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Older people are not shy about telling you about how you’ll physically slow down and degenerate in a 100 little ways as you age, but they’re very coy about admitting that you also get mentally slower, duller, and less imaginative. Some mix of denial and genuine fear I suppose.
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Being mentally slower and duller means they don’t know they are getting mentally slower and duller, and being less imaginative is frequently misread as coyness.
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Is it possible you're distracted by your expertise and memories and that this distraction makes you feel slower and less sharp in many situations? (distracted being a mental state rather than a medical one)