain fog is definitely vital and thank you for your kind words, it helps me too to know that other people are going through the same thing xxx
No problem. We're stronger together than we are alone xx
You really have the best explanations. So many videos on health have all this condemning crap about what we are doing wrong to cause these things. I have chronic kidney and liver disease. I didn’t do anything wrong...but be born. I have Good and bad days. When I get foggy I start falling....and that can cause other problems!!
I love your videos!!! Glad to see I'm not alone with the brain fog!
I trained my younger sister to help me guess which word i was aiming for by giving her parameters or going 'i mean xyz and it's close to this word but it's not'. hilariously, i forgot what a niche skill that was until i tried to get my sixthform friends to help me out and got some very interesting expressions back.
You’re so cute without makeup! Omg!
Your videos help me a lot to deal with my on disease and explain it to my family, send you a big hug from Honduras
I have learned if I must go outside when I know I am starting or having a good brain fog to take someone or have a list with me that I hold the whole time & then ask the cashier if I missed anything. (yes I have pinned many a note to my shirt with a note for the cashier too!). You don't have Alzheimer's though at times it many feel like it, so laugh about it, it makes you feel better & people around you feel better. ;)
I had a period of quite bad brain fog last year that didn't relent until I confessed to my boss that I was just completely overwhelmed. I'd been overworked for awhile and it wasn't until it became clear that I wasn't actually able to get anything done that I had to speak up, and she was able to give me a break, which helped me rest enough to get over it. It'll still hit at random moments - I'll be in the middle of a sentence on a call with a client and just...forget what I was saying. Or I'll go to use a word and the word is just not there. (I know this happens to a lot of people and it's not always brain fog but I can tell a difference in what's happening - or not happening - in my brain.) For me it's like there's a wall between my brain and anything it's trying to accomplish. And my brain just gets stuck on trying to bash through that wall instead of finding a way around it.
Omg thank you. I've suffered with this for years and never knew. I thought I was mentally slow but doubted it at the same time. I am very fluent when typing or writing as I try helps to read my message over. As for the memory thing I thought I had Alzheimer's or something. But again, I doubted it. After minutes of thinking I would suddenly have an influx of memories and such.
I have a phrase I’ve committed to memory to let people know what’s going on and I’ve found that going through patterned behavior helps me a lot and I can even get to be somewhat lucid during days like this and it helps me recover so quickly.
“I can’t think a good thought if I tried to think it.” Repeat the phrase over and over, do it when you’re alone and when you’ve made a small mistake (literally 2 days ago I was at my grandmas and I was looking for a spoon and I opened- the trash can.) have a couple of these prepared and the more you repeat them on lucid days, the more it can act as an anchor for your thoughts. I find exercise works well too so when I’m having a very foggy and confused day I think over and over “move body, move body,” then I can go for a walk or just bend myself in a couple directions that helps too. 2-3 word phrases just to get you conscious and/or functional again can really help if you commit them to a pattern and get friends and family to help.
I feel like I have been in a type of this state from burnout and also depressive episodes. Not the same thing but I really identified with all the symptoms there. Also really interesting!
The way you described it, sounds a lot like when I sleepwalk and sleeptalk(the walking, thankfully hasn't happened since puberty), but I would wake up and not know where i was, how i got there, or what i had done, luckily for me it was very rare and i never fell down the stairs or anything, but if I did answer someone's questions all the time, the answers i gave never made any sense
Awesome video as usual xx Lindsey
Omg the way Tilly looked at you when you were crying was the sweetest darn thing! She was like “mummy why are you crying, are you ok??”
I have a seizure disorder where if I don't get enough sleep the next day I have a chance of having symptoms of little arm jerks or I'm really spacey and tend to forget the conversation part way through. It's fine sometimes if I have a day off but if I'm at work in a grocery store as a cashier sometimes I ask the customer a question I just asked them. It's nice to know I'm not alone in the brain foggyness
Your videos are helping me through a hard time
Thank you for making this video. ❤️
ive always had something similar but i cant explain it as articulated as you have in this video. its like hitting a wall and suddenly my brain "twitches" similar to an internet ping, or, as ive described it before my brain is suddenly a ball of rubber bands.
I feel your pain. I have Fibromyalgia. Today my brain feels like a turnip. Dense and waxy.
This finally explains the books I have left to read for years and even though I I can’t keep up I keep adding more. I have to re read everything to realize I got lost on the point. Again. It’s more of days for me too. Some are better I feel more efficient and sharp, but I could go on brainfog for months. It seems to get worse with dates or while getting to know someone, anytime I get nervous. Work is also fun with it haha but honestly I do feel we develop other abilities, as other deteriorate. What do you think about that?
Sorry for the longest comment but I also wanted to thank you for doing these videos, landing these topics. Sending you love.
Awesome video, jessica 👍
By the way, you look soooooo beautiful without makeup. 😘
Thank you! 🌸
I have GERD (gastrealesopical reflux disease) and when the stomach acids from my stomach move up, sometimes it can cause very minor brain fog. And it feels terrible. I cant even imagine what it feels like for you and for others who have it frequently. I’m sorry.
My brain fogs been bad the last couple weeks but its better today yay! Also i want to give foggy Jessica a hug. 💜 xx
Awn, hugs back! x
I don't have brain fog exactly but since getting diagnosed with 2 autoimmune diseases (Ulcerative Colitis and Celiac's) and now possibly a 3rd, I find that I've become very forgetful to the point of having to make a list everyday to get stuff done or I'll forget and there are days when I just can't talk or I'll have to but usually trail off during sentences because I can't remember what I was even saying like 2 sentences in. I'm glad to know others experience it. At home it's not bad because my family knows it's a bad day but when I was in school it was horrible, especially because I'd still want to to work so I'd try to write papers and if I even got anything down it'd incoherent. My support network often just nod, supplement in words, give me tea, and set me down in front of video with hugs.
"do you want the red cup or the blue cup" "just give them a cup" you understand it
I really wish you would still make these type of videos :( somehow it made me feel as if I was not alone and to help me look at the bright side
It's like Marly and Me times a hundred 😭😭 But this illuminate something that I've been experiencing for years now so thank you 🙂
Sometimes when people talk to me, I don't know which of the 4 languages that I speak is used, even though I know in which language that person always speaks to me. I just hear speech, I don't understand anything and it needs to be repeated to me multiple times before I understand. it. is weird. and a bit scary, not gonna lie.
Gosh I thought I had moments of slow thought, but at least now i know it's probably just fatigue and bad diet, not brain fog.
Btw you look super pretty without makeup and thanks for the footage it really helped to understand.
Do U feel like u are moving in slow motion? I get that when I “fog out” I HAVE to move at half speed so I do not get sick