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Hey everyone! I’ve really appreciated everyone sharing and even those who haven’t chose to or been able to just yet I am thankful to be able to hear each individual story. It’s difficult for me to grasp how vastly different each injury and recovery are in regards to brains. I was feeling quite hopeless about all the abrupt changes to my memory, processing,and vision well everything really and I was kinda mourning the old me being so far in the past and comparing the deficits between the pre injury Me vs Post injury Me that I forgot to celebrate the fact that I’m still breathing and each tiny hurdle that is being overcome or well let’s say adapted to so I started out this morning with a great cup of coffee and showing up for our support group then before planning the day in my apps I thought I’d share a gratitude list from the new me one, not sure if I should but grateful I’m off work lol while I attempt at recovery two I’m super Grateful for the “reminders” app and my “calendar “ & alarm clock app three I’m extra super grateful for the speech therapist who taught me how to use them to suit my specific needs four I’m so grateful my cats love me no matter how slow clumsy angry or forgetful I am! And last but not least I’m grateful for the relief my medication gives from time to time from symptom burden does not cure or fix the injury but makes it a bit more tolerable for functioning inside my own skin ( bad anxiety made 10x worse PCS so yes I’m grateful to all “my People “ that’s kinda nice too I never had “a People” before now so to my new People I’m so grateful You’re still breathing too!

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@headrockingmomma - I think that the attitude of gratefulness will get you far. I ended up in cognitive behavioral therapy years ago when I didn't know anything about it, and I truly found that ruminating on negative thoughts all day (e.g., I'm no good) will just wreck you after awhile.

Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, and I'm grateful you are still breathing, as you mentioned, and that you are taking your medications and using tools that will help you function optimally despite your injury. You are indeed among "your people" here.

What turned you around from grieving and mourning (which are normal, by the way), to focus on what you wanted to celebrate and be grateful for?