Brain Fog and Existential Dread: Why I Can't Find My Words

You're Not Too Much · Sep 23, 2026 · 23m · transcript

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I don't want to brag, but I am very advanced for my age.

Not in the good way. My short-term memory is gone, my word recall has the range of somebody thirty years older than me, and my entire skill set is words. That's it. That's the whole job.

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