There’s a Reason You Have Brain Fog

As restrictions ease and stimulation returns, your capacity will bounce back

Allie Volpe
Elemental
Published in
3 min readApr 26, 2021

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Early last summer, after stringent shutdown orders were lifted and, cautiously, friends began gathering in outdoor environs, the act of stringing a coherent sentence together was a personal struggle. The verbal equivalent of sea legs, my words felt wobbly and clumsy, and in…

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Allie Volpe
Elemental

Writes about lifestyle, trends, and pop psychology for The Atlantic, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Washington Post, and more.