Is It Normal Forgetfulness or Early Dementia

So what I tell people is it is not uncommon for us to start having these little memory hiccups around midlife, age 40, and starting at about that point where we start to forget certain things. Like I could tell you with me personally, sometimes I walk into a room like I'm going into my kitchen. And I walk in there and I look around and I just cannot for the life of me remember what I went in there for. That's a very, very common occurrence with normal aging forgetfulness. You walk out, you start going back to the room you came from, and then all of a sudden, oh yeah, now I remember. Or you forget a friend's name, or you misplace your you set your iPhone down, your smartphone, and, you know, you're calling it, you're retracing your steps, you cannot remember where you set it down. These are all examples of normal aging forgetfulness, and it is not a reason to be concerned or worried. What tends to happen by mid-stage of dementia— and I'm using dementia