What's Update — 100% Organic Garden & Brain Rehab — May 21, 2017
Welcome to my Beautiful Healing Brain Journal!
Brain/Grow Rehabilitation Behaviour:
This week in occupational therapy we talked about "acceptance" because I am so hard on myself. There are some changes I'm happy to accept, but my comprehension and conversation is sooo frustrating. However, my stutter is half the severity it was a year ago, it's magically been replaced with growing confidence since I mostly talk about gardening now.
When I'm speaking in regular conversation, I am slow and stammer a bit. However, I never stop trying to speak in public in everyday situations that I used to take for granted.
I have learned in OT to speak in shorter sentences and listen twice as much as I speak. Actually I was a pretty good listener before, but now, I hear tones of voice, emotional wavering, and everything is TOO LOUD...lol. I did get special musician ear pieces, but they are only -10db when I need to shut out screaming babies...lol.
Good morning my soul sista .
It's so good to be back on 420 to restart the learning.
If I may offer a bit of non grow advice for my good friend across the pond regarding your sound sensitivity.
I also used the -10db earplugs for many months and they did make being in the world a little easier, however it actually does increase the sound sensitivity.
If you can get to see an audiologist and ask them about hearing aids for tinnitus that put white noise into the ear.
This works by retraining the ears and the brain to not get over stimulated by multiple sound sources and loud noises. The devices are very small now and can barely be seen.
I hope this helps my soul sista and I've been missing you and all the 420 folks that light up my life.
I'm off to try to catch up and I promise to not ditch class any more ..
Love n hugs to you all
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