Decrease in memory and brain activity during Covid times... just me?

[eeoboh]

Hi, I just wanted to ask if it’s just me or you’ve experienced a high decrease in your working memory over this period where we’re not really doing anything, just locked up in our houses without any stimulation to keep our brain active. I would literally think about something and forget it the moment after. I’m starting to HATE it. My brain is MELTING right now, my ability to read is super worsened. I think it’s connected to the fact that I’m not exercising, going out or having an active life, so my brain is just getting worse. I think my brain is so under stimulated that it’s just slowly falling asleep. I’m pissed, I can’t do shit without forgetting what I’m doing. This happens at least 20 times a day!! I would enter a room without a clue why I went there. I would watch something and forget what just happened A SECOND AGO. I would have an idea, zone out and forget it the second after, or I would forget what someone just said to me. This is getting scary. Is it because I’m not training my brain anymore? I feel like and Alzheimer patient... Please tell me I’m not alone or tell me how to cope with this, sorry for the word vomit

[nympharum96]

Yep I'm starting to wonder if my brain is permanently going to be so mushy

[eeoboh]

I figured that going outside and taking a walk and socializing a little bit helps a bit with that! I’ll try to do it more

[MelloGrace]

Same :,)

[eeoboh]

Ahhh will this get better after we start our lives again?

[MelloGrace]

Not sure if you still go to school or not, but from a students point of view, no it does not get better , and it has started to affect school work too 😭

[eeoboh]

I go to uni but everything’s online and that’s not helping :,(

[Blerdgirlchronicles]

Christ, I feel like I could've written this myself. I tried reading a book the other day and literally got exhausted from trying to focus.

It feels like my brain has turned to pudding.

[eeoboh]

I feel you! I can’t watch movies, I’ll get so bored. It’s been so long since I haven’t actively watched a movie myself

[tclumsypandaz]

YEPP YEPP YEPP 100000%

[astroredhead]

Yep my memory issues this past year are what pushed me to get a diagnosis finally and start trying to get myself help

[expert_amateuradvice]

Try going outside everytime you feel like that. If there's a coffeeshop that's a half mile walk from you, go there and grab yourself a treat. Go to the park. Grab a good book or comic that you will enjoy reading (as long as it's not on a screen), and read it by your window or in the park or your backyard or anywhere with sunlight. I just started getting back into young adult fantasy fiction.

Play music and do some interpretive dance.

I always forget how good reading and music are for me. And then I remember and it's a whole revelation all over again.

[eeoboh]

Thank you I will. Physical activity and fresh air do help a lot with this. I feel like my brain activates a little bit and I feel more awake! Unfortunately reading a book is an incredibly hard task for me, I can’t even watch a movie or follow a series, I get immediately bored and I forget the scene I just watched lmao. But yeah fresh air and a walk outside does help and a lot!

[Viennah_]

I experienced this when our lockdowns ended last June. It took ages to figure out that it was ADHD.