213. Grief Brain: Why You're So Forgetful and Foggy After Loss

About this episode

This episode discusses the phenomenon of grief brain and its effects on memory and cognitive function after a loss.

Drop me a message or voice note! Have you been forgetting things more than usual since your loss? Walking into rooms and blanking. Missing appointments. Re-reading the same sentence five times. Feeling like your brain just isn't working the way it used to? You're not irresponsible. You're not "losing it." You're experiencing something called grief brain, and it's more common than anyone talks about. In this episode, I'm breaking down what's actually happening inside your brain when you're g...

People in this episode

Host: Tara Accardo

Topics covered

• grief
• memory
• mental health
• cognitive function
• loss
• grief brain

Keywords

• grief brain
• forgetfulness
• mental fog
• loss
• memory issues
• cognitive decline
• appointments
• reading difficulties

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