Secret Life of the Injured Brain

For the last few years I have noticed that 'Blue Monday' is talked about a lot. It is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year for several reasons that I won't bore you with. Perhaps I have been noticing this new phenomenon as I now am classed as a person who has … Continue reading Blue Monday?

When you get to a certain age you find that you just stick with what you know, where you feel safe and it is easy. I was plodding along and when everything changed I think subconsciously I began to try new things, and I am really enjoying it! You kind of get stuck in a … Continue reading Trying new things

I love doing brain training and try to train my brain everyday. There are lots of things that you can do that is classed as training your brain. When you have a brain injury this needs to start as soon as you can. When you are first recovering, in my case, you don't really know … Continue reading Brain training

It has been a while since my last blog post but I thought that things in the world at the moment have been and continue to be so awful I thought it would be better not to moan about it. It is the end of the year and is usually the time when you look … Continue reading It’s been a really good year (for me) 😁

I think all the time that I have so many questions that I fell that I need answering. I am a bit of a novice to my life, only three years in and I am at a point now that I should know all the answers and if I don’t then someone should be able … Continue reading Unanswered questions

I have been lucky to learn so much about brain injury through my weekly attendance of Headway. I can't remember if we have been told much about the Glasgow coma scale or GCS, but it has been in my head for a while so I guess Headway must of put it in there. I have … Continue reading The Glasgow coma scale

What is this you might say. Well I certainly didn't know what this was until I had it or should I say still have it. To explain it you first need to understand what executive functions are. We all have them but I guess I never realised they all had a certain name when looked … Continue reading Executive dysfunction

Today is the UK is always Restart a Heart day. It’s main aim is to teach the public not only about the need to learn CPR but also to teach it. Of course this was unknown to me three years ago but it can be said is the only reason that I am here today. … Continue reading Restart a Heart Day

I have been thinking a lot in the last week that my illness and what happened to me three years ago is unbelievable to me. I guess it was unbelievable to people who know me at the time it happened and it must of been really scary for people who know me but not for … Continue reading Unbelievable

Well at the beginning of this year at work I was made aware that the job that I do would be downgraded. I guess this wasn't a real surprise to me as the work I do now is completely different to the job I used to do. Work have been so good to me and … Continue reading Being downgraded