Let's do the TIME WARP

Michéle suggests making 2023 the year we do everything

- MICHÈLE A'COURT

It turns out we are not losing our minds. Well, okay, I can't -speak for everyone - have you seen the nonsense some people are posting on community Facebook pages? Honestly, it's not us, it's the others.

But this whole thing of not knowing when things happened? How we find ourselves saying, "Gosh, I haven't seen you for two years!" and it turns out actually it's been five years or possibly six months? This is not your fault. Do not panic!

Peer-reviewed analysis from researchers (and let me tell you, this is the best kind of analysis and not generally evidenced on community Facebook pages) at the University of Aberdeen has found the Covid pandemic has caused distortions in how all of us perceive time.

The study kicked off because GPs noticed patients couldn't recall the history of their illnesses. So many people could not answer a simple "How long has your knee been sore?, they decided to launch an enquiry.