When I first stated seeing Dr. D, she introduced me to the concept of Self-Efficacy. This is a psychological concept which describes individual belief in ones general ability to perform an action, or meet a challenge. Recently, I came across a self-report instrument titled the General Self-Efficacy Scale or GSES.
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Category Archives: TBI
New York, New York
This is a picture of New York, New York. The foreground figure is the same person to be found in this image, and this one, and also this one. It is hard to believe the changes that time makes to an urban skyline.
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Burrs, Burdock, and Neuropathic Pain
I just discovered another advantage to the blog, one that I never in a thousand years would ever have conceived. Yesterday, I went for a walk at dawn. On the return journey, I stopped to photograph some burdock heads waving in the wind (see above). Look closely at the end of the burrs. You can see the tiny fish hook shape that permits the burr to attach itself to your clothing. The inventor of Velcro developed the product idea from an identical observation.
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