[Mirioron]

I've (probably) had a ministroke (TIA). What surprised me is that typing was affected in the same way for me. In my mind I made a coherent sentence with words, but when I read back what I wrote, I understood that it was a garbled mess. I tried again, failed, and became frustrated.

The crazy part to me was that I realized something was wrong, but it never occurred to me to ask for help. I tried to stubbornly keep working. I was trying to set up IIS at the time. I knew what I was roughly doing, but I kept forgetting what I was specifically doing. Reading those chat logs reminds me that even my own brain can fail me.

[bovermyer]

Relevant: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_strok...

[micheljansen]

You should really get that checked out if you haven’t already. A TIA can be a precursor to a full on stroke or otherwise have lasting consequences. An MRI can confirm all is good in your brain.

[Mirioron]

That was years ago and I haven't had health insurance in a long time now. Nothing has happened, so far though. Funnily enough, life did actually go downhill after that. I never thought that it was related, but in the half a year to a year that followed it, I dropped out of school and left work. I haven't really been able to put the pieces together since. It's as though I have no motivation to do anything long term. I kind of doubt it's related though. One day I'll get it check out though.