“Those who can, do... ...those who can’t, teach” (George Bernard Shaw 1905) This picture, is one of me, performing (!) at a recent “gig”... A few weeks ago, I again presented my brain injury survivor’s story to psychology students at the University of Bolton. A little while before that, I presented (online) to Headway Wales. As I have said before, speaking and writing in respect of brain injury, has become a very important part of my life. So why, in particular? To coin (again!) some OT jargon: It constitutes “meaningful occupation, in facilitation of my emotional wellbeing”. One might, of course paraphrase this, as something along the lines of “doing stuff; “cos it cheers me up”! I guess that simplistically, this isn’t too far off the mark. I do indeed take pleasure from these activities; and as you will imagine, I need all the positive emotional movements that I can get! It is however worth d...
