Psychiatric disorders don’t just change how you feel – they can also break down the brain’s ability to remember, prioritize, and perform simple tasks. It’s easy to brush your teeth, pay your bills, and stay on schedule when those cognitive abilities are intact, but when they fumble even the simplest task is overwhelming, or as one patient colorfully put it “Shopping at the grocery store is like trying to take an SAT test with a box of crayons.” And here’s that article from Linda Logan on the lived experience of cognitive problems.