Author: A Recovering Brain

Today is my second reborn day. People who suffer a cardiac arrest like to celebrate the day and not look back at it and get depressed. It is not easy to do as as I have written before as it has approached my sense of dread has increased. I can't remember anything that happened on … Continue reading Reborn day

What is SCAD you will probably say. Well two years ago on next Wednesday I had a SCAD heart attack. SCAD stands for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. SCAD is easier to say. The most annoying thing about having this 'condition' is that no one knows what causes it. In fact the people who suffer a … Continue reading SCAD

I have found now that I use this word all the time. All the time I say this is frustrating or I used to know how to do this it is so frustrating. I need to make a list of all the things that frustrate me now but that would be a long list. I … Continue reading Frustrated

Before I was unwell I didn't really do much exercise. Over the years I would use an exercise bike and go walking which is good exercise. I can't remember why, probably as I felt my stomach was getting a bit flabby, I started hula hooping. I loved doing it and over time I increased the … Continue reading Hula

I was talking today about this time of year. Two years ago in September a really bad thing happened to me. All last year as September was approaching a sense of dread was building up inside of me. I didn't cope with it very well last year. Tomorrow it is September and I have a … Continue reading When September ends

I love the film The Greatest Showman and have watched it many times in the last year. It is an uplifting film and when I finish watching it I feel good inside. The song 'This is me' is something that I discovered around this time last year when I was struggling with things, getting used … Continue reading This is me

At the moment I see a counsellor every week. I have wanted to write about this for a while as it has been so helpful for me. The only problem with counsellors is the price you have to pay to see one. Before I start moaning, the one that I see is great, understands brain … Continue reading Counselling

I can't remember if I have written about this before. It is about this time last year when I finally realised two things. The first was how ill I had been. I don't really remember all the bad things that happened to me, How close to death I was. People will say that is is … Continue reading When I realised

I haven't been feeling great for few weeks and I talked to someone today and it helped me realise why. For the last two years around this time it has been a really bad time for me. Two years ago was really bad and last year was quite bad too. I don't think I have … Continue reading Feeling blue

When you are a child you learn how to do things. Learn how to read, learn how to write and learn how to do maths. When you have a brain injury you often have to relearn all these skills. I didn't have a problem with reading. I can read something that is quite small in … Continue reading Relearning