I can pinpoint the exact moment that I realised my brain was still broken from the pandemic.

A few weeks ago, while riding the train, I decided to send off a few overdue email replies. Fast forward 45 minutes, and there I was: sitting cross-legged on my destination platform, email forgotten, frantically toggling between tabs. It was, by now, a grimly familiar experience of my pandemic-era cognitive performance.

Beginning in the spring of last year, with the first lockdown, I’d often get distracted and overwhelmed, then lose the plot of my task — a common Covid-era affliction. (The simple act of folding laundry became a slapstick-worthy fiasco.)

But now I was fully vaccinated, making plans, and even socialising indoors again. Life was starting to appear almost, well, normal. I felt good. Why had my brain missed the memo – and could I get my trusty pre-pandemic brain back?

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