Oct 16th, 2020: Having a Brain Fog
More and more people are reporting that they are suffering from brain fog, the symptom of having difficulties to think clearly. The more clinical description for that is cognitive impairment. Some people feel lethargic and find themselves not being able to do more than 2 hours of work daily. All signs seem to indicate to us that there is a significant rise in depression as the pandemic continues.
The medical and scientific communities have begun to do some study about the impact of cognitive awareness among recovering Covid 19 patients. The early results seem to indicate that the coronavirus can cause some damage to the nervous system. There are some concerns about neuro-inflammation and damage to the protective coating of the nerve cell. I am looking forward to their final findings and conclusion.
I then ask myself what I am supposed to do to offer any help to these folks. Brain fog affects our ability to relate and interact with other people and God. We cannot remember what we read. We cannot focus on anything, so how can we pray?
Just rest with the knowledge of God's Grace. After all, who we are in God and doesn't depend on what we do for him. It rests with what Jesus has done for us. So relax and rest and know that nothing really changes in terms of how God is seeing us because we are foggy.
Whether we make any sense at all, God understands our hearts. He embraces our hearts even when we cannot make sense of what we say and think. So when we are foggy, the best option is to surrender ourselves fully to God. Our best is defined by His best for us.
Being honest with ourselves and God, although we don't fully understand what we are going through and dealing with. It is not about having the ability to explain ourselves. It is about being accepted unconditionally by God's love. It is about walking alongside God, trusting that He knows where He is going.
2 Corinthians 12: 9
"But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me."
