What does "brain fog" feel like to you?

OMG, it's incredibly, profoundly difficult to talk about this.

Here you have such a verbally unmatched phenomenon with so much of that weird colliding context and fluctuation in generic communicability that you might as well explain to a 2D entity how the third dimension works.

It is a miracle I even was able to recognize it by name when I first came across it.

In ancient times, it was said that the Persians would debate their ideas once sober and once under the influence in order to align clarity with perspective, and here you have this thing, which sees this and is like "hold my beer", fading in and out like old age, flickering the old internal lights without anyone's planned consent, and misguiding thought navigation.

I cannot speak for everyone, but there are a number of us who will tell you they don't dare write fiction (or nonfiction?) if there isn't absolutely every reason to believe they're in the safe zone, mind's eye, verbal recall, and comprehension (including that of relevance, which already has a relative nature) be damned, further complicated by the "there are different kinds" which ranks it in the realm of "phases", "moodiness", and "DID alters" (my step-step-kids each can attest experience with one of those three).

What does your own mind match it up with?

bjoern_tantau ,
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All I know is that my brain fog is too big to read your long-ass text.

shinigamiookamiryuu OP ,

It looks pretty average to me.

bjoern_tantau ,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

That's my brain fog.

whaleross ,
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That's not brain fog. You're romanticizing a medical condition. My brain fog feels like my brain is walking through water. I know where I'm going and I know how to get there but every step on the way is slow and cumbersome and takes way more energy than it should. IDK what you are talking about. Delusional euphoria maybe.

oxjox ,
@oxjox@lemmy.ml avatar

This post seems like AI generated content and I half expected it to end with trying to sell me some snake oil.

If you're actually curious what brain fog is / feels like, it's very well documented. There's nothing "profound" or "miraculous" about it. Here's the first result I found.

Describing How Brain Fog Feels
https://www.verywellhealth.com/brain-fog-8363295
Feeling mentally drained happens to everyone from time to time, especially when experiencing sleeping difficulties. But brain fog is not the same as fatigue or lethargy, although they often go hand in hand or co-occur with symptoms of other conditions. Brain fog can be hard to define since it is not a medical term or diagnosis.

Experts describe brain fog as mild memory loss or:

  • Unusual forgetfulness
  • Fuzzy memory or sluggishness when trying to remember things like names, dates, where you put your keys, and other important things
  • Difficulty paying attention or focusing
  • Confusion or spaciness
  • Challenges with processing information
shinigamiookamiryuu OP ,

People have to cut it out with their obsession with AI sooner or later. I've been accused of this multiple times based on articulation, which is hardly fair especially when the subject matter overlaps with those kinds of things.

oxjox ,
@oxjox@lemmy.ml avatar

LOL Well then maybe try not writing like a stumbling misguided artificial intelligence. Actually, I think AI is doing a better job at writing than you have today. I tried reading what you wrote three times and only became further confused.

shinigamiookamiryuu OP ,

One could also, I don't know, ask what something means if they're unsure. I, unlike some of you, don't judge people for not understanding something or for coming across as tripping over words, something my main demographic can relate to. "Stumbling misguided artificial intelligence" sounds like grasping at straws.

oxjox ,
@oxjox@lemmy.ml avatar

You're trying to convince me you're not a robot by referring to "your main demographic"?

shinigamiookamiryuu OP ,

...and? You say that like that's somehow unbecoming of a human to cite.

azulavoir ,

It's a hallmark of people who don't speak perfect English that their English is obsessively perfect.

You'd come off a lot better, I think, if you wrote casually and allowed yourself to make some mistakes.

shinigamiookamiryuu OP ,

Thanks, I may end up doing this. And as some of what I've said hints, neurodivergence may be some of it, though that's more complex to measure.

Lemminary ,

What does brain fog feel like to you?

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