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It's not my style to unload a load of life problems on to a bunch of people I don't know, but i've seen other people have a lot of luck with it here.
In october 95 I had a motorcycle accident. I broke my leg in 6 places, my collar in 2 places (the metal plates are permenant), cracked my back (had to wear a brace for 4 months) but worst of all i suffered a head injury that not only put me in a coma for 4 days, but i lost my memory.
not like a complete amnesia like susan from neighbors, but most of my life was gone. to this day i can write everything i can remember about my life previous to the accident in a side of a4. thanks to my friends and family i have got a new life together, one that i'm pretty sure i am enjoying more than the last one. i'm not all that bothered about not being able to remember what happened in my earlier years, as i love the one i have now.
the only real problem now is my short term memory. i cannot remember anything from day to day except really big things that are drilled into me, or kept in my phones diary. I had the day off yesterday, and when the missus got home from work she asked me what i did, and i couldnt account for about 4 hours of the day, even though it was earlier on that day.
my wife is very good about this. she puts messages into my phone for me, texts me to remember things and other general help, but noone else really knows whats going on.
It's a tough thing to have. about 3 months ago it cost me a job (my boss called me stupid, I hit him across the head with my crash helmet). people don't understand, thinking i'm just a bit of a scatterbrain, a bit forgetful, and that i'm basically a bit thick. I dont want to explain the situation to them though, as i don't know wether they'll think a) it's an excuse, b) oh no, give the guy sympathy or c) (work related) is he really capable of doing this?
what makes it tougher, i guess, is that i don't want special treatment from people about it. i don't want people to think that i have this problem and that they should tiptoe about me. I don't want people to think i am stupid because i don't believe i am, though not remembering things is linked to stupidity a lot in my experience.
I really don't know why i've told you all this, and i don't know if I'll get anything out of it at all, i doubt you all will, as you don't really know me.
instead, i'll try and turn it into something else. (thinking on the fly here, not a pre-thought out post)
Reading through the life forums on this site shows that there are a lot of people with a lot of issues, and anyone can see that the issues you see here are a fraction of the amount of issues there are within the people that come here. respect that though groups of people may be offended by comments of racism, sexism and so on, individuals can be offended by almost anything. Please keep these forums to constructive arguments instead of personal attacks, that i have seen all too much of recently.
thanks.
slave.
In october 95 I had a motorcycle accident. I broke my leg in 6 places, my collar in 2 places (the metal plates are permenant), cracked my back (had to wear a brace for 4 months) but worst of all i suffered a head injury that not only put me in a coma for 4 days, but i lost my memory.
not like a complete amnesia like susan from neighbors, but most of my life was gone. to this day i can write everything i can remember about my life previous to the accident in a side of a4. thanks to my friends and family i have got a new life together, one that i'm pretty sure i am enjoying more than the last one. i'm not all that bothered about not being able to remember what happened in my earlier years, as i love the one i have now.
the only real problem now is my short term memory. i cannot remember anything from day to day except really big things that are drilled into me, or kept in my phones diary. I had the day off yesterday, and when the missus got home from work she asked me what i did, and i couldnt account for about 4 hours of the day, even though it was earlier on that day.
my wife is very good about this. she puts messages into my phone for me, texts me to remember things and other general help, but noone else really knows whats going on.
It's a tough thing to have. about 3 months ago it cost me a job (my boss called me stupid, I hit him across the head with my crash helmet). people don't understand, thinking i'm just a bit of a scatterbrain, a bit forgetful, and that i'm basically a bit thick. I dont want to explain the situation to them though, as i don't know wether they'll think a) it's an excuse, b) oh no, give the guy sympathy or c) (work related) is he really capable of doing this?
what makes it tougher, i guess, is that i don't want special treatment from people about it. i don't want people to think that i have this problem and that they should tiptoe about me. I don't want people to think i am stupid because i don't believe i am, though not remembering things is linked to stupidity a lot in my experience.
I really don't know why i've told you all this, and i don't know if I'll get anything out of it at all, i doubt you all will, as you don't really know me.
instead, i'll try and turn it into something else. (thinking on the fly here, not a pre-thought out post)
Reading through the life forums on this site shows that there are a lot of people with a lot of issues, and anyone can see that the issues you see here are a fraction of the amount of issues there are within the people that come here. respect that though groups of people may be offended by comments of racism, sexism and so on, individuals can be offended by almost anything. Please keep these forums to constructive arguments instead of personal attacks, that i have seen all too much of recently.
thanks.
slave.
true, but then neither did i.
spanner...
:)
spanner...
:)
I didn't actually refer to you at all, let alone by name.
Idiot.
:D
Idiot.
:D
Cheers IB, glad you're not calling me an idiot anymore, though i diddn't take it personally anyway.
Life's too short for that anyhow.
:)
Life's too short for that anyhow.
:)
Memory is something that is a key player in anyone's existence.
Those who remember everything, are praised openly for their all absorbing minds, but privately often suffer from things that they can never forget. Sights, sounds and feelings that are seen, heard and felt with the same ferocious extremity as the original experience.
Those who remember little are often discriminated openly for the extra time they too often cost others, but privately, it is a curse and a blessing, not forced to remember the bad things, but sometimes even the good things slip through the proverbial fingers of the mind.
My memory is not what it was. Sometimes I feel it is failing because there is too much I don't want to remember. I'm shutting out my own experiences, and as I do so, I lessen myself all the more.
Damned if you do remember, damned if you don't. It is a cruel world we live in where there is so little room for existence.
Those who remember everything, are praised openly for their all absorbing minds, but privately often suffer from things that they can never forget. Sights, sounds and feelings that are seen, heard and felt with the same ferocious extremity as the original experience.
Those who remember little are often discriminated openly for the extra time they too often cost others, but privately, it is a curse and a blessing, not forced to remember the bad things, but sometimes even the good things slip through the proverbial fingers of the mind.
My memory is not what it was. Sometimes I feel it is failing because there is too much I don't want to remember. I'm shutting out my own experiences, and as I do so, I lessen myself all the more.
Damned if you do remember, damned if you don't. It is a cruel world we live in where there is so little room for existence.
It's not my style to unload a load of life problems on to a bunch of people I don't know, but i've seen other people have a lot of luck with it here.
In october 95 I had a motorcycle accident. I broke my leg in 6 places, my collar in 2 places (the metal plates are permenant), cracked my back (had to wear a brace for 4 months) but worst of all i suffered a head injury that not only put me in a coma for 4 days, but i lost my memory.
not like a complete amnesia like susan from neighbors, but most of my life was gone. to this day i can write everything i can remember about my life previous to the accident in a side of a4. thanks to my friends and family i have got a new life together, one that i'm pretty sure i am enjoying more than the last one. i'm not all that bothered about not being able to remember what happened in my earlier years, as i love the one i have now.
the only real problem now is my short term memory. i cannot remember anything from day to day except really big things that are drilled into me, or kept in my phones diary. I had the day off yesterday, and when the missus got home from work she asked me what i did, and i couldnt account for about 4 hours of the day, even though it was earlier on that day.
my wife is very good about this. she puts messages into my phone for me, texts me to remember things and other general help, but noone else really knows whats going on.
It's a tough thing to have. about 3 months ago it cost me a job (my boss called me stupid, I hit him across the head with my crash helmet). people don't understand, thinking i'm just a bit of a scatterbrain, a bit forgetful, and that i'm basically a bit thick. I dont want to explain the situation to them though, as i don't know wether they'll think a) it's an excuse, b) oh no, give the guy sympathy or c) (work related) is he really capable of doing this?
what makes it tougher, i guess, is that i don't want special treatment from people about it. i don't want people to think that i have this problem and that they should tiptoe about me. I don't want people to think i am stupid because i don't believe i am, though not remembering things is linked to stupidity a lot in my experience.
I really don't know why i've told you all this, and i don't know if I'll get anything out of it at all, i doubt you all will, as you don't really know me.
instead, i'll try and turn it into something else. (thinking on the fly here, not a pre-thought out post)
Reading through the life forums on this site shows that there are a lot of people with a lot of issues, and anyone can see that the issues you see here are a fraction of the amount of issues there are within the people that come here. respect that though groups of people may be offended by comments of racism, sexism and so on, individuals can be offended by almost anything. Please keep these forums to constructive arguments instead of personal attacks, that i have seen all too much of recently.
thanks.
slave.
In october 95 I had a motorcycle accident. I broke my leg in 6 places, my collar in 2 places (the metal plates are permenant), cracked my back (had to wear a brace for 4 months) but worst of all i suffered a head injury that not only put me in a coma for 4 days, but i lost my memory.
not like a complete amnesia like susan from neighbors, but most of my life was gone. to this day i can write everything i can remember about my life previous to the accident in a side of a4. thanks to my friends and family i have got a new life together, one that i'm pretty sure i am enjoying more than the last one. i'm not all that bothered about not being able to remember what happened in my earlier years, as i love the one i have now.
the only real problem now is my short term memory. i cannot remember anything from day to day except really big things that are drilled into me, or kept in my phones diary. I had the day off yesterday, and when the missus got home from work she asked me what i did, and i couldnt account for about 4 hours of the day, even though it was earlier on that day.
my wife is very good about this. she puts messages into my phone for me, texts me to remember things and other general help, but noone else really knows whats going on.
It's a tough thing to have. about 3 months ago it cost me a job (my boss called me stupid, I hit him across the head with my crash helmet). people don't understand, thinking i'm just a bit of a scatterbrain, a bit forgetful, and that i'm basically a bit thick. I dont want to explain the situation to them though, as i don't know wether they'll think a) it's an excuse, b) oh no, give the guy sympathy or c) (work related) is he really capable of doing this?
what makes it tougher, i guess, is that i don't want special treatment from people about it. i don't want people to think that i have this problem and that they should tiptoe about me. I don't want people to think i am stupid because i don't believe i am, though not remembering things is linked to stupidity a lot in my experience.
I really don't know why i've told you all this, and i don't know if I'll get anything out of it at all, i doubt you all will, as you don't really know me.
instead, i'll try and turn it into something else. (thinking on the fly here, not a pre-thought out post)
Reading through the life forums on this site shows that there are a lot of people with a lot of issues, and anyone can see that the issues you see here are a fraction of the amount of issues there are within the people that come here. respect that though groups of people may be offended by comments of racism, sexism and so on, individuals can be offended by almost anything. Please keep these forums to constructive arguments instead of personal attacks, that i have seen all too much of recently.
thanks.
slave.