I graduated college after a severe traumatic brain injury.

Things We Forget

By Gentle Witch

Graduated college with a double major

Former federal government employee

  • Freedom

    Freedom

    The belongings I hold most dear are my ID and my passport. They are both needed to travel internationally, and they both involve a lengthy process to replace.

  • Accounts

    Accounts

    Logical reasoning is paramount in today’s world.

  • Logic Final

    Logic Final

    In college, I I failed Logic the first time I took it. Yet, I ended up getting a B in the class the second time I took it. My “study…

  • Empowering

    My glass pipe, my French-press, and my keys. A five-pointed metal star is attached to my keys. In college. this star was pressed into my palm the night my German…

  • People, ideas, and experiences

    I do not hold belongings dear. I value people, ideas, and experiences.

  • I do not remember life before the internet

    I do not remember life before the internet

    No. My earliest memories of being on the computer were when we had a dial-up connection.

  • Concise

    I am good at communicating ideas clearly and concisely.

  • Phone, keys, laptop

    My phone, my keys, and my laptop because I use them all every day.

  • To me, “having it all” means you are at the peak of physical, mental, and psychological health. Yes, it is attainable, but it is very rare in America today. What…

  • My medications: Adderall, Sertraline, Aripiprazole, and Hydroxizine. They keep me awake, elevate my mood, mitigate my impulsive speech, and get rid of my anxiety.