A big day for me often means days of recovery.

Research suggests that long term recovery is directly related to how many days that can be linked together without an over-stimulating day needing recovery.

Maybe this will help. If you can link 10 days together without a overload then a small overload requiring 2 days to recover, you may have a net of 6 or 8 days toward recovery. If you go 2 days of good then a overload needing 2 days to recover, you have no improvement.

The injured brain takes very little to regress but may good days to move forward toward recovery. This is why the concussion medical establishment has finally started recommending continuous days of low stimulation.

We have people on NT who have finally taken the time to rest properly after months of on and off rest who have posted the need to bite the bullet and shut down their life and rest.

Posting here in support of others more than once a day is likely too much cognitive stimulation plus the stimulation of empathizing with others struggles. As much as we want to support and share each others burdens, for those still recovering, it is probably counter to recovery.

Over the 3 1/2 years I have been on NT, I have noticed that those who post the most tend to be the ones who struggle the longest. They often start their posts with anxious questions about how long it takes to recover and then count the days, weeks and months.

I follow a TBI blog where the primary author will write 1000 words a day and never seems to get any better. As my signature verse says, "Be still."

I have learned to observe struggles in others and even recognize a bad day in my life and not let it get to me. I know to just wait it out. My wife knows that she needs to just let me have time, too.