Episode 23. Can We Get Others To Get "It"?

The discussions across this podcast involve people sharing details of what they are dealing with, with brain injury. Of course we are talking about the invisible problems.Debbie and Scott reached out to me to talk about this stuff because they are seeing the similarities and complexity of such issues. I thank them for reaching out and being so willing to share their ideas, observations, and struggles. I greatly appreciate that they even listen to my ideas about brain injury. Here are those ideas explained across a few talks. In the future I intend to condense and simplify these concepts moreso. The invisible problems with brain injury are vast and different between each person, but the ways they overwhelm and limit basic capacities are similar. Also the work to improve and not get pushed into the fatigue are relatively similar.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSJOpPrnO1ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5-EUBU7HAA&t=73sIn the second link and across multiple episodes of this podcast I get into details of learning to not push your limits with brain injury problems and life in general. Many other brain injury groups support this idea. I used to call this idea the "60-80" rule, in which you learn to push yourself to "60-80" of your limit. But everyone immediately goes to 80%. That is hard do be because there is no clear limit, there is no way to know until you have gone too far. So learning to avoid the limit completely becomes a way to "manage" your life and make room for the brain to rebuild, regain, and redevelop. Of course this takes years.Here is another seminar on fatigue with brain injury that gets into the same concepts with a "50%" rule.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKD3VH_zUGE&t=32sTwo more podcasts in which learning to not push the limit come up in very clear terms.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/experiencing-my-brain-episode-12-leveling-up-discussion/id1596998070?i=1000582256917https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/experiencing-my-brain-episode-9-healing-laminated-with/id1596998070?i=1000559300707Lastly it's important to recognize that many brain injured people without support are forced to their limit on a regular basis. This is a major problem, that needs to be addressed.- - -Experiencing My Brain is a podcast devoted to detailed discussion with brain injury survivors about their experiences, problems, and ways that they have found to navigate their lives. These stories are important to help the non brain injured world make sense of the problems that come with brain injury.- - -Disclaimer:The views and opinions shared in this podcast should be looked at as the views of brain injury survivors and not as medical or clinical advice. Always seek the advice of a qualified health care professional with any brain injury problem.