For the past five days I have been running an experiment. The experimental objective was to determine if I am capable of a return to work. In place of an actual employer, I made use of my volunteer job as a simulacra.
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Category Archives: TBI
Pop Up Thoughts
When walking I have recurring pop-up thoughts. These come out of nowhere, and frequently appear unrelated to any current activity. They are like floating bottles with messages in them. They just happen to be floating on the surface of my thoughts.
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Data Points
Whenever I encounter a moment of crisis I go and work at my volunteer “job.” I am willing to perform the very tedious, boring, routine operations that no one else truly wants to do. Another staffer commented on my output. I responded that I really enjoyed endless, dull repetitive work. I saw from his eye response that this may not have been the socially appropriate answer. I appear to be doing a great many socially inappropriate things lately. This is one of the reasons I seek refuge in my “office,” slaving away at a mountain of paper.
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