Me Versus Fibro

  🌀 Fibro Fog and Forgotten To-Do Lists: Learning to Be Kind to My Mind mevFibro.blog Some days, I lose my keys. Other days, I forget what I was saying halfway through a sentence. And then there are days when I open the fridge, stand there for a good minute, and still have no idea what I was after. That’s fibro fog for you — a symptom I never saw coming, but now know all too well. When I first started noticing brain fog, I thought I was just distracted, tired, or  maybe even a bit lazy. (Hello, internalised guilt.) It wasn’t until I learned more about  fibromyalgia that I realised: no, this isn’t “just forgetfulness.” This is my brain on Fibro. Fibro fog feels like your mind is buffering. Like you’re running a race in your head,  only to forget the word for “microwave.” It’s frustrating, sometimes embarrassing,  and often completely out of your control. 🧠 What It’s Really Like It’s difficult to explain what this kind of cognitive fuzziness feels like unless y...