Welcome to my blog. I post on this, roughly once a week (it does vary). I sustained a 'Traumatic Acquired Brain Injury', and a six month coma from a 'road traffic accident' whilst cycling, in October 2006. I spent the following 4 years (22-26yrs old), in a combination of hospitals and rehabilitation homes. Now, I have been living independently in Surbiton, England since October 2010. This blog begun life in December 2010, as i realised that there are many people worldwide that i want to share experiences with. I know that, as a wheelchair user, I am obviously not as mobile as i wish, so, use the internet to connect to you. I enjoy letting my thoughts represent through type. I type honestly. As numerous readers, as well as email recipients, will understand, I find typing to be very therapeutic. Thank you :)
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Friday 7 June 2013

I failed...but must remain positive!! :)


Helloooo!
I begin to type this post on Thursday. Yes, of course I have failed. However, now I can drink coffee!
My initial note found on my phone, needs an 18+ rating due to coarse language!

Life without coffee is SHIT
Possible but shit

I continue…

Coffee keeps me happy
WHY am I doing this?

I lasted four days. Ten days off, but I tried.




I learnt that I didn’t feel any thirst problems (as I had feared). I was just able to learn for myself, that a coffee can seriously enhance my mood!
Yes coffee helps, but is not the sole cause of a positive mood (a life-changing injury helps!).

Everyone says that they're astonished by my positive attitude   , but I find it a big shame that it takes a life-changing injury for people to think like this

In all seriousness, I am now restricting myself to two coffees per day. This is restriction, but hopefully will affect me in a positive way only.

I often talk about positives and negatives, and the importance of turning everything into a positive. However, too much of anything is bad. Too much of a positive is a negative. ???
Confused?
If ‘X’ is whatever we consider,
We make X too positive … X > 0
Then X-Z = 0
-Z is what we need/get
-Z is a negative

Still confused? Just ask Danilo Diluca (who knows a lot about the problem of tWo positives)!

I move on, I have talked about coffee, cycling. Music, new discovery thanks to 6music are Findlay.



The sun! It has finally arrived.






My next note, states what it means.

I have got through 'that stage', when you feel like you are viewed by everyone as a 'special disabled person in a wheelchair'. Now I am used to it.

I failed in my coffee challenge, by some way, but now I feel that I am creating a similar law of self -restraint.
Alcohol is another drug. I am not banning myself completely, but from now on, when ‘out for a drink’ I will just have one alcoholic drink, if at all.
My reasoning behind all of this restraint, is simple. My brain (control centre), has been injured, damaged, so I do not want to cause more damage to myself by allowing these things affect or damage by brain even further. My mentality is too strong to let them.

Tut tut, now my coffee’s cold!! GGRRRRR! 



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