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Concussions and Junk Drawers

Hi! Remember me? It has been far too long since my last post, and unfortunately (or fortunately?), that means that I have a lot to say now . Don’t get too excited though. This is going to be a ‘junk drawer’ of a blog; a bunch of random items all conveniently located in one spot. here's a photograph in case you've forgotten me A caveat: I haven’t been too well lately, so I imagine there are far more spelling, formatting and grammatical errors in this post than usual (I really need to work on getting that editor). I’m sorry! GUEST BLOG POSTS I have been writing for the Brain Energy Support Team (‘BEST’). If you’ve missed reading my blogs (Mom!), you can read two of my posts here: Changing the Language around Self-Care We know self-care is important, but why don’t we practice it regularly? Writer and blogger, Kirsten Short, explores how language impacts our perception of self-care in a fascinating article for the BEST blog. I’m a Brain Injury Survi...

Do you know what a Spoonie is?

The theory was developed by Christine Miserandino to explain what it is like living with a chronic illness or disability (the whole spoon thing may seem weird to you, but she was in a diner when she came up with the analogy and my guess is that knives would have been a bit more dangerous to play with): “The difference in being sick and being healthy is having to make choices or to consciously think about things when the rest of the world doesn’t have to. The healthy have the luxury of a life without choices, a gift most people take for granted. Most people start the day with unlimited amount of possibilities, and energy to do whatever they desire, especially young people. For the most part, they do not need to worry about the effects of their actions… I used spoons to convey this point.” A healthy person will have an unlimited number of spoons, but a Spoonie, someone with a chronic illness or disability, will wake up in the morning ...

Concussions and Lawn Chairs

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