That’s the thing about a head injury- emotional weight, stress, not taking my normal breaks throughout the day all add up and make me useless until I do the self care to get back in balance. It’s wild to think that this year it will be my 21 year anniversary of the injury.  Living with it has gotten easier with time as I have gotten to know it well and how I function best with it. It is always a surprise to see how little or strongly it hits me as I didn’t expect it to take me out today.