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Podcast

Brain Fog and Short Term Memory in Anxiety: What’s Really Happening

January 12, 2026
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Burnout adds another layer to short term memory in anxiety. It’s not just fatigue, but what happens when the nervous system stays in protection mode too long.

Sometimes it’s not that you’re unmotivated, lazy, or broken. Sometimes your body is just stuck in survival mode and it’s doing its best to protect you. This can look like chronic fatigue. That heavy, hard-to-lift…