Why You're Forgetting Everything (and It's Not Your Age)
Settled: Nervous System Tools for Anxiety, Burnout & Sleep by Maya Sloane
Episode notes
You used to be sharp. Now you forget the word, lose the keys, blank on why you walked into the room. And you're terrified it means something is wrong with you.
This episode unpacks a massive meta-analysis that reveals something wild: stress doesn't wreck ALL your memory. It surgically drops the everyday stuff while supercharging your recall for anything threatening. Your brain isn't broken. It's in triage.
Maya is a nervous system educator, not a doctor. This is not medical advice.
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