Month: April 2024

I am starting to misplace, misidentify numbers

Yesterday, while applying for clothing asssistance, I forgot my phone number when time to write it on the application.

I just stared at the page, drawing a mental blank when trying to bring up its imagery.

When the kind assistant read back the number to me for confirmation, I had to laugh – flustered – and confess that this was the first time this was happening.

I couldnt “see” in my mind the number was correct – that place that says “yes” in thought was just an empty room in my middle brain.

All I had was a hint of whispering memory at the forefront of my brain that led me.

Object identification regarding shapes and number relations creates visual tangling and brain into limb shutdown response.

This is why I need Speech or other therapy.

The effect has been worsening since I ramped up classes dealing with programs and equipment details in an effort to gain as many skills as possible before forced to stop.

Adding to this, I have ramped efforts into career search and networking on my own, so no wonder I’m hitting gaps in thinking.

Further, my brain was switching phone number digits this morning while noting voicemail message details.

Now my hearing is mistranslating!

My brain needs time to rest and recover, but I am not sure how to find apace to grant it.