the.com/delirium
When your brain switches to airplane mode but keeps trying to land.
means A sudden, fluctuating state of confusion and impaired attention, usually triggered by illness, drugs, or fever.
from From Latin delirare, literally to leave the furrow while plowing — a mind wandering off its straight row.
Worse at nightConfusion spikes after dark, called sundowning
Often missedDoctors misread it as dementia or fatigue
Usually reversibleFix the cause, the mind returns