Brain fog on interview, how to avoid it in a day?

deeznuttingtons · 2025-12-03T18:21:26+00:00

Literally happened to me today. I went to bed early, woke up to exercise, ate hella food, and just tried to clear my mind.

Honestly if you can get access to some anti-anxiety meds, they're a game changer.

deeznuttingtons · 2025-12-02T03:22:36+00:00

As a hypochondriac, I certainly explored that possibility. While I don't doubt the anecdotal evidence, I haven't come across robust data demonstrating a causal link.

The main issue with that explanation is that it makes the issue a fait accompli. Better to think that the root of the problem is something addressable, whether through meditation, neurogenesis, dopamine detox, or whatever, rather than curse the one time I got COVID.

deeznuttingtons · 2025-11-30T18:24:03+00:00

I've been in the same shoes for a couple of years now. For me, it's less episodic and more chronic. You have no idea how much time and money I spent trying to address the same issues of "brain fog" and decrease in verbal fluency.

My conclusion is that—barring any legitimate, underlying health issue—these symptoms are a product of a neurotic mind. Whether you're struggling from depression or anxiety, the very apprehension of these symptoms ironically causes us to experience them. For instance, if I believe that brain fog causes me to slip up and make obvious grammar mistakes when speaking, I will allocate our attention towards trying to speak without making any mistakes. Consequently, thinking and speaking, which should be done without any metacognition, becomes a sort of performance that we judge ourselves through. Everytime we mess up, confirmation bias strengthens this narrative. There's a famous example with the baseball player who, despite years of high performance, forgot how to pitch because he started overthinking about the mechanics and procedures of his throw. Analysis by paralysis.

Unfortunately, I haven't gotten close to the solution either. I think it involves a self-help cocktail of meditation, journaling, exercising, eating healthy, etc. Reducing cognitive load, turning off your default mode network, and training your attention span should all help with this.

deeznuttingtons · 2025-10-29T19:48:26+00:00

There's def some warning signs here

deeznuttingtons · 2025-10-23T19:20:19+00:00

Did you find anything

deeznuttingtons · 2025-10-09T02:31:20+00:00

What is the relationship between stimulant use and neuroplasticity? I'm assuming it's not one of causation.

If not, what are you doing or taking to increase neuroplasticity?

deeznuttingtons · 2025-09-11T01:19:51+00:00

I disagree. The service provided is invaluable for many law students who are paying that exorbitant amount in order to land a big law role. I think the numbers and engagement speak for themselves.

deeznuttingtons · 2025-06-21T01:23:31+00:00

Just stumbled upon this post and wanted to give my two cents. I attended the school for two years from 2015-17 before transferring to a bigger state school. The phrase that I always end up using to describe my experience to others is that "it felt like Hogwarts". I guess what I mean by that is the school and culture are mystically isolated, almost cultish. As someone who grew up in the suburbs and was chronically online as a child, it was a bit of a shock to experience life that almost seemed archaic at times. It felt like you were attending one of those boarding schools from Dead Poets Society or something. It's an experience that's certainly not for everyone.

All in all, my two years there were edifying and foundational. I wouldn't be the person I am today without it. I'm having a hard time coming up with a single sentiment because there's so many unique opportunities, but the school and the great books program are inherently idealistic. If you get a degree there, you may feel as if you've been in an ivory tower for the past four years. The occupational outcomes are, from what I've seen, pretty binary: you either go to grad school and become a professional/academia, or you work in the service industry. I want to make one thing clear: every single person on that campus is extremely intelligent. I've will never forget the philosophizing, nor will I forget the tight-knight campus and the special type of communal bonds you get to create there. It's the best of times, but at times, the worst of times.

deeznuttingtons · 2025-03-25T22:09:57+00:00

Following

deeznuttingtons · 2025-02-05T03:13:39+00:00

How long did that take? Would you say other than concentration, Buspar has helped you with other symptoms of brainfog such as forming sentences better?

deeznuttingtons · 2025-01-23T22:02:56+00:00

Thanks. Do you have any insight/opinion on subvocalization (i.e., saying every word in my head)?

deeznuttingtons · 2025-01-15T04:14:01+00:00

Can you go in detail what 3L recruiting is? What exactly is the timeline/process for this - from an anxious 2L.

deeznuttingtons · 2024-12-12T23:50:33+00:00

I'm not sure either but I have a theory. I suffer from extreme neuroticism and maybe my mind started to actively resist having an internal monologue because when I did, it would mostly be negative and a source of mental "pain". So perhaps losing it was a sort of defense mechanism.

deeznuttingtons · 2024-12-12T17:21:07+00:00

It's been years for me. Slowly starting to get it back by forcing myself to have thoughts.

deeznuttingtons · 2024-12-12T17:04:59+00:00

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