Brain Injury Support Group
Traumatic brain injury occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. Outcome can be anything from complete recovery to permanent disability or death. A coma can also affect a child's brain.
I have been scheduled to do some work from home - the first I've done for two years. This was exam marking; something I did prior to my injury. Anyway, have discovered I'm not able to do it. It was switching attention form one task to another that got me. I completely forgot what I was doing over and over. I ended up taking 7 hours doing a 2 hour maximum task. I realised that I would probably still be marking scripts this time next year at that rate. So -that's it - another door closes. Feeling a bit more at peace with it all today (if I can't do it, I can't do it and that's that I guess). Friends being very supportive and saying, "Oh well at least you know/tried." This is the second time I've had to back off from a work plan this year - and I'm not going to commit to anything at all now until I know it's within my capabilities. So, all in all I've learnt something here. Does anyone else put themselves in situations, forgetting it's beyond them or does it get easier in time knowing what you can or can't do?
I've had a lot of similar types of experiences. We really don't know what we can or can't do unless we try. So first of all - GOLD STAR to you for this effort! Some people wouldn't even try.
And - one positive - the fact, honestly, that you recognize what you are not capable of means you are able to self-analyze.
I'm not back to paid work yet - I've had many hurdles thrown my way. But I keep trying & know that it will come together at some point.
I'm somewhere between Cheesecake88 and ElanieLanie. I have paralyses and am starting to walk a bit after a year and /half of limping from bedridden, to wheel chairs, to walkers, to now. I can actually use my computer again pretty well. In fact, I'm rediscovering brief periods where I feel efficient again. It lasts about 15 minutes. I feel like if I keep it up, maybe I can increase it, but I know it will end after an hour to a few. At least for now I am not excited because I have tried like you, only not at a job, but at home. I have tried tasks here and have not been able to get all the way through, so I write down where I was when it all went to hell. It usually doesn't end nicely. I get peeved and tend to start drawing blanks out of frustration so I have to breath deeply or watch TV for a minute to distract my thinking. Then I'm fresh and it takes me a second. Then things turn around in a pattern. I seem to do things in patterns. It is nice to meet you.