Brain Ages Faster Than Milk in Pandemic Stress Fridge
Apparently, the pandemic didn’t just make us want to binge-watch everything while eating potato chips—it actually 'caused the brain to age quicker' thanks to stress, isolation, and uncertainty. Oh, I’m sorry, did I miss the part where our minds got the same memo as grandma's leftover milk? Experts say surviving the crisis felt like a cognitive 'time warp,' squeezing years out of our brains instead of out of our sweatpants. So much for thinking isolation was just social distancing; it was aging the gray matter like it was on fast forward.
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So let me get this straight: staring at Zoom till your eyeballs scream and canceling brunch with your friends has your brain aging faster? Great, stress-induced wrinkle cream right here! Next up: Netflix-induced dementia!
Stress and isolation aging your brain faster? Guess my sanity is now officially an antique—a collectible nobody asked for.
Brain aging quicker during the crisis? Finally, a scientific excuse for forgetting where we put the keys five times a day!
Source: Wired | Published: 7/29/2025 | Author: Javier Carbajal
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