June 17, 2022

Anxiety and Focus: How One Affects the Other

Anxiety and Focus: How One Affects the Other

If you’ve been feeling forgetful, foggy, or… what was the rest of what I was going to say? You’re not alone! Plenty of studies – quite literally worldwide – are confirming that heightened levels of anxiety caused by the confusion, uncertainty and fear – of this “pandemic era” - has had a quantifiable effect on our working memory, our cognitive capacity, and distorted our sense of time itself. I personally felt a sense of relief when I researched this subject. “I’m not alone in my confusion!” I sighed. And neither are you. Please enjoy this short Bits & Bites episode on how pandemic anxiety has impacted our focus.

Listen to the episode here