Nothing comes.\n\n[[Try harder.|Think harder]]

There was something....\n\nNo, that's not right. Was it...?\n\n....\n\nYou can see the memories over the wall in your mind but you can't reach them.\n\n[[Try harder.]]\n[[It's okay, it doesn't matter.|Vague]]

Sounds. Life. Birds and cars and dogs. \n\nYou can't really tell if it's far away or close, or if it's loud or quiet.\n\n[[Think.]]\n[[Remember.]]

You could do something physical. You could get up and do some chores. You could work on a project. You could call a friend.\n\n... couldn't you?\n\n[[No.|Body says no]]\n[[Yes!|Body says no]]

Everything is bright and dull at exactly the same time.\n\n[[Think.]]\n[[Remember.]]

//"Think, think, think, think...."//\n\nIt makes a pleasant rhythm in your mind.\n\n//Why can't I think of anything?\n\nWhy is everything so hard?\n\nWhy is my brain empty?\n\nEven when I am trying hard, why is all I can think about questions about thinking?//\n\nLimited success!\n\nSome words. Some thoughts. You feel a bit more real when you can think things.\n\n[[Let your mind wander.|Trick yourself.]]

With your eyes closed, you try to find a memory to grasp onto.\n\nEverything in your mind swirls around you like a river current. It's all moving so fast and you're standing still. None of it makes sense, it's all just fragments.\n\nYou reach for something but you cannot hold it.\n\n[[Focus harder!|Focus Remember]]\n[[Maybe a more relaxed tactic - let the memory fragments wash over you instead.|Trick yourself.]]

You look out the window.\n\nIt is sunny, but not too hot. Some birds fly overhead. You can't remember what type they are, but they are white.\n\n[[You are bored.]]

Still nothing.\n\nIt's like standing on a stage in front of an empty theatre.\n\n[[Think in words.|thinkwords]]\n[[Think in pictures.|thinkpics]]\n[[Oh, never mind.|Vague]]

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White.\n\n[[Look around.]]

Blurry and dull, like you're seeing everything through cotton wool. It's not a problem with your eyes. Your brain's just struggling to make sense of their information.\n\nThe sun coming in through the window feels like it stops before it gets to you.\n\n[[Listen.]]

No, you can't do anything.\n\nYou don't remember how to do things.\n\nYou know that you know //how// to do things, but you can't find the information. Your brain won't let you into the filing cabinet.\n\n[[Try to remember how to do things.|Remember.]]

You let your mind wander and try not to hold onto anything.\n\n//Trees. There was a big tree when you grew up that--\n\nThat playground was enormous. So many things and people--\n\nWhatever happened to--?\n\nThat ceremony made you feel--\n\nThen you met--\n\nThat day in the city, there were so many pigeons--//\n\n[[Wait, were you trying to remember something?|Confused Remember]]\n[[That's okay, it doesn't really matter.|Vague]]

Brainfog

[[Erin Kyan|http://erinkyan.com]]

//Friends' faces.\n\nA boat.\n\nA cat.\n\nThe room you are in.\n\nThe room you are in.\n\nThe room you are in.\n\nThe room you are in.//\n\nYour vision is stopping you from imagining pictures.\n\n[[Look out the window.|Window]]\n[[Close your eyes.|Focus Remember]]

Boredom feels like it inflates your brain with water. It sticks to the inside of your eyelids. You fidget.\n\n[[Do something with your body.|Do Something]]\n[[Do something with your mind.|NonStart Start]]

You just need to find a thread to pull.\n\n[[Focus.|Focus Remember]]\n[[Trick yourself.]]

Well, it doesn't matter.\n\n[[Focus outwards.|Window]]\n[[Focus inwards.|NonStart Start]]

Was it important?\n\nIt must have been important, because otherwise you wouldn't be trying so hard to remember it.\n\nOr... maybe it wasn't important?\n\n....\n\n... was it important?\n\n[[Yes! Try to remember!|Remember.]]\n[[Oh... probably not.|NonStart Start]]