Oh boy, I am a teacher too,

but my injury was or must have been on the more mild side of mTbi. (What's mild about this condition anyhow?)

I am going to make a return to work and teaching this year. But that said, I will say I got the opportunity to transfer from middle school to elementary and I will not be running a big classroom like I have in the past. I don't know if I have all the energy for that now.

I had to mourn throwing out a lot of units I have done in the past, but I've let it go because I just have to.

At the 6 month mark, my energy is quite good. Even so, I still have hic cups with new learning, and really rapid speech is hard for me to comprehend. I will have to watch my return to work carefully and prayerfully so I don't OVERdo things and send me backwards.

Avoiding stress and reducing it is essential and I finally **get** what that means for me.

The difficult thing I find, like Norma said, is to respect your injury. I know it gets old not knowing when or if you will heal, but I do believe we are designed to heal as much as possible, and then we can live in recovery.

Keep a journal of your progress and what you CAN do.
Count your blessings.
Make a gratitude poster.
Do anything healthy to keep yourself positive.

I found a lot of comfort in the book Brain Lashed by Gail Denton.

Here's wishing you peace.

pm