tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post1407314982813146269..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : What Was My Point?Michele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-69712953935794971502014-06-30T18:45:10.317-07:002014-06-30T18:45:10.317-07:00Hello, just read all posts..lol. Me toooo.. Oh my ...Hello, just read all posts..lol. Me toooo.. Oh my forgetting ?? What is that? Like one said I'm to young for that right??? Brain Fogggg is real when u have trama.., I forget what part takes over into survival mode, but it does.. I've had some counseling..and it comes down to trama..almost like PTSD.. But it's WTSD.. Real...it has given me a new outlook on that, just thinkn of a soldier that has seen many die before his eyes and can do nothing.. Or hv to take a life or many to save his own and deal w aftermath once he gets home.. Just horrific.. Death comes many ways..but confusion it leaves behind is enormous...1974https://www.blogger.com/profile/03452038541844071655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-61366041914391296252014-06-21T00:31:35.882-07:002014-06-21T00:31:35.882-07:00I feel like my IQ got cut in half. And then I sta...I feel like my IQ got cut in half. And then I start worrying - do I have Alzheimer's, it's too soon for me to have that, will my brain ever work again, and on and on... I start to write in my journal and drift on in the middle. Everything, basic things, take so much more time. And so tired all the time. Sad any of us have to go through this, grateful to not be alone. Thank you! xoxo Cathya Haashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872364469387797207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-41467927873267708782014-06-20T18:59:38.466-07:002014-06-20T18:59:38.466-07:00Remember when sitting still was something I didn&#...Remember when sitting still was something I didn't do because it seemed to be such a waste of time….now I sit and stare a lot of any given day because doing anything takes such effort let alone getting to the point of doing anything. Staring off into space, starting a project that took weeks to get into only to walk away from it five minutes later…thank you for reminding me yet again that I am not alone is this awful journey we are all on!!! Kim McArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14147516466283749172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-8598555991471469362014-06-20T15:16:24.035-07:002014-06-20T15:16:24.035-07:00Oh my gosh Kelley I so relate and so "ironic&...Oh my gosh Kelley I so relate and so "ironic" that I wrote about this myself the day before...ha. But It's not really funny at all is it. The only solace is we are not alone in experiencing this...I so enjoy reading your posts, no matter when they were written!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692228819480165657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-81991415460011390012014-06-20T15:03:16.937-07:002014-06-20T15:03:16.937-07:00Thank you! I get that whole brain thing. My mind w...Thank you! I get that whole brain thing. My mind was always rather full and filled with odd connections. But now my mind meanders even off the twisting paths of pre-widowdom, and it strolls, so agonizingly slow at times. I understand having those moments of why am I in here? Where did that thought come from? So thank you for confirming that I'm not alone in this. ~SabrinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-16836127368484963292014-06-20T13:35:32.607-07:002014-06-20T13:35:32.607-07:00The group facilitator for my young widow support g...The group facilitator for my young widow support group used to remind us that "grief is a cognitive disorder". Of course, most of the time when I tried to remember that, I wouldn't be able to come up with those words, so I'd tell myself "Grief is a, what is that word again? something about the brain?..." <br />We all grieve differently, but there are definitely similarities and widow brain is one of them!GGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758261382482792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-47928672493811810692014-06-20T11:44:54.303-07:002014-06-20T11:44:54.303-07:00Totally relate...where's my charger, where are...Totally relate...where's my charger, where are my shoes, what was I doing?....aedforever (wv)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-43758914872371068332014-06-20T08:45:54.704-07:002014-06-20T08:45:54.704-07:00Yup....that pretty much sums up my "after&quo...Yup....that pretty much sums up my "after" brain too. My thought processes are just as rambling and convoluted. Grading my students' papers this "first year after" was quite difficult. Thank you for always putting it out there Kelley. I hope I get to see your presentationat CWW in July.Carolyn https://www.blogger.com/profile/00846481499430811793noreply@blogger.com