Brain injury throws the question of “Who am I?” into chaos. According to Madeleine L’Engle in her memoir A Circle of Quiet, the self is becoming. Not static but ever changing. Brain injury both reverses and accelerates this process and asks of us a question of being.
Tag: Personal
Psychology Today Post for January: Anniversary View of Fictional Brain Injury
Personal Perspective: Recovery is more than restoring neurons. Pre-existing insults to the brain and social support matter too. Intelligence Alone Doesn’t Mean You’ll Question Out-of-Date Knowledge A doctor once told me I’m doing better than 90 percent of those with brain injury. Even so, after 24 years, I’ve still not fully recovered. Sarah [in the…
My 24th Car Crash-Brain Injury Anniversary
I cannot comprehend that I have lived longer as an adult with brain injury than I did without one. My new life with catastrophic brain injury began on this day almost a quarter century ago.
Left Neglected: A Book Review
Left Neglected is a novel about an intelligent, driven, Type A woman, Sarah Nickerson, who crashes her car and injures her brain due to driver distraction. My review from a brain injury perspective.
How Not to Format a Narrative with Study Guide
A 20th anniversary edition should be a beautifully and accessibly designed integration of the original two books. Not a slapped together one!
Andrew (Andy) Fogg, 4 December 1957 to 7 July 2023
My tribute to a generous and kind friend I made through Flickr and got to visit in 2015. I’m glad I shot so many photos!
Reintroducing Compositionally Shireen with MailPoet
Wanting to make designing newsletters easier and much more attractive, I’m trying out MailPoet and bringing back Compositionally Shireen.
Birthday Gift to Myself
Birthdays aren’t usually a topic on my blog, but this year, the sun is out, the sky is blue, my life has been upended for over a year, and I’m musing over this ⤵️ What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)? My reading. Yeah, I know “found (and kept)” denotes an object. But…
Screen Time Is Me Time
But is it? Isn’t screen time more like social time? How do you manage screen time for yourself? I don’t have timers or use apps that block surfing or social media. I have a routine instead. Way way back, I used to take one day off from all things digital and computer because my “addiction”…