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MENTAL HEALTH
MANAGE YOUR CONDITION
IMPROVE COGNITION
IMPROVING AWARENESS
THERAPY
RELATIONSHIPS
Contents
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Editors message
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IMPROVING AWARENESS
MANAGE YOUR CONDITION
HEADWAY Derby - News
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Disability Benefits - Headway
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Derby Hospital Study Day
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Multi-tasking
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RELATIONSHIPS
Children With Developmental Needs
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Admitting Your Wrong
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Importance of a Routine
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Why we should sit less
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Book Review
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White Bread OR Brown Bread?
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Movie Review
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Subscriptions
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REVIEWS & SUBSCRIPTIONS
IMPROVE COGNITION Brain Training
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Key Contacts
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Application Reviews
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Increasing Awareness
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MENTAL HEALTH How to regain a Sense of Purpose How to turn a BAD day to GOOD
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Manage YOUR Condition
YOU Are In CONTROL
follow what’s going on Coronation Street, or singing along to the radio whilst following the sat navigation in
Multitasking
the car. Things that we take for granted, and that come naturally to most people. Since my brain injury, I regularly
“Men Can’t Multitask” - it’s the age
undercook or overcook the dinner. I need
old adage, insinuating that women can
to write a list of what needs to go in the oven at what time, or I can guarantee it
phone conversation whilst keeping one
won’t work! My son finds it highly
eye on the kids and simultaneously
amusing that I now have to turn the
following a recipe and whipping up a 3
radio off in the car to concentrate - I’m
course meal... whoever first perpetrated
fine with it if I’m driving a familiar
this myth clearly ain’t met me!
route, but I can’t look where I’m going and have noise happening at the same
In a previous life, I could happily sit at
time.
my desk at work holding an important phone call and working on something on
I can’t read, or write, anything with the
the pc at the same time, or cook 3
television on or any distractions. Just
different things, all with different
writing this article has taken several
timings and ingredients, whilst helping
attempts as I need silence; the building
my son with his homework and doing
site down the road drilling, or my
the packed lunches for the next day, something
so
simple
as
have
neighbours dogs barking is enough to
a
completely lose my train of thought. I
conversation whilst still managing to 5
used to be able to half heartedly do
Managing Your Condition
juggle 101 different tasks; holding a
several things at once, but now my brain
that I know will be mentally draining to
can only concentrate on one thing at a
do,
time.
I plan a lazy day afterwards. I pre-warn
It’s most frustrating when I’m out with a
anyone getting in my car that I cannot
group of friends and everyone is taking
have a conversation and follow the sat
at the same time, maybe in a busy
navigation at the same time, so if they
public place with lots of background
want to get where we’re going on time,
noise, as I really struggle to follow any
it’s in their best interest to be mindful of
one conversation, and I end up with a
this!
massive headache from the effort of
That’s the hardest part though
trying to process it all. I call it my social
admitting to other people that I can no
hangover, as I know any situations
longer handle things that they know I
where I need to concentrate on more
used to be able to do standing on my
than one thing will completely overload
head (whilst driving, cooking, chatting,
my brain and I’ll be left feeling like I’ve
reading...), but the more times I say it,
been on a bender, which is ironic as I
the easier it gets. I’m slowly but surely
just can’t handle my drink nowadays!
accepting that this particular woman
I have ways of coping - I make lists, lots
just can’t multitask!
of lists, so as I have a visual reminder of what I need to do and when. I set alarms on my phone to tell me when dinner will
Jill, TBI survivor, UK
be cooked, or when I need to stop doing one thing and start another. I organise my days so that if I’ve got something
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