The Feral Truth About Becoming a Human Reminder App (and somehow still forgetting your own stuff)

The Feral Truth:

Your brain is no longer yours.

It’s public property now.

You are:

• the medication reminder

• the appointment tracker

• the symptom monitor

• the schedule coordinator

• the “did you remember to…” person

Basically a human Alexa with anxiety.

And somehow?

Even while carrying everyone else’s life in your head…

you still forget your own stuff constantly.

You’ll remember:

• six appointment dates

• medication timing

• which doctor said what

• and the exact wording of a conversation from three weeks ago

But your own dentist appointment?

Gone.

Your coffee in the microwave?

Forgotten for the third time.

The package you meant to return?

Still in your trunk since February.

Because your brain is overloaded.

Not lazy.

Not disorganized.

Overloaded.

Caregiving creates this constant invisible mental traffic that nobody sees.

You’re always tracking something.

Always anticipating something.

Always trying not to miss something important.

And after a while, your brain starts dropping non-essential information for survival.

Unfortunately, “where did I put my phone?” becomes non-essential.

So now you walk around your house saying:

“Where is it?”

“What was I doing?”

“Why did I come in here?”

Like a confused Victorian ghost.

And honestly?

At this point, if your brain remembers your own name by Friday, that’s a win.

That’s the Feral Truth.

Yours in chaos,

~Kari, The Feral Caregiver