Your post seems clear to me, but if you want to could you get therapy?

I am a writer. I can tell you some tricks from creative writing. When we get writer's block.

I am not sure that most folks realize this. When you see a professional piece of writing...whether it is an article, or a novel, a play, a movie script...whatever...

That is not the product of someone sitting down and writing something. That is the product of someone writing something down...and then going back and doing a full TEN revisions of that writing.

It takes TEN pages of writing, to just have one good page.

So, an answer for you is time. Take time with your writing. Write something down. Let it sit there. Come back to it in another hour. Add another word or phrase. Add another descriptive word. Look up synonyms...

Let yourself be absorbed in the words. Most folks just rush through their writing. Just write something down...let it sit on the page. Get a cup of coffee and just muse over it. More words will come over time.

A friend of mine got a poem published in a major publication. Now, this is a true story. That poem was short, maybe 12 lines. It took her TEN YEARS to finish that poem! She wrote something and just would come back to it over time.

One key for memory is the senses. If you forget something, try to remember the feel on your skin of some wood, how cold the room was. Any memory of sense, should help bring out more memory.

Try to create a backstory. Or try to create a setting. So, say someone asks you, "How do you experience pain?" And the words won't come. Just go into your memory and remember some past experience of pain. Any pain. And just dwell on some memories of pain. It should help awaken your brain to a connection with that experience. But a memory, not an imagination. That is a different brain process.

That might help.

I mean, a neurologist experienced in brain injury would, obviously know more. I am just giving you my experience from memorizing lines, public performance, etc. etc. etc.

Those of us who have sustained powerful injuries do find progress. Time does make a difference.

So, you know, give it time, let the process work for you and you will find progress. Almost every single last one of us does find progress.

Take care now.

you wrote:

I also have traumatic brain injury. I lost my sense of smell and taste.
I’m new to this. So I do not know how to navigate through here. I have difficulty finding the correct words to express what I try to say. I forget to say my point in a sentence. It’s not easy to communicate. Gets somewhat frustrating. Beside pain and COPD
Breathing and heart. Anyone have any ideas on how to deal with this when trying to answer questions? Etc.