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YOU’RE YOU

BUT YOU’RE NOT YOU

Issue 14 - 2016

MENTAL HEALTH

MANAGE YOUR CONDITION

IMPROVE COGNITION

IMPROVING AWARENESS

THERAPY

RELATIONSHIPS

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Editors

Readers Letters ‌ Send letters to: letters@healthisyourwealth.co.uk

Message

Please note some of Karen, East Midlands these

articles

are

written by patients who I love what you are are still in recovery. doing here. We in the Welcome to issue 14 (the last edition of 2016). This year has really flown by quickly; however one of the most critical things that has

These

articles

are TBI community need

deliberately unchanged something like this. and

may

spelling,

contain

punctuation Donna, Liverpool

and grammar mistakes.

occurred is coming to the realisation that accepting less than 100% recovery is okay

and

making

that

determination at the right time is crucial. Now we can start the next part of our journey!

A copy of our medical I saw this magazine in disclaimer

plus terms

in my hydrotherapy and conditions is on waiting and picked it our website. up. I felt compelled to drop you a line to let Thank you for your you

know

what

a letters.

We

great mag. this is. acknowledge

David, Editor

can’t all

the

Keep up the good letters but will aim to respond to each one!

work!

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Contents Editors message and Reader Letters Contents Contributors

2 3 4

RELATIONSHIPS Better Manage Fatigue ?

5

Willing to listen

8

The Kids Have To Grow Up

9

Driving After a Brain Injury

12

Renewing a mortgage

16

Slow Everything Down

17

IMPROVING AWARENESS Derby Head Injury Team

18

Impact of Emotional Intelligence

23

MANAGE YOUR CONDITION Importance of Nutrition

38

Importance of a routine

44

IMPROVE COGNITION Train Your Brain

45

Brain Training Applications

48

REVIEWS & SUBSCRIPTIONS Book Review

53

Movie Review

54

Subscriptions Key Contacts Supporting Awareness

55 56 57

MENTAL HEALTH Turn ‘a Bad’ day into ‘a Good’ day 26 Headway: New Publications

28

Keep Motivated

32

THERAPY

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Contributors To this issue Thank you to the authors who gave their time to this magazine. Without your valuable content this issue would not have happened!

Exercise: Body Maintenance: Lucia Lawless Living with brain injury—Derby Head Injury Team

Impact of Emotional Intelligence - Daniela Silva Keep motivated—Christine Hynd Exercise, Maintenance for your body - Christopher Stapleton Nutrition - Michelle Pitt Paul Skillington - Better Manage Fatigue ?

Driving After a Brain Injury - Michelle Munt Book Review - Gerry White

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have not experienced it. Yet for those

“Better Manage Fatigue ?”

people who do suffer fatigue it’s a complete nightmare. Imagine taking a shower and afterwards having to take a nap because

Fatigue is probably the most difficult thing to

the thinking involved; getting a towel,

manage and has a massive impact on your

shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and using

recovery. Unless you have experienced it

them in right order etc. is just so

yourself it is not easy to understand the effect

cognitively draining that the result is

or explain it. There is physical fatigue which

collapsing from exhaustion.

results in tiredness and mental fatigue which This is horrible for you and your family. I

and you having to go to sleep. Once you have

am sick of hearing

woken up from a sleep it’s like someone has pressed the 'reset button' and everything is

“You have to be quiet now because

okay again. The problem is that with physical

daddy is sleeping”

fatigue is you get some warning signs that you are getting tired and can pause to take a rest.

or having to go to sleep in the afternoon so you can spend some quality time in the

However with mental fatigue it is the opposite,

evening with the children.

there are no warning signs at all. By the time it hits you there is nothing you can do about the situation but go to bed. Plus this event always seems to occur at the most inopportune

The good news is it probably will get easier and as your journey progresses over time fatigue may get better or easier to manage!

moment. This is one of the reasons its so difficult to manage or explain to people who

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Relationships

can result in your body literally shutting down

From my own experience, there seem to be The approach to a task, no matter how ‘simple’, two types:

is to break it down into manageable chunks so that completing one is a little victory. A reward

Physical and Mental

helps to give a sense of achievement. This is important because it will improve state of mind

The causes are many and various. When I as well as give you a rest. wake up one of my first thoughts is: But setting the goal has to be achievable. Set the

‘I’m not going to let anything mess up bar low. It’s a case of what you can do and not my day.’

This is more realistic than:

what you want to do.

If you need help then ask for it. This is generally physical jobs although the mire of forms that

‘Nothing’s going to mess up my day.’

most of us get is tiring.

Even the people caring for or helping us can get I have a week planner pad on the wall so that I can see what is supposed to happen on each day. The only constants on there are cat litter (daily) and bin out Wednesday and back in on

fatigued.

With

that

in

mind,

there

are

organisations that can assist. For example, in the UK we have the Citizens Advice Bureau who will help.

Thursday. Appointments are written down as well. Not rocket science but it means that I have some idea what I will be doing that day.

That does help.

Your hospital department or doctors surgery usually have a list of sources of assistance. Not everyone can get help when they need it, if at all. So it’s got to be bit by bit.

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About the author:

“Don’t be proud, ask.”

Age - 54 Status - Married to Laura (also my best

Little victories add up. If it helps, write down or record what you have done and look at it so that you can say, ‘I did that’. It may surprise you that you have achieved so much.

Being ex-military, I was taught:

you’re thirsty and sleep when you’re tired.’

I was an engineer but no longer able to work as traumatic brain injury has finally

Obviously it depends on the situation but a

caught up with me.

good rule of thumb. Push, but not too much and don’t be so hard on yourself. Each of us works in a different way and at different speeds.

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Relationships

‘Eat when you’re hungry, drink when

friend) Dependants - Four adult children One Grandson Career - Ex-Forces Date of accident / illness - TBI 1981 motorbike accident

trigger new avenues to explore which may

“Willing to listen and not be dismissive”

result in further progress being made.

“Can’t see the woods for the trees” One of the greatest things that will hinder your It’s not just the medical professionals that can

recovery progress is:

inform you about changes you may not be

'NOT LISTENING'

aware of but friends and family as well.

Especially if the person does not see you

Generally the people who are trying to help you have spent their whole lives specialising in a particular field and although things change virtually every week they are experts in their own right and tend to keep abreast of new developments, skills and techniques.

Therefore it makes sense to listen to what they have to say. Not questioning their knowledge will save time and potentially speed up your recovery! In one way it is good to challenge their way of thinking and maybe together you will find a new way to instigate progress.

Without any discussion new opportunities may not arise which may act as a catalyst and

frequently they may be able to furnish you with insightful feedback as they could notice a change that you are not aware of as you see yourself everyday.

Occasionally

the

most

useful

piece

of

information comes from the most unlikely sources. If you are not really paying attention you run the risk of missing ‘a golden nugget’, which could have a major effect on your life.

It’s good to discuss things however if you are doing 80% talking and 20% 'doing' then it is probably best to find a way to change this the other way around!

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