If Santa Claus had brain fog, he might have problems with dates.
He might lose important stuff.
He might forget everyone’s names.
Brain fog might interfere with Santa’s innate sense of direction, forcing him to rely on technology.
He might get confused about the order of gift distribution.
With brain fog, you can make a list and check it twice, thrice, or two hundred times and still forget who is naughty and who is nice.
Brain fog can make you lose stuff, and it can also make you THINK you lost stuff.
Possible diagnoses of Santa’s brain fog:
1) Lyme disease?
Actually, I don’t know anything about reindeer, but puffins are hosts for a tick called Ixodes uriae that carries a European strain of Lyme, borrelia garinii. There was a study done in the Faroe Islands near the Arctic Circle. Puffins also live at the North Pole. Hmm.
2) Has Santa had full thyroid testing including Free T3, Reverse T3, and thyroid antibodies? Brain fog is a symptom of thyroid disease. Also, like many thyroid patients, Santa struggles to lose weight.
3) Does Santa have gut dysbiosis?
4) Santa’s job exposes him to lots of pollution and nasty toxic chemicals. Another reason for brain fog.
5) (Insert your diagnosis of Santa.) Well, I just listed several causes of brain fog, but I’m probably leaving some out because I have brain fog myself. Please feel free to add anything I’ve missed that could apply to Santa Claus. No medical qualifications needed to diagnose imaginary beings.
Happy Holidays, and I wish everyone many pain-free or at least low-symptom days.
Great post!
We better take better care of things if we want Santa to be able to keep doing his rounds!
My worst brain fog triggers are exposures to pollution, pesticides, toxic fragrance chemicals in everyday laundry, personal care, and cleaning products, off-gassing from plastics and technology, some molds, wireless radiation, even a few foods… I am so grateful to have had a few moments without severe brain fog this past year… Would love to have more!
Hope your fogs and symptoms clear and that you can enjoy some fun times over the holy daze ❤
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Thank you! I hope you your brain fog clears too! Wouldn’t it be nice if all our symptoms would just go away, even just for a month?
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This is so hilarious and so true! Good work! Living through brain fog hell at the moment, so it was really good to be able to laugh about it- thank you 😀
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Thank you! I’m glad I was able to give you a laugh. 😃
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This is BRILLIANT! Santa may also be gluten-intolerant, have a sleep disorder, adrenal fatigue or poor mitochondrial function. Poor, poor Santa. No cookies or pasteurized milk for him this year – only kale chips and wheat grass shots…
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LOL thank you! I love your diagnoses! Now I’m imagining people leaving out a plate of kale chips and a wheatgrass shot for Santa. Maybe the elves can get one of those special juicers for wheatgrass.
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How about low Vitamin D? Isn’t the north pole in the middle of like 6 months of darkness right now? Where I live we haven’t seen the sun in so long I’m beginning to wonder if it’s still up there. Everyone I know is dealing with seasonal depression. MerryFrickenChristmas, right? Now where did I put that light box?
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Toxic indoor air quality may have more to do with this than a Vitamin D “deficiency”!
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Thank you, you just reminded me that I need to order new air filter replacements!
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LOL, I think Santa Claus likely does have low Vitamin D, which would not help his potential thyroid condition. Are there vitamin companies that deliver to the North Pole?
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Thank you, thank you for this delightful post! I really needed this funny. Your illustrations are perfect. Just love this. Happy Holidays! 🎅🎄🎁
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Thank you! You too! 🎁🎁🎁
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I am envisioning a whole new Christmas campaign. Some sort of “Help Santa get healthier” kind of theme. Maybe we need to buy him presents instead like a treadmill, a set of weights, and a juicer. LOL!
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I love it! I’m picturing Santa on a Pilates Reformer. Also, maybe he can have some red juice with his green juice … maybe add some beets to keep the colors seasonal.
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Just don’t make the mistake I did: mix red and green veggies or fruits into the same smoothie. Unless you like a grey, mud colored drink. As an artist I should have known better, lol. 😆🍎🍏
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Eww, gray smoothie! Okay I won’t do that. 🙂
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LOVE THIS POST! What a great way to discuss the topic of brain fog. Now I’m too brain fogged to remember what else I was going to say in this comment…
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Thank you! LOL, I know the feeling!
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Very very funny 😛 You could go on and on with Santa Claus. How about giving him a bunch of medications to alleviate each symptom, without ever looking for the underlying cause. You could have a field day with this.
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Just found your blog and you made my day (that is if I could remember which day it is)! I waste a lot of energy repeating what it was I just did because I could remember if I did it or not, argh! You rock!
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Awww, thanks!!
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