disorientation

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In June, staff at Barnsley Hospital struggled to diagnose her symptoms - hallucinations, disorientation and high anxiety - and referred her to the mental health team.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Dementia tends to be thought of mostly as a memory-loss disease, but there are many other aspects, including disorientation, difficulty balancing, poor coordination, trouble multitasking, confusion, wandering, apathy, irritability, impulsivity, poor judgment, and social inappropriateness.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

A more severe and concerning case can cause neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness, or paralysis.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

The first two Tame Impala albums, 2010’s “Innerspeaker” and 2012’s “Lonerism,” were filled with carefully assembled psychedelic rock featuring spacey guitar riffs and moments of pleasing disorientation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Other girls at Thurmond could pick themselves up after a few minutes, shaking off the nausea and disorientation like the loose grass clinging to their camp uniforms.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken