3 thoughts #1: On brain fog, crying and hair
Read or listen to my 3 thoughts of the week.
Hi there! How are you doing?
Here are my 3-sentences thoughts this week. You can choose to listen to it or read it.
Brain fog feels more like a mechanical failure than merely fog — like there are walls inside the brain where consciousness can’t go and if you attempt to push down that wall the body crumbles.
I can’t cry-out-loud because it makes my body sick, which means I’ve had to find new ways of releasing sorrow, grief and sadness.
I cut my hair so short that I can actually brush it myself (still can’t wash it) as it only takes three strikes with the brush and this makes me happy
Over to you
(H/t to
for inspiring me to do this section)Do you have any favourite ways of describing brain fog, or — if you don’t live with brain fog, do you have any questions about it?
What are some important updates in your life (large or small)?
Do you have any effective ways of working through difficult emotions you want to share?
Let me know in the comments below.
Loving the 3 thoughts of the week. Short, sharp and simple. One practice for emotional regulation that took me far last year was the 4 part journaling I learnt as part of my yoga teacher training the other year.
1. How am I feeling in my body today & how can I support how I feel?
2. How am I feeling emotionally today & how can I support how I feel?
3. What are the main thoughts I am experiencing?
4. What does my loving voice need to hear?
Whilst everyone was at work last year earning money to pay their bills, I sat in a holiday home with no central heating that I bought outright, learning to regulate my emotions. The pay offs have been big. No severe/agonising pain since spring 2022. Could function through attack by September. Recently celebrating 4 months free from a high level of pain (comparable to child birth, kidney stones & gunshot wound).
Learning to regulate my emotions has been a game changer for sure. And well worth every ounce of investment of my time, energy and focus🙏🔹
Profound and concise. Its brilliant to show up without breaking your precious self. Thank you. (And for the hat tip.) Brain fog sounds waaaay too benign.