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Tag Archives: Cognitive Damage
My Homework at the Mall
Or maybe it was a Cub Scout merit badge or something. This week I was given a homework assignment by one of my therapists. She asked me to simply go to a mall and try to do some Christmas shopping … Continue reading
Posted in Random Observations
Tagged adjusting, Cognitive Damage, sensory overload, strangers
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A Mild Dramatic Brain Injury
In my very first post here I mocked myself for being a bit dramatic. But maybe it’s a testament to my slow progress that it took me more than a month to come up with the larger joke in the title of this post. This … Continue reading
Posted in Random Observations
Tagged articulate, Cognitive Damage, misunderstood, random, TBI
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Spammed because of online brain training?
Well, I suppose it was bound to happen regardless of my having a TBI but I’ve been notified by some folks that my email account has been sending out “quizzes” from a site called IQ Elite (definitely does not merit … Continue reading
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Tagged Cognitive Damage, honest mistakes, random, risks
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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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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
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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Where the hell did I park the car?
I can only imagine how it might have been to have a brain injury during a time when remote car keys didn’t exist. Sheesh. That reminds me. I should replace the battery in my remote so maybe it can have … Continue reading
I’m fortunate my TBI is considered mild.
Really. In the grand scheme of things it could have been so much worse. Before I get too far into this post I should say that there are so many different things to say about that. I realized as I … Continue reading
Nine of All Trades 