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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Last Active: Mar 4 2:30pm | Replies (170)Comment receiving replies
So glad to hear that you're trying the singing! My deficits become much worse when I am tired. Often my body will try to tell me ahead of time that I need to take a break. This is usually in the form of a headache. When I keep pushing forward, too hard, I end up paying the price and then I have to rest. I also have issues with using the wrong word in my speech. So Annoying!! Hang in there and lets keep supporting one another!
Dawn
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My losses become worse when I am tired, hungry, and anxious too. If too much is happening I get anxious and exhausted. The anxiety makes it really difficult to rest. I just keep walking around. Walking around outside helps, if I remember to go out! "Pushing forward too hard is a problem for me too at times. We are both RNs, I think that is a nurse related behavior. When I hear myself use the wrong word, (at first I didnt even hear it) I work with immediately correcting it and relating it in someway to what I was trying to say. I correct it with emotion and emphatic energy and with the correct word. Somewhere I read that increased emotion with the correct word, reprograms the brain. It has helped slowly. Thank you Dawn for your support. You are so therapeutic! I love getting to know you!!