Comments on: Where does the time go? A day flies by after brain injury https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/ Discover - Empower - Thrive Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michelle #jumbledbrain https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-4092 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:27:10 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-4092 In reply to Michelle P.

I totally understand how comments like “just work in 5 -15 min stints” can make you feel alone, especially when it’s coming from someone who is supposed to know something about what you’re going through but has completely underestimated what it’s like to live with a slow processing speed. But there is plenty of us out there who totally relate to your experience, we get you.

]]> By: Michelle P https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-4091 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:53:21 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-4091 Wow! First time reading your article and want to say thank you for being so open and sharing your story with us. You put words to how I feel and what I struggle with every day. Now I don’t feel so alone and that it’s not me – it’s my brain. It is hard to explain to others let alone understand it myself. I struggle with “time” everyday and live exhausted. My Provider told me to set a timer 5-15 minutes to work on a task and I thought to myself it takes me that long to figure out what I am supposed to do, let alone complete a task. It has been 8 years since my 1st brain tumor, surgery and radiation. Just like the others it seems so long ago but then it feels like it was just yesterday at times. Thank you and look forward to reading your other articles.

]]> By: Michelle #jumbledbrain https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-3863 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 16:40:03 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-3863 In reply to Lynn.

Sending you virtual; hugs Lynn

]]> By: Lynn https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-3861 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:35:51 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-3861 When my Neurosurgeon used the phrase “in older people” I knew the prognosis wouldn’t be good. Because my life expectancy is already short by virtue of my age, the loss of time/productivity/anxiety are very very annoying and frustrating!

]]> By: Michelle #jumbledbrain https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-1740 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 04:54:02 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-1740 In reply to Joanne WOOD.

You are definitely not alone on this one Jo. It’s just something that is difficult to explain and therefore might not be talked about so much. Yes people might say that they get less done because they have to stop for a nap, but it’s harder to explain what stopped you from completing things when you were awake the whole time. I love that you have taken so much from the other comments here too. We are stronger together.

]]> By: Joanne WOOD https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-1739 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 02:36:31 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-1739 Wow Michelle, this makes so much sense. As I read your blog, I felt a ‘tick list’ going off in my head. You’ve put into words exactly how I think and function. I write a diary every night and work through what I’ve done and achieved, it helps me keep track of fatigue, headaches as well as who I have seen or where I have been. I look at what’ve done and think, ‘ I used to do all that and more and work full time and have a busy social life before this brain injury’ and yet I’ve filled the day again , with just day to day stuff. So much is all so put off to tomorrow, or added to my long list of reminders on my phone. The comments of others on this subject also are so helpful, and I realise there are lots of us living at a tortoise speed and doing the best we can despite our brain injury’s.
One of the hardest tasks I find is emptying the dishwasher, putting everything away and the cutlery drawer feels like I am pushing through treacle to place the mixed knife, forks, spoons and teaspoons into their correct place, I actually physically feel drained as well as mentally exhausted from this task. Thanks for highlighting this, it makes so much sense and I am not alone!

]]> By: Michelle #jumbledbrain https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-1623 Thu, 07 May 2020 15:55:04 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-1623 In reply to Melanie Goodwin.

Thanks Melanie. Because children change more than adults they really are a visual reminder of how much time as passed.

]]> By: Melanie Goodwin https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-1620 Thu, 07 May 2020 15:36:12 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-1620 I feel like Rip Vanwinkle. My stroke was six years ago, but it feels to me as though it were one year ago. So if I see anyone’s children, say on Facebook, I am shocked to find that they have grown up! I ask myself, how did this happen? I know it is because my brain cannot process time well anymore—So I loved your article.

]]> By: michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-1274 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:28:55 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-1274 In reply to Angie Turner.

Thanks Angie that’s a good way of looking at it

]]> By: Angie Turner https://www.jumbledbrain.com/time-brain-injury/#comment-1273 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 18:23:40 +0000 https://www.jumbledbrain.com/?p=2122#comment-1273 Time just tick ticks away. Don’t feel a bit guilty for sitting and regrouping.

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