Brain fog is an ever-present companion for many people with disabilities, and most people have moments of brain fog when they are really tired, albeit often to a lesser degree.
I'm someone who gets a LOT of brain fog. To the point that I routinely reply to more complex enquiries with 'Sorry, I'm too foggy at the moment, I will get back to you in a few days.' And when having conversations with the uninitiated, I often explain in advance that sometimes the fog means I can't find the right words, so if I'm not making sense, don't worry, but do check what I mean!
I used to find it frustrating, but as I've got more used to it, I've come to accept that it's just one of my many quirks, and I can't get rid of it so I might as well enjoy it.
Recently I've had a few brain fog incidents which still make me chuckle a few weeks later so I thought I'd share them with you, as I'm sure many of you will relate to them and be as amused as I was by these #BrainFogBlips.
I was going to do just one post, but then I realised I have far too many moments for one post, so instead I'll share the first one now, and do new #BrainFogBlip images whenever the inspiration and fog combine suitably.
So here goes: #BrainFogBlip 1:
I was driving a car with a trailer while helping out with some woodland management. All was fine and fabulous. I'm getting really good at reversing with a trailer (well, really good by my not-so-good standards, anyway, and trees can cope with the odd scratch). However, attempting to reverse near the workshop where there were lots of random obstacles was quite a challenge.
"Just go straight, you'll be fine" my nephew says, looking at the angle of the trailer, but not the random timbers, rocks, and containers lining the narrow track.
"I know - I just need to avoid the lobsters!"
Pause. Reassess phrase. Err.....I think that should have been 'Obstacles' - I mean, lobsters is like nearly an anagram of the right word!
While the nephew howled with laughter before commenting "Yes, that's definitely Hannah!"
The image of giant lobsters obstructing the quiet woodland path still makes me chuckle.
I'm someone who gets a LOT of brain fog. To the point that I routinely reply to more complex enquiries with 'Sorry, I'm too foggy at the moment, I will get back to you in a few days.' And when having conversations with the uninitiated, I often explain in advance that sometimes the fog means I can't find the right words, so if I'm not making sense, don't worry, but do check what I mean!
I used to find it frustrating, but as I've got more used to it, I've come to accept that it's just one of my many quirks, and I can't get rid of it so I might as well enjoy it.
Recently I've had a few brain fog incidents which still make me chuckle a few weeks later so I thought I'd share them with you, as I'm sure many of you will relate to them and be as amused as I was by these #BrainFogBlips.
I was going to do just one post, but then I realised I have far too many moments for one post, so instead I'll share the first one now, and do new #BrainFogBlip images whenever the inspiration and fog combine suitably.
So here goes: #BrainFogBlip 1:
I was driving a car with a trailer while helping out with some woodland management. All was fine and fabulous. I'm getting really good at reversing with a trailer (well, really good by my not-so-good standards, anyway, and trees can cope with the odd scratch). However, attempting to reverse near the workshop where there were lots of random obstacles was quite a challenge.
"Just go straight, you'll be fine" my nephew says, looking at the angle of the trailer, but not the random timbers, rocks, and containers lining the narrow track.
"I know - I just need to avoid the lobsters!"
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| Image description: #BrainFogBlip. Stickman reversing a trailer in woodland, saying "I just need to avoid the lobsters....?...obstacles!" while a second stickman stands near, laughing, and imagining a big lobster on the track. |
Pause. Reassess phrase. Err.....I think that should have been 'Obstacles' - I mean, lobsters is like nearly an anagram of the right word!
While the nephew howled with laughter before commenting "Yes, that's definitely Hannah!"
The image of giant lobsters obstructing the quiet woodland path still makes me chuckle.
After viewing footage of Trump in a press conference doing a bad Mussolini impersonation, I needed some humour - thanks!
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