It can be tough to be patient with yourself when it takes longer to complete a task. This can especially be true after sustaining a brain injury.
If you sustained an injury in the middle of your life, you probably remember how easy something was to do. From what you remember, reading a book only took you a few days, but now it takes you weeks.
That is okay. Since you sustained an injury, your life is going to be different. The joy of the brain is that it can be rewired to relearn what you used to know.
The thing about the rewiring of the brain is that it takes time. It can be and will be frustrating. I have found that it can help if you break up your big goal into small feat.
If your goal is to be able to walk again, start with a simple goal; maybe it is standing or being able to take a step. Something small that progresses to your goal.
A small goal will help you see progress. It will hopefully keep your spirits up and make you know that you are making progress.
Patience: Injury before memory
If you sustained your brain injury before you have memories of before, you need a different kind of patience. The thing I have found is that my patience has come into play because people around me get things faster than I do.
It is not easy seeing your friend or little brother understand math or read a chapter book before you. For me, it was extremely frustrating.
Not matter what age you are, seeing someone close to you succeed in what you want to achieve in can
be demoralizing.
In an earlier post, I discussed how we are all on our own timelines. This stands true for life events or learning how to do a task.
Make sure you break what you want to succeed in, into breaking it up into small accomplishments. This will help you be patient with the more significant task. Patience is a virtue.
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