Author: A Recovering Brain

A lot of our life is taken up by worries, small ones and big ones. Some of them can stop you from doing things. When I was first recovering from my brain injury I didn't have many worries. I didn't really know what was going on so I didn't really know what to worry about. … Continue reading Don’t worry, be happy

Today someone reminded of something that I really didn't want to remember. Luckily I have my headphones and listening to classical music has really helped me to refocus on other things. Yesterday evening I was listening to someone talking about meditation. She described it as being in the matrix. This reminded me about something someone … Continue reading In the Matrix

I have learnt a lot about volunteering in the last couple of years. When I was first recovering and insistent that I would be going back to my normal job, volunteering was suggested as an alternative. I was very reluctant to do it. Maybe subconsciously I probably knew I wasn't up to it. Luckily where … Continue reading Volunteering

I have a new word that I hate hearing - client. In my previous life I never really heard this word but in my new life I hear it all the time. It is strange because I am referred as a client in many areas of my life now, I seem to hear it all … Continue reading Patient or client

I was thinking about this today and I hope I haven't written about it before. I have noticed that I am trying a lot of new things nowadays. I was thinking why this is. I think that I realise that life can be short and can be over in a second so why not try … Continue reading Trying new things

The last few weeks I have been thinking about things that happened to me around this time last year. It is strange as this time last year I was dreading September, the whole month. I was focusing so much on what happened the year before in September, I lost focus and had a mental health … Continue reading August last year

Recently I have the feeling that people are getting a bit fed up with me. I get fed up with myself, keep going on about things. I see a counsellor now who is great to talk to and we talked a bit about this. When I was first ill I would get messages every day … Continue reading Don’t give up

I was watching TV a while ago and a person said this phrase and I really liked it. He was talking about a bad time in his life and thinking in this way helped him get through it. Some things are easy to get through but other moments are harder to get through and you … Continue reading A small moment in my life

I have been thinking about writing about this for a while and yesterday at Headway we did an activity that touched on this. What is my purpose in life. It is another thing that you don't really think about day to day but I guess when you go through such a thing as I have, … Continue reading Purpose in life

You don't really think about it, when your life is 'normal', that your life is full of routines you do day to day. You don't really think about them you just do them. I am trying to start them again, I guess it's a way of trying to get back to a 'normal' life again. … Continue reading Routines