I have established a new process for reading Ghost in My Brain. I keep the book by my bed and in the morning, when I wake, and am fresh, I open the book at random and read as much as I can. I am attempting to balance learning about the author’s injury with my own abilities. This process will be modified to capture the page number of the associated text. This process improvement will be incorporated at next reading.
Category Archives: Insight
Unbearable
The book Ghost In My Brain arrived yesterday. The following quote is from the forward:
By the time high functioning individuals with post-traumatic head injury notice that their memories are not what they used to be, or that they have difficulty thinking through a problem they could once have easily solved, massive brain damage has occurred on a microscopic level. Because their symptoms are medically unverifiable and therefore untreatable, they are usually dismissed as the walking wounded, destined to suffer the pain, frustration, and humiliation of not knowing how much longer their condition will last or how much worse it will become.
Bridging Communication
On Thursday, I met with N. The experience was powerful and confounding. I commenced jotting notes to myself in an attempt to unpack what had taken place. This series of posts reflects the trajectory of that day, and my associated analysis.
Amazaon has sent a communication that the Ghost in My Brain book will arrive today. A little worried as I have had problems with reading long form text. Snippets and chunks are OK. An entire book is a daunting proposition.
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