One of my greatest fears is losing my mind. The risk of dementia increases as we age, and as I am currently in my mid-forties, that worry is constantly in the back of my mind.
Recently, I was doing some research for my next niche project related to health. As I was typing and reading my potential list of keywords, I stared at that word.
Health.
Wait, what? This is weird?! I tried pronouncing the word as it was spelt.
Heel-th? He-ayl-th? Huh-l-th??
What the?! Why would I spell it h-e-a-l-t-h?!
I had to Google "health meaning" and it was, in fact, the correct spelling.
BUT I DIDN'T RECOGNISE IT!
So I used Google Translator to translate the Malay word of health ("kesihatan") into English. Again, the letters HEALTH appeared.
I STILL DIDN'T RECOGNISE IT!
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Eff! I thought to myself, is this an early onslaught of Alzheimer's?!
My breathing was short as I did another Google search. This time, I asked Google "sometimes i don't recognise words".
And that's when I learnt about wordnesia: a strange phenomenon of blanking on the spelling or meaning of a common word. Apparently, it can happen to anyone and especially when you're focused on reading or writing. Your brain slows down from automatically recognising the word patterns, and starting to focus on the detailed arrangement of the letters instead.
I believe this was my first time experiencing wordnesia. Darn, it gave me quite a scare. I guess I need to play more Sudoku and exercise more often.
Have you ever had wordnesia before?
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I had no idea that this actually existed as a real thing! In the past, I remember having mind blanks in spelling really simple words like “the” which always surprised the hell out of me! Thanks for sharing this.