Author: A Recovering Brain

I never like watching the adverts on the TV. We are lucky nowadays as our TV's allow us to fast forward through them. This only works if you are watching a recording or catch up but that is what I do most of the time nowadays. I am surprised though at how the ads have … Continue reading Adverts

This is the new mantra that you hear all the time. I think it has taken over from 'take care' although some people say both. I am not moaning about people saying it, it's the opposite. It is showing what a great nation and great world we are. We are joing together and staying safe. … Continue reading Staying safe

I used to struggle with this when I was in recovery. It really didn't matter in the beginning as I wasn't really part of normal life. Now that I am I still get occasions when I am unsure what day it is. As life has changed again I am noticing it a lot more. When … Continue reading What day is it?

My plan for this year was to do lots of things. This year I planned to do lots of interesting things but that has been curtailed by the virus. My head is full of things that I want to do and I had started to book things up and plan. I was looking forward to … Continue reading Cancelled or postponed

I have had to use the services of the NHS quite a lot in my lifetime and I have always received great help from them whether in a hospital or in the community. I would say that I have been lucky to have met some great people and I hope that is the same for … Continue reading I love the NHS

Over the last few weeks I have been trying to write positive blog posts. It has been difficult as it is hard to think of good things to write about. The world now has changed and can I say more depressing. I admit that everything has been depressing for me. I am sure that no … Continue reading Don’t stop me now

I guess this is something that we are all trying to do at the moment. It can be hard to do when everything around you is changing, and not in a good way. I have recently wrote about trying to seize the day. I had this urge to do everything and not putting anything off. … Continue reading Staying positive

This is a part of my new new normal.  We don't go out to work anymore, we have to work from home.  Before things changed this was becoming common to many people.  Once a week they would work from home. Actually it was mainly the managers who would do it, the lower paid had to … Continue reading WFH

You hear it all the time, this is the new normal. It is a new phrase that people say but I have been saying it for a long time. I have been adjusting to my new normal for a while now. For the last couple of weeks everybody's lives have been changing as we adjust … Continue reading New new normal

I have been told that one of the things that I needed to relearn when I was recovering was walking. I don't know if it caused by the brain injury or just the weakness in my body after being in bed for so long. I guess it was a bit of both. I remember there … Continue reading Going for a walk