No Hope

This post is an attempt to unpack my present experience which is best characterized as one of “No Hope.” I meet with Dr. H later today and I want to ask her for help. My difficulty is that I lack a satisfactory problem definition. What does “No Hope” actually mean? What am I attempting to communicate with that phrase?
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October 2016 End of Month Review

October 2016 End of Month Review

This post demonstrates the value of the blog, and of the End of Month Review. Drafting this post forced a review of Accident Log entries from the past 30 days, and similar data from the Walk Record. It is clear I am encountering a great deal of difficulty. These difficulties will be described within the regular section heads.

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Blog Therapy

I recognize the prior post as an excellent example of Blog Therapy. When I encounter psychological difficulty, I write a blog post. The blog is my Linus blanket.

I use the blog as a way to understand my changed world. It allows me to explore events, to explain them, anchor them, and place them within a cognitive framework that encompasses all the injury after effects. The blog is less a narrative and more a set of minor diagnostic routines applied each time my world bends out of shape, or when I fail to conform.
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