I had one of those simple partial days when I didn't understand how the world worked. That is how I describe it when I don't know whether pouring water into a cup will work or if there will be spillage, or that turning on a kettle will make a sound, or that bowls are the right things to put soup into, or that dropping something will make it fall. But on that day I had a heavy article to produce and a deadline, so I wrote it. I spent one hell of a long time on it and I had struggles with finding words and typing the right letters on the keyboard. I went through it several times and then thought 'to hell with it' and just sent it, expecting a rejection. The next morning I woke up to find that the client had paid me a bonus on top of the agreed upon rate and accepted the article. I was telling my doctor about it and she asked me what sort of article it was. It was a very data and statistics-intensive piece, very 'left brain.' She said that I was able to produce it because my seizure was happening in the temporal lobe but the part of my brain that needed to work on the article was still functioning perfectly well. So these days I have been writing articles even if I'm having a seizurish day and I've been doing perfectly well with it. I think it's the most absurd thing imaginable, to be wondering whether pouring water into a mug will make the it spill but still be working with all that data. Any weird and wonderful brain stories to tell?
Weird brain functioning stories?
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I think this story is pretty cool: http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight
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Forgetting about how the world works is a pretty good way of describing some simple partials, or auras. If i'm not doing to well I totally lose track of why I came into a room, or everything is really difficult to find. Usually it's a warning sign I need to lay down, or not go out if i'm struggling to locate stuff. Mentally I know I can find it if I look, but I second guess it. Kind of like my brain being super lazy and telling me that my keys are totally lost!
So my system is making sure I put everything in easy to find places, or in arms reach. So if seizures happen, i'm not hounding my girlfriend to track stuff down. Because i'm pretty sure she doesn't love doing that.
So my system is making sure I put everything in easy to find places, or in arms reach. So if seizures happen, i'm not hounding my girlfriend to track stuff down. Because i'm pretty sure she doesn't love doing that.
Yes, I'm not too good with paying attention to warning signs. I suppose I'm just too hard headed. If I planned to go out at 2pm, then dammit, I will go out at 2pm, even if I cracked my entire skull open, sliced my aorta, and have one arm hanging by a thread; because, you know, you always need to have milk in the house.
I always leave my keys in the door. That's the only system I have but it works flawlessly. Unless I follow the habit after I leave, in which case the keys will be hanging from the lock outside for all the hours I'm out.
When I lose stuff, I notice that I stand in the middle of my apartment calling that thing as though it's a dog--"Ke-eys? Keys? Keys!" I was telling my cousin about this and he told me that there was a study mentioned on that Stephen Fry show that showed that doing that helped you find stuff faster. Not kidding. Apparently it helps you to keep that lost item conscious, so you don't miss it when you see it.
I always leave my keys in the door. That's the only system I have but it works flawlessly. Unless I follow the habit after I leave, in which case the keys will be hanging from the lock outside for all the hours I'm out.
When I lose stuff, I notice that I stand in the middle of my apartment calling that thing as though it's a dog--"Ke-eys? Keys? Keys!" I was telling my cousin about this and he told me that there was a study mentioned on that Stephen Fry show that showed that doing that helped you find stuff faster. Not kidding. Apparently it helps you to keep that lost item conscious, so you don't miss it when you see it.
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:roflmao: Yep! Being stubborn has gotten me in some bad situations. Milk is a must!
I'll have to try it, regardless of what others in the house think. So they will be hearing me say, "Keys, wallet, remote!" I'm about to just get some tracker, but i'll lose that to.
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A constant cycle of trackers tracking trackers. We need to invent that and slap a copyright on it. Kirsten we are totally going to make money on this idea haha!