https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/brain-overload/m-p/367899#M17858 <P>Hello Cordy, and a warm welcome.</P> <P>Absolutely, it happens to me on the phone when 3 things go through my mind and can happen at any age but slowly becomes worse with age but will definitely happen with depression as well as with anxiety.</P> <P>If you have a mind blank, you’ll be desperate to fill the spot and it makes it harder to think of what you want to say.</P> <P>Sometimes another name or word may come to mind, but you know that isn't what you were searching for and here I am sitting on a reply to Cordy not knowing what to say because I have a blank mind.</P> <P>I'm very sorry.</P> <P>Geoff.</P> Thu, 31 May 2018 19:24:45 GMT geoff 2018-05-31T19:24:45Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/brain-overload/m-p/367898#M17857 <P>Hi All</P> <P>Does anyone else experience their brain freezing or you blank out for a second when you are thinking of 3 things at once (and you can't stop the racing in your head) and you are constantly on the go. I then feel a bit disorientated for a second and progressively end up exhausted both with my brain and body. By evening my arms or legs will spasm a few times. One of my colleagues experiences the same as also the son of a friend of mine. All 3 of us has anxiety depression. Is this a common experience? Can anyone explain more please?</P> <P>Thanks you</P> Thu, 31 May 2018 10:28:47 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/brain-overload/m-p/367898#M17857 Cordy 2018-05-31T10:28:47Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/brain-overload/m-p/367899#M17858 <P>Hello Cordy, and a warm welcome.</P> <P>Absolutely, it happens to me on the phone when 3 things go through my mind and can happen at any age but slowly becomes worse with age but will definitely happen with depression as well as with anxiety.</P> <P>If you have a mind blank, you’ll be desperate to fill the spot and it makes it harder to think of what you want to say.</P> <P>Sometimes another name or word may come to mind, but you know that isn't what you were searching for and here I am sitting on a reply to Cordy not knowing what to say because I have a blank mind.</P> <P>I'm very sorry.</P> <P>Geoff.</P> Thu, 31 May 2018 19:24:45 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/brain-overload/m-p/367899#M17858 geoff 2018-05-31T19:24:45Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/brain-overload/m-p/367900#M17859 Thank you Geoff Fri, 01 Jun 2018 04:20:07 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/brain-overload/m-p/367900#M17859 Cordy 2018-06-01T04:20:07Z