"When I rather nervously shared a personal post about dealing with brain fog at work on the social network LinkedIn last week, I had no idea that it would have such an enormous impact. It's been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. Women have stopped me on the street to talk to me about it. I've been overwhelmed by hundreds of messages from people sharing support and their own experiences of it. Usually I cover technology news. But given the response, it felt important to talk about this as well."
""Brain fog" isn't a medical term. But you may well know exactly what I'm talking about. That moment when you suddenly can't remember the word for something really obvious, or you're mid-sentence and you lose your train of thought. It's infuriating, and it can be embarrassing. Where was I? Ah yes, for me, as a woman in my 40s, it's coincided with perimenopause the stage in my life where my hormone levels are changing. There can of course be other neurological conditions for which brain fog can be a symptom too."
""I've spent 30 years being professionally articulate," wrote Janet Edgecombe, an internal communications expert. "All of a sudden I'm forgetting the words for basic things. 'That grey thing in the thingy that we cook chicken on'. My husband replies 'oh, the baking tray in the oven'. Hmm. 'Yeah, that thing'.""
A personal LinkedIn post about experiencing brain fog at work received hundreds of thousands of views and prompted many people to share similar experiences and support. Brain fog describes moments of forgetting obvious words, losing a train of thought, and struggling mid-sentence, causing frustration and embarrassment. For many women in their 40s these symptoms coincide with perimenopause as hormone levels change, though brain fog can also arise from other neurological conditions. The condition can be particularly impactful in roles that require public speaking or live reporting. Simple practical adjustments, such as holding a page of notes, can help manage on-the-job performance.
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