Been going to this BI group from May great getting to know people, but makes me realise how hard it must be for people without it to understand how it effects people. The man who set group up had BI 5 and half years back and is very open about what he’s been through and how it effected him and still does. I’ve known him 6 month and only just now spotting how he still struggles with BI. He has always said memory and concentration.
I expected driving and talking would be something he struggled with, but he’s fine with that. Overall to see him you wouldn’t know he had BI. It’s only last few week I’ve noticed him struggle with stuff like concentration and doing more. First time was few week ago we all had a form to fill out about how BI effects us and he had to go into room alone cos he couldn’t concentrate with people talking. Next was today he had agreed to do some fitness training with me and was 45minutes late. I was obviously getting fed up of waiting and said finally when he got there. He is normally happy and willing to have a joke, but he just said don’t. That’s not like him at all so I just left it. While I was on exercise bike someone came in on about going to an allotment we were going to next. He did seem to manage ok here but said he was struggling watching me and talking to the woman. He did later mention it and just said he just wanted to get on with my training but had to talk to a woman who wanted to know about his BI so was feeling under pressure. Later on I asked him to see if he could find me on a running app and he said he had a lot on his mind so would later or more likely next week when I remind him.
