Is my BRAIN degrading?

Aatish Sai
2 min readSep 26, 2023

Ah, the fantastic voyage of forgetfulness!

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been on an involuntary memory-dodging spree. I’d think about something, and before I could blink my eye ( or ten seconds, to be precise), it’s gone — poof! It’s like my brain is staging a magic show, but the rabbit never returns from the hat.

As the forgetfulness epidemic escalated, I did what any self-respecting amateur detective would do — I headed down the path that many before me have ventured. I took my case to one and only Dr. Google in hopes of deciphering the mysteries.

Now, if you’ve ever embarked on a symptom-search session on the World Wide Web, you know it’s like playing Russian roulette with your sanity; you either walk away thinking you’re on your deathbed or pondering your imminent transformation into a medical anomaly.

It’s either “You’re knocking on death’s door” or “Congratulations, you’ve uncovered a new, incurable ailment”.

But not this time, No siree. This time, it was a delightful condition known as SHORT-TERM MEMORY Loss. It’s like my brain decided to turn its internal filing system into a roller coaster ride, where memories go for a spin before vanishing into the abyss.

Lots of questions swirled in my mind, was I genuinely wrestling with a case of memory loss, or is my brain just staging a protest, refusing to hoard shitty ideas I often come across? Then, like a detective unraveling a mysterious plot, I connected…

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Aatish Sai
Aatish Sai

Written by Aatish Sai

Engineering Manager | Software | Machine Learning | AWS Certified

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