We all have brief lapses now and then when our brains start acting weird. You’re probably familiar with these common scenarios: you’re in the middle of a conversation when suddenly, you just can’t remember a familiar name or place, or you can’t remember what you were going to say; your mind goes totally blank. You walk into a room and can’t recall what you went there to do or fetch.
Likewise, we all have days of mental fatigue and brain fog where we misplace things, find it impossible to focus, and feel irritable and grumpy.
When this happens, we typically shrug it off. We joke about how we’re getting senile or that the pressures of the rat race have fried our brains. It’s normal for our brains to get tired occasionally, and it’s okay to joke about it – if it’s infrequent.
But when memory lapses, mood swings, and brain fog start recurring more often, something’s not right. It’s vital to understand that when certain symptoms become a pattern, they’re warning signs of degenerating brain health.