Why You Keep Forgetting Things as a Cancer Caregiver

Why does cancer caregiving make it so hard to remember simple things, stay focused, or feel fully present in everyday life?

In this episode, Charlotte continues the Mental Load of Cancer Caregiving series by naming what cognitive overload feels like in real time: forgetting why you walked into a room, rereading the same paragraph, losing track of conversations, and feeling like your brain is not cooperating in ordinary moments.

She explains why this is not a personal failure but the cost of running a caregiving system in the background of daily life, and offers a small practice to help interrupt the spiral when the fog hits.