TBI/PCS impacting my job hunt
 

Before my concussion I used to be really good at interviews, quick to think and able to answer questions well. Now, 5 months on, and I stumble over my words, forget what question was asked and what I've just said and forget what I was going to say halfway through an answer.

Does anyone else get this? It's quite upsetting :( I'm coping alright with my current job but my pay is too low and its causing me financial stress, hence being on the job hunt.

I had the same problem early on when I went for a few interviews that I would normally ace.

Now I that I have started looking again the firms seem to be not interested because I have been off for 10 months

yes I definitely experience that. some days I am in a constant state of confusion and I really don't like that feeling. good luck with your job hunt:)

It's awful. My concussion occured in June. My brain can't function properly in stressful situations yet :(

I am facing the same thing. I was laid off a few months before my accident occurred and now over a year later, interviews that I would have easily have gotten then job I don't. Now, I am forced to think about waiting tables, or bartending, but that alone is scary cause of the noise and my memory issues. I would make a good drinking game at a bar though.. a shot for every time I forgot what people ordered. lol

confusion
 

Yep know that feeling intimately. Had a therapy session and I was talking to the therapists about beliefs and skills I had acquired over my career. She told me you don't seem to be having any problems communicating now.

I told her it is easy for past experiences. If I try and work thru a problem new problem it is like the round wheel is suddenly a square wheel. Like my brain is struggling thru quicksand.

I am convinced it is a cognitive issue but since I am relatively early in recovery not sure what deficit it could be.

I was just imagining myself working in a bar - memory problems, slurred speach, can't walk straight etc. - if the cops raided the place i'd be the first chucked out :D

Seriously though, if you want a career change from you previous job the choice of roles seems very limited.