About this site
A practical guide to brain fog: what it feels like, and small first steps you can try in ordinary life.
How it feels from the inside
People often describe a hazy curtain between you and the room. The day is still there, and it feels a step away. This site starts from that feeling. It does not name a cause, and it does not promise the feeling will lift.
Who writes it
The site is written and maintained by Nate. It is an educational project. It does not take patients, and it does not diagnose or treat. No article invents an expert, a patient, or a testimonial.
A “Reviewed by” line can appear on a page later, if a real person is named on that article. That byline is optional. It is not required to publish, and this site will not invent a name to fill the line.
How an article gets published
Every article file has a status:
- Draft. A working outline or unfinished page. It can be previewed while writing. It is left out of the production build and the sitemap.
- Review. Ready for the owner to read. It is still left out of the production build and the sitemap.
- Published. Only after the owner approves. The page must list real https sources and a plain last-updated date. A check script blocks the build if those are missing.
A short “When to get checked” note is optional. It belongs only on a page where fog can show up alongside something else, such as sleep apnea, a thyroid change, or a medication. The reviewer byline stays off until someone is actually named.
An article stays in draft until the owner approves publishing. A writing tool does not get to flip that switch on its own.
Sources
An article that states a fact a reader might rely on cites a real source: a public-health page, a research summary, or a paper a reader can open. The sources list sits at the bottom of the article. Numbers are copied only from a source that was actually checked. If a figure was not checked, it is not used.
How the writing is worded
- Associations stay associations. Fog that shows up alongside short sleep is not a claim that one thing caused the other, or that a change will clear it.
- Small first steps: sleep, food, movement, and stress. No cures, no treatment claims, no dosing, and no supplement hype.
- No fake patients, composite stories presented as real, or testimonials used as evidence.
- No forum, comments, or any place for strangers to give each other advice about symptoms.
- No diagnosis. The recognition exercise on the “What it feels like” page says plainly that it is not a test or a diagnosis, and it does not store answers.
Money
There are no ads, no affiliate links, and no product referrals on this site. There is no account to sell. If that ever changes, the change will be written on this page before it appears in an article, and it will be labeled where a reader can see it.
Independence
This site is its own project. It does not send readers to other brands, clinics, or products. A reader’s note to us stays on this project. It is not forwarded anywhere else.
Corrections
If a page is wrong, write to hello@fixbrainfog.com. Say which page and what looks off. Corrections are part of the editorial policy, not a favor.