Author: A Recovering Brain

I am not saying this to anyone in particular.  But I do think that people may be saying it about me.  I am not going to shut up for the moment as I need to write this down to get it out of my head!  Over the last four years I have been saying I … Continue reading Just shut up and carry on

Today is another Restart a Heart day. It is a day to highlight the importance of learning CPR. I feel like I go on about it a bit but I do feel very passionate about it. But restarting a heart does not just involve doing CPR. The use of a defibrillator is just as important. … Continue reading Restarting the heart

I was never one to go to the gym. I suppose I always used the excuse of not needing to as I was not overweight. People think that the only reason for going to the gym was to lose weight but I have been learning that it can do much more than that. I would … Continue reading Gymtastics

Well it has been four years now and a lot of things have happened, good and bad. In the beginning I didn't really understand what was going on but when I did then the bad things began to happen. Another thing that I have learnt over the last couple of years is to not dwell … Continue reading Remember the good things

Over the last few months I have learnt a new skill. It is the remember whenever I am doing something, to look behind me as I always forget something. I guess this is a connected with having a bad working memory. I find this very useful when I am at home and I am going … Continue reading Look behind you

Next month it will be four years from when my life changed. I always feel pretty awful when September approaches and this year I thought that it would get better. But now that September is looming, I am starting the feel awful again. In my previous life I was lucky to have not too much … Continue reading It’s that special time of year again 😒

When I was a child I don't remember ever being asked if I wanted to learn to play an instrument. At school I can remember the music room and the pictures of the composers on the wall. I was into sport and loved playing tennis so I guess that is what I focused my time … Continue reading Hitting the right key 🎶

Over the last couple of years I have done lots of different things but I have never felt really busy. I can't remember how I was in my 'old' life but I guess I was busy. Nowadays I have to take things pretty slow and I find that if I do too many things at … Continue reading Busy as a beaver

Well I think everyone is thinking this at the moment. Is life going to get back to normal? No one really knows but this does remind me of the time when I was first recovering from my brain injury. I did realise that my life had changed but I was told that things would get … Continue reading Getting back to normal?

You may notice now that we are allowed to go out more that you will see people a sunflower lanyard. I have one and I wear it when I go to work. I have had it for a couple of years now, when they first appeared I didn't really wear it much but when you … Continue reading Sunflower lanyard