Tag: cognitive overload; mental fatigue
Publishing Woes
Posted: November 11, 2017 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload; mental fatigue, Depression, Executive Function, flexibility, Frontal Lobe, memory, rainbow;moon; cognitive overload; initiation, Spirit, stress, structure
An experience happened to me this week that reminded me of the challenges of having a brain injury. I read an article run in the New York Times years ago this week. I shared it on Facebook with the following doctor’s quote lifted out. “People hold on to hope that just as when they survived […]
Read more...Riding the Wave
Posted: August 30, 2016 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload;, cognitive overload; mental fatigue, cognitive overload; overstimulation, mental fatigue, overstimulation
I love being in the water. Michael and I are planning a trip to the beach in the fall when the hotel rates are cheaper and we can bring Sparky. When I was in rehab for my brain injury in 1996, the recreation therapist took a couple of us to the Y to swim. Michael […]
Read more...Summer Institute On Theology and Disability
Posted: July 1, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload; mental fatigue, compensatory strategies, learning;dividing attention;cognitive overload;overstimulation, resting brain
I must admit, I was a bit nervous about going to the Summer Institute on Theology and Disability in Dallas June 16-20. Traveling is difficult for me due to all the stimulation and cognitive overload and I don’t do well in new environments. I need to be familiar with them because too much cognitive work, […]
Read more...Spatial Orientation
Posted: November 23, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
I’m finally getting used to having no sense of direction (spatial orientation). Recently, I had to go to two different new places so I printed out directions on Map Quest as well as used my GPS. Actually, I thought I could do it without the GPS so I only printed out the directions. My double […]
Read more...“Seeking Imagination”
Posted: August 31, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
This past Sunday at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Kristy Farber preached a sermon that really affected me. Her title was Seeking Imagination and I remembered thinking to myself that morning, “What does Mark 8:27-38 have to do with imagination?”On top of that, the following quote by Anne Lamott was printed in the bulletin by the picture […]
Read more...God’s Wisdom
Posted: February 24, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
I read a quote from Susan B. Anthony today. “I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” I really hope that I am following what God wants me to do and not only what I want. It bothers me that I […]
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