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Broken Brilliant Patient Expert

California
I am a long-term multiple mild traumatic brain injury who has overcome plenty of obstacles along the way. I write about my experiences living with MTBI and talk about how I make the most of my life, no matter what my circumstances. I seek to educate and entertain, to inspire and challenge my... Full Bio
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I’m not necessarily slower – I just have more to think about by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Choices, choices… I’ve been thinking a lot lately about concussion/tbi making you “dumber” – slower, etc. When I had my neuropsychological exam, it became painfull ... Read on »
I’m not necessarily slower – I just have more to think about by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Choices, choices… I’ve been thinking a lot lately about concussion/tbi making you “dumber” – slower, etc. When I had my neuropsychological exam, it became pain ... Read on »
Finding a good place by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health May you find your own good place I’m sitting outside this morning, writing in the quiet of the day, before the lawnmowers start and the leaf blowers and the constr ... Read on »
Back to bed? by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Didn’t get much sleep last night. Had some misunderstandings about timing, last night, when we had a friend over. Long story short, we didn’t even eat dinner till 9:45, an ... Read on »
Life after concussion by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health I’ve been thinking a lot about what it must be like in the general population, for people to learn about the impacts that concussion can have on your life – cognitive abil ... Read on »
Traumatic Brain Injury Linked to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Study Suggests by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Find the connections to get some relief I continue to think a lot about the connections between mild TBI and PTSD. After going off the rails last month over some s ... Read on »
Getting ready for the day by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Getting ready… I just came across an interesting blog — Short stories from life . Here’s a good story from it — “A life wasted” . It’s about what can happen whe ... Read on »
So find a way to work it in by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Find what fits If something means enough to you — I mean, really, really enough — you will find a way to make it work. If you really want to change jobs, you w ... Read on »
Bit of sleep last night by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Some sleep is better than none Got to bed around 11 p.m. Woke up around 6 a.m. Got about 6-1/2 to 7 hours, I guess. It’s better than 4-1/2, which I got the oth ... Read on »
Executive Function - revisited by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Reblogged from The Concussion Blog: As the blog progresses we will republish posts that garnered a lot of page views, especially those that have to do with re ... Read on »
Exercise in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health More research about using exercise to deal with anxiety and depression. From the article , some interesting info: Some interesting patterns of response to the exerci ... Read on »
Settling down and keeping up by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Zen Rock Photograph – Frank Burnside – click here to buy a Fine Art Print I got to bed at a decent time last night — 10:30 p.m., versus 12:30 a.m.  Then I woke up ... Read on »
Rest day – sort of by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Chill My right shoulder has been giving me some trouble, lately, so I didn’t lift today. I stretched. Amazing how tight my shoulder is. It feels better now – I ... Read on »
Building readiness by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Get ready, stay ready You never know when something will come up that challenges you, and that is especially true of TBI. With traumatic brain injury, there is oft ... Read on »
On the up-swing by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Up, up and away… I’m gearing up for the coming week. I’ve gotta get my game face on, because my boss’es boss is gunning for bear. They took a look at the work ... Read on »
More rest for the weary by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Got back from one of my errands this afternoon, visiting a friend to pick up some stuff from their house. We ended up talking for an hour and a half. I thought it went wel ... Read on »
Experiment life by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health Mix it up My email is driving me crazy. It keeps filling up with spam, and if I don’t keep on top of it every day, it gets out of control. I know I should be unsub ... Read on »
The benefit of good information – and the hazards of the other stuff by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health I’ve been following the blogging flap about “Head Games”, a documentary about concussions that’s been generating some controversy amongst those who write and are concerned ... Read on »
Vacation! by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health I may not be around for a few days What a word… I’ve been thinking I need one, and sure enough, here it is. Today and tomorrow I’m OFF work (employment work, that ... Read on »
What it takes by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health And plenty of rest I’m resting today. I had a good workout yesterday, and today was an easy day. I’m sore, and I need to recover. Eat right, rest, recover. And the ... Read on »