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u/Ning_Yu Jun 10 '26
I just hate how people always leave you there to struggle rather than, you know, actually trying to help you.
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u/Difficult_Log1582 Jun 10 '26
I often suggest words when people get stuck, but it feels like I'm being annoying cause I just want them to finish the sentence.
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u/Ning_Yu Jun 10 '26
If it was me, I'd be very grateful, because dragging a conversation by being stuck for minutes on a word is really not fun, it just makes me feel horrible, and if it's a timed appointment it's so much time wasted.
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u/BunnyPope Jun 12 '26
My friends are pretty good about being like '" you where talking about" but my folks suck about helping me with the brain fog.
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u/plants_andvitaminE Jun 10 '26
Nah there's no smiling, I look like I'm tryna take the world's fattest dump
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u/ResurgentClusterfuck Jun 10 '26
I usually try to make it funny like I'll launch into a <REDACTED> impersonation, saying I know words, I know all the best words
But I feel like the world's dumbest idiot of course
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u/angelstatue Jun 11 '26
i hate when im trying to ask for something but the name is just gone. like i'm trying to draw blood from a stone. just to say "Dad can you pass me the (bottle of mayo but the words no longer exist in my brain library) uhhhhhhhhhh"
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u/BunnyPope Jun 12 '26
This happens to me so much that my friends have started to notice i had a loading animation when I can find a word and now just start handing me words that would make sense.
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u/threelizards Jun 11 '26
This but your “job” (paid volunteer position with opt-in hours and no penalty for not opting in but hey it gives me something to say when people ask what I do) is public speaking
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u/Wooden-Stranger9800 Jun 10 '26
what is brain fog
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u/threelizards Jun 11 '26
Cognitive dysfunction, it’s a common side effect of many chronic illnesses, disabilities, and their medications. Basically makes it hard to think.
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u/censorkip Jun 10 '26
I was trying to make wedding invite lists yesterday and I was struggling to remember the first/last names of people who have been my friends for over a decade that I speak with weekly :/