With the multiple streaming services to which we have access and with the constant detachment of our attention from the phone or computer and tablet, it is very easy to forget if one has already watched a movie or series on TV.

For Australian Fraser, however, such a moment of confusion proved to be a warning sign of early dementia. “I sat down to see a movie and my partner said, ‘Yes, we saw that a month ago.’ I watched the movie and the end was an unexpected surprise. At this point I realized that I might have a problem“Says Fraser on his YouTube channel.

Combined with various other memory gaps, Fraser says he was experiencing a “brain fog” which began to have a significant impact on his life: “Sometimes it’s hard to think clearly, you feel that a fog covers your brain and you can’t concentrate on different things. ” ‘I am confused about everyday planning’ completes. “If someone has organized something and then the plans change, I almost always remember the first plan,” he explains.

Fraser began to observe the symptoms in the last two years, but just eight months ago, at the age of 41, he received the definitive diagnosis of “early starting dementia”

The increasingly frequent memory gaps that Fraser had, have begun to have a significant impact on his life. “I remember my daughter had told me many times during the day that she would go to the cinema that night and take a long time”says Fraser. “But the night arrived and I started to freak out, thinking ‘where is my daughter?’. ” He had told him he would go to the cinema, but a few hours later the 41 -year -old Australian had completely forgotten it. “Really horrible … I got to the point where I was ready to call the police” narrates. At that moment, his daughter phoned him as he had just come out of the cinema.

Fraser has learned to face many of the consequences of Alzheimer’s disease, using his diary of his phone which helps him remember his program -and his family -. While connecting dementia to the elderly, says Fraser, the disease can hit at any age.

According to surveys, only 5% -10% of Alzheimer’s cases are diagnosed in people under 65 years of age.

After his diagnosis, Fraser observed other symptoms that make him difficult in his daily life. In the last six months, for example, Fraser “forgets” how to do some things he has done thousands of times, such as closing the shower and driving a car. However, he is able to go to work and does not feel that the symptoms control him. But more and more often he finds himself exhausted at the end of the day. “I feel as if my brain is full”, He says.