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I live in London. We have entered our third lockdown and I struggle with my memory. The last funny one was "Game of Thrones". I just could not recall the name of the TV show. I found this article very helpful to understand potential explanations of this phenomena: memory loss x lockdown.

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my experience with high doses of stimulants has taught me that sometimes when your attention is drawn more closely to some concept than is usual there is a sort of "zoomed too far in" effect that makes it difficult to recall details of things less related to the prioritized topic.

Once the significance of the newly over important concept starts to diminish you regain your usual recollection abilities

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