You're partway through saying something when the rest of the sentence simply drops out. The pause isn't for dramatic effect. You're standing there searching for the thought that was available one second ago.
- stopping halfway through a story and asking what you were talking about
- forgetting the key word just as you reach it
- starting an answer in a meeting and losing the point before the end
- trailing off with your hand still raised as if the missing sentence might return
Looks vs reality
The same Experience can look very different from the outside than it feels on the inside.
Looks like you're uninterested or zoned out.
My brain's search engine just crashed while looking for the perfect word.
Looks like you didn't know what you were going to say.
I had it! The entire thought was fully formed, and then it just... vanished.
Looks like you must be tired or unfocused.
My brain is actually hyper-active, processing so much that the spoken thought got deprioritized.
Looks like you just lost your train of thought, like everyone does sometimes.
It feels less like losing the train and more like the tracks suddenly disappeared beneath it.
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