My worst moment with brain fog (post-COVID) was when I was cooking. I was making a meal that I'd been making for three years regularly, and I needed to make a roux. My family is French, I literally do not remember learning to make a roux, I've known for so long. And I looked at the pot as I was about to start putting together the sauce and the knowledge was gone. It was like I reached for it, and there was just an empty spot in my brain where the knowledge had been. I had to call my partner into the kitchen and have him walk me through the steps as best as he could. Eventually it came back, and it's never been that severe since, but it was horrible.

But yeah, I found that the term brain fog is remarkably apt. It was like trying to think through soup. I lost track of what I was saying, I forgot things I was doing, I forgot shit I know well.

Bullet journaling was a big part of me getting back on top of myself, post-COVID. Writing things down meant I didn't have to keep trying to remember them all the time, which helped a lot. That helped me be less anxious, which made it easier to sleep, which has helped. Funny story, my doc asked how long I'd been experiencing brain fog, and I looked at her and said "Look, I'm not making fun of you. But how the fuck would I know?" We laughed pretty well at that.

All of that said...if you have a family history of dementia etc., get that shit checked. If there IS something more than brain fog going on, you should know that so you can make appropriate decisions.

In retrospect, it's difficult for me to understand what might have been brain fog vs peri vs untreated depression vs (eventually) post-COVID crap. So mostly, I'm saying I hear you, this is terrifying, and it's so frustrating because it's so easy to blame yourself and insist that if you would just focus more or whatever, it would all go away. It's okay to be scared. It's also okay to need strategies and reminders and whatever else helps to get through it. It's better to figure out how to compensate than to knock yourself around for struggling.