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Stupid Stuff I Choose vs. Honest Mistakes
<<This is the second part of a really long post. I decided to separate the two main points and this discussion below is more focused on the need to recognize honest mistakes and have a little more self-compassion,>> I make jokes at … Continue reading
Talking Myself to Death
<<This used to be a post about mistakes vs. plain stupid stuff but it was just too long so I split it after the discussion of the recent social mistake.>> I made a big mistake last week. Well, at least … Continue reading
Posted in Serious Posts on Brain Injury
Tagged Accepting, breakdowns, Cognitive Damage, forgive, Isolation, memory, misunderstood, random, Recovery
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Again with the helmet…
After taking a look at this blog a long-time friend of mine mentioned that the helmet picture in the page header reminded him of a fish like the Haida drawings of salmon. Well I’ll be danged. These look very close; even the colors … Continue reading
Ink or it didn’t happen…
No, I’m not talking about tattoos although putting everything down in tattoos so I didn’t forget would be pretty funny. This is a take on a saying one of my online triathlon friends uses a lot. When someone posts online … Continue reading
Adapting to Memory Problems
My wife just looooved to tell stories about my memory problems in those early days after the accident. Once I got discharged from rehab and sent home it wasn’t so funny anymore. because she was going to have to go back to … Continue reading
People Will Disappear
I’m not going to sugar coat discussions like this one or the previous one about how a brain injury often leaves you a different person. I’ve gotten some comments off-line about how much of a downer this project is so far. … Continue reading
Posted in Serious Posts on Brain Injury
Tagged adjusting, forgive, Isolation, misunderstood, TBI
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Some Things Didn’t Get Wrecked
I’ve noticed that most of these posts tend to dwell on things of a negative nature. Perhaps because I haven’t been posting in my category about my time course in this recovery process. It’s not all bad though. I’ve gotten … Continue reading
Posted in Random Observations
Tagged adjusting, breakdowns, preserved, random, Rebuilding
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You’re probably going to be different.
You might even be that way forever. It depends on the way you sustained your brain injury and how severe it is. Regarding my situation, I sustained a mild traumatic brain injury going on 6 months ago as I write … Continue reading
Posted in Serious Posts on Brain Injury
Tagged Cognitive Damage, Isolation, misunderstood, TBI
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Nine of All Trades 