Yes I experienced this. Most of my anxiety is related to work (lucky me) so whenever I'm feeling anxious at work I will easily forget things, make mistakes, or not fully grasp a task I need to do, for example I once had someone ask me a question and I didn't fully focus on the question they asked because I was feeling so anxious so I totally had a brain fart right in front of them.
It's more embarrassing than scary for me. It makes me feel like I'm stupid or something sometimes, but I just remind myself it's the anxiety.
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