Even before my accident, I never put too much store in the whole IQ thing. Some of the stupidist (lacked common sense, social skills, etc...) people I ever met had high IQs. Now that I've had my accident, I'm glad that I was always someone who tried to look at the whole person and never (as my posts show) took myself too seriously.

Yeah, I can't do the NY Times Crossword anymore, but I'm still kind, generous and honest.

I do, however, understand needing to be in certain place before one can be ready to hear the full extent on one's injuries. It was over a year after I woke up before I had my neuro-psych. Had I had it in the first few months, I would have lacked the insight to believe it. Up until around the year mark or so I was battling so many physical injuries that one more piece of bad news might have thrown me into an emotional tailspin. I still have moments of disbelief, anger and depression, but, overall, I'm doing my best to move forward.

Cheers