It starts slowly: You can’t find the word that’s on the tip of your tongue; you don’t recognize the new neighbor you met a few days back; you can’t remember what you ate for dinner last night.
Then you notice more problems: You leave the stove burner on after you’ve served a meal; you struggle to remember the date for a major life event, though you’ve always known it; you slip up and tell someone you’re 38 when you’re actually in your 80s. Worst of all, as you’re confusing your age for the year you were born, you actually believe that’s how old you are.
