Generally now it’s tied to my anxiety; if I can prevent a spiral I’m fine and operate at my previous normal. Preventing a spiral is the issue…
Is that a brain injury, or just... mental health challenges? I was expecting something more permanent but in practice if occupational therapy and such work then it implies a significant psychological feedback loop component at least.
You can kind of think of it as unloading your mental processes because the damage either took some offline or rewired them. By improving your mental state and gaining new tools you can compensate for that.
That’s a layman’s way of looking at it that’s probably very wrong to a neuro/psych professional, but I think it’s close enough to explain the basics.
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