Memory and Anxiety
I've noticed that my memory has been failing a bit over the last couple of years. There are lots of reasons for this, I'm sure. I'm getting older, which is certainly preferable to getting dead. I'm no longer challenged by daily tasks that I faced in my career. I was a librarian and an administrator at the college where I worked in the last twenty years of employment. I retired two and a half years ago. I have to say that I miss my colleagues, I miss the challenges and the laughter, the projects, the successes, and even the failures that never failed to teach me something. Between my retirement and the pandemic, my social interactions have diminished significantly. That has been hard. But, back to my memory concerns. I discussed this with my primary care provider. She encouraged me to have a "neurobehavioral status exam" to assess my knowledge, attention, memory, and assorted other brain related functions. I admit I wasn't thrilled with this