It's not just you -- we are all more forgetful during the pandemic, experts say.

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/health/memory-covid-19-pandemic-wellness/index.html

(CNN)Are dates, details and daily tasks feeling a bit fuzzy these past couple of years? It's not just you, experts say.

It's not laziness or losing your sharpness -- being in a global pandemic for the last two years is actually making it harder for our brains to make and recall memories, said Amir-Homayoun Javadi, a senior lecturer in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom.

"We tend to habituate and get used to situations," said Javadi, who is also the chief executive officer of Active-Class, a learning management system. "The situation for the past two years has pushed us to not do much and not to plan."

And getting too used to life in this time can mean cognitive damage, memory disruption and trouble maintaining attention, he added.

Contrary to how some people might imagine it, capturing a memory isn't like taking a picture of a moment. It can often be impacted by the context of the situation, Michael Yassa, a professor of neurobiology, told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the podcast Chasing Life.

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[SharonClark]

1. Thanks for posting, it explains why I

wasted an hour looking all over the house for the Covid tests and then was told I never received them.

[inganmistral]

2. "The situation for the past two years has pushed us to not do much and not to plan."

Sounds like everyone in charge of us.

[Skittles]

5. hey

reminds me of that "seasonal employee" snorting at the idea of someone asking to talk to his manager...."....the manager doesn't know what's going on, haven't you ever worked anywhere before?!"

[elleng]

3. Thanks.

Gotta look further, as my life has changed little; retired and live alone, rarely go out, but rarely went out 'before.'

[Skittles]

4. try it when you start work on one day and your shift ends on another day

days off change too, so I am constantly figuring out what day it is