Hi, just listened to a zoom lecture by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young who wrote the book 'The woman who changed her brain' and then set up the Arrowsmith program.
There's a questionnaire on the webpage that gives feedback for cognitive processing.
Here's the link for anyone wanting to try it. (go to the bottom of the page and in the 'about' is the questionnaire link)
Thanks for that, I'll get Ian to do it Was that one the Course which is on all week? I didn't manage to get on unfortunately.
Did you see Clarke Elliott? I'd like to have seen him.
Hi yes I did. Barbara has been the most inspirational so far though. It's on today as well with different people.
here's a link to the youtube channel that has the talks from the conference/summit
Bought her book. I had heard about the arrowsmith method. She is inspirational.
hi PV, I book marked this tab to do the questionnaire. I started to do it today and got thrown immediately. Doh!! I left the tab open earlier today to ask you this question but now the tab seems to have disappeared so I am using memory here. The first question was similar to "are you a strong problem solver?". I found it hard to answer. I defo was a strong problem solver and since surgery might still be so but overwhelm affects capacity so I might problem solve differently over a longer period of time. Do I still answer "yes I am?"
You need to decide for yourself, there are no right or wrong answers.
i knew you'd say that 🤣afterall it is self-assessment. I have never been good at these type of questionnaires and it is even more more complicated now. I will give it a go but blimey it feels harder than an exam! 😳
So can anyone adise what i should doo next? i'm feeling good- like my old self, am walking well and mentally functioning enough to be writing my second novel post TBI. I lost my job as a solicitor when i got ill, so what next?????
Choose something realistic that you want to do or achieve and work constructively towards it. You can do almost anything you want to so just do it.
I found a strategy for rehabilitating myself from TBI, I wanted to know how and why it worked so I went to university to find out. I have found out and I'm currently writing it up in a thesis. I have multiple third-party interest in an idea to provide rehabilitation techniques based on my research and experience and have been provided with a medical industry business mentor through a government scheme. The rehab model will be rolling out over the next year or so.
I set my goal at finding out why and it has led to bigger things.
So set your sights, focus, work hard and see what blossoms. It's also rehabilitative in itself and creates a new you, giving you an identity.
thanks pinkvision. I like your advice about 'creating a new you.' i have already started and will continue. I like the new life i have (sorry if that's shocking) but financially we don't need to work so keeping busy with hobbies- novel writing. i'm writing a new, fiction book about cats at the moment. Hoping to findsomeone independent to read the first few chapters for feedback. husband's feedback is it's good, but not independent.....juliet.
Maybe you've trained him to say the right thing, so you'll never know if he's being honest!!! about anything!!!!
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