Rewire Your Brain Series: Write it Out, On Paper

Rewire Your Brain Series: Write it Out, On Paper

My speech therapist gave me a strange assignment after brain injury: keep a written log of my day. I didn’t know it would become the thing that rewired how I process my emotions. There’s a saying and principle in the worlds of neurology and psychology: Neurons that fire together, wire together. Writing makes things in our brain fire together. It can change your brain, and change your life. It’s not an overstatement.

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I Believe It. I Need You to Believe It.

I explained to my neurologist how a previous doctor told me I reached my cognitive limit. There could be no more improvement.

My neurologist looked at me and said, “That’s a terrible diagnosis. You’re going to get better.”

He said words that have stuck with me since: “I believe it. I need you to believe it. When you believe it, your brain will put itself in a position to heal, and it will begin to heal.”

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Invisible Illness: How I Look Doesn’t Reflect How I Feel

There are so many people with serious health conditions that suffer from what doctors call invisible illness. Invisible does not mean a patient is fabricating a health issue. It means that the condition is not observable by others. This makes sense. It’s logical. Yet, most people falsely believe if they can’t see a clear indication of illness, then whoever they are looking at must be healthy. This is very common with neurological disorders.

“Acceptance is not surrender. It is the moment you stop wasting energy on what is already true and start using that energy to decide what to do next.”

— Shane Parrish

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