Lucy
MemberMum, worker, note-taker. 51, Sheffield. Here for honest stories and fewer blank stares.
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Jun 15 · Replied
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Just popping back to say thank you, especially Cerys. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
Jun 15 · Posted
Is it just me or has anyone else started writing absolutely everything down because they genuinely cannot trust their own brain anymore? I'm 51, I've always been sharp at work, I run meetings, I manage a team. And lately I'm standing there mid-sentence and the word just... goes. Not a complicated word either. Last week it was "quarterly". I stood there for a full three seconds saying "the, um, the every-three-months one" like an absolute muppet in front of my whole team. I don't know if it's peri or burnout or both and honestly the not knowing is almost worse. I've started keeping a notes app open in every meeting just so I can glance down and remember what I was about to say. It helps but it also makes me feel like I'm hiding something. I'm saving some examples to show my GP because I want to have an actual conversation about whether this could be hormone related. Not just be told it's stress and sent on my way. Sorry, needed to say it somewhere people would get it x
Jun 8 · Replied
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Just popping back to say thank you, especially Polly. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
Jun 8 · Posted
Right so I've been trying to eat something proper at lunch before my afternoon meetings and today I actually got through a whole Teams call without losing a word mid-sentence. Like, the word just... came. Which sounds pathetic but honestly last week I said "the thing, you know, the document thing" in front of my manager and wanted to dissolve into the floor. Could be coincidence. Could be that I slept slightly better. Could be the cheese and oatcakes I had at 12:30. No idea. But I'm writing it down because I only ever note the disasters and I want to see if there's a pattern. Baby steps 😊
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Is it just me or has anyone else started writing absolutely everything down because they genuinely cannot trust their own brain anymore? I'm 51, I've always been sharp at work, I run meetings, I manage a team. And lately I'm standing there mid-sentence and the word just... goes. Not a complicated word either. Last week it was "quarterly". I stood there for a full three seconds saying "the, um, the every-three-months one" like an absolute muppet in front of my whole team. I don't know if it's peri or burnout or both and honestly the not knowing is almost worse. I've started keeping a notes app open in every meeting just so I can glance down and remember what I was about to say. It helps but it also makes me feel like I'm hiding something. I'm saving some examples to show my GP because I want to have an actual conversation about whether this could be hormone related. Not just be told it's stress and sent on my way. Sorry, needed to say it somewhere people would get it x
Right so I've been trying to eat something proper at lunch before my afternoon meetings and today I actually got through a whole Teams call without losing a word mid-sentence. Like, the word just... came. Which sounds pathetic but honestly last week I said "the thing, you know, the document thing" in front of my manager and wanted to dissolve into the floor. Could be coincidence. Could be that I slept slightly better. Could be the cheese and oatcakes I had at 12:30. No idea. But I'm writing it down because I only ever note the disasters and I want to see if there's a pattern. Baby steps 😊
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Jun 15 · Replied to Community post
Just popping back to say thank you, especially Cerys. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
Jun 8 · Replied to Community post
Just popping back to say thank you, especially Polly. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
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Just popping back to say thank you, especially Cerys. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
Just popping back to say thank you, especially Polly. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.