Author: A Recovering Brain

All the time I think about things I want to write in my blog but when it comes down to it I have forgotten.  I know I should write it down but I just don't.  So the only thing I can think about at the moment is something I did with one of the volunteers … Continue reading Insight

I didn't realise it until this week that I had lost my sense of smell.  I only know it now because it has come back.  Unfortunately it has come back big time.  It was last week in the evening and I was convinced that there  was someone in the kitchen cooking something.  I knew this … Continue reading Smelly

This is a middle of the night post, I can't get to sleep. I am thinking about things and they are making me angry. My counselling has finished at the moment so have no one to talk to about this.  Need to talk about the brain thing but there is just no-one out there who … Continue reading Angry

A good thing about going to Headway is they do sessions there that are all about brain injury education.  To be honest is sounds quite boring but I have found it very helpful.  I don't think I would have thought this would be helpful but it is, not just for me but I feel like … Continue reading Education

It is so strange to have problems with memory.  When you say to someone that you have problems with your memory they will say my memory is bad too, or say you seem to remember this and that,but is just not the same.  I am touch typing this so I do know my memory is … Continue reading Memory

I don't know why but nowadays every body seems to say this all the time.  My problem is that I overthink things now so whenever someone says it it makes me think about why they say it.  The people who say it to me are really nice and of course it is a nice thing … Continue reading Take care

All the time now I seem to have get used to new things. People will think that is good but believe me it is not. It is tiring. I am now having to get used to going to the job centre to bring in various forms, for various reasons. Feels like I'm not living my … Continue reading Getting used to

How to describe a brain injury... Imagine watching a tv programme that you love for years but suddenly your favourite character is killed off or leaves. You don't like it but you have to get used to it it. After time you do get used to it but it is never the same again. That … Continue reading Brain Injury

I was doing so well but a couple of months ago I had a blip. That word annoys me but I guess it takes my thoughts away from what it was. I am trying to get to sleep but for some reason tonight I am thinking about it. Why did it happen? Does everyone with … Continue reading Blip

I am telling myself all the time to be positive but things keep knocking me back.  This evening I have spent two hours doing some online training for work.  They are really annoying things that everyone has to do at work.  Of course I am not up to date on any of them and they … Continue reading Proactive and Positive