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Four practical tools for the things brain injury makes hard. Everything saves itself as you go; there are no save buttons and nothing to load.
Four tools for the things brain injury makes hard. Everything saves itself.
It all runs in your browser, on your device. Nothing is uploaded and nobody else can see it.
Where your data lives. Everything stays in this browser on this device. It won't follow you to another device, and clearing your browser data will erase it. If you're in private browsing, saving may not work at all, the tools will still run, but only until you close the tab.
Calm & overload reset
Breathing out for longer than you breathe in calms the body's stress response. Follow the ring. You don't have to get it exactly right.
Take your time. Press start whenever you're ready.
Grounding: 5–4–3–2–1
If your head is spinning, name, silently or aloud, five things you can see, four you can feel, three you can hear, two you can smell, and one you can taste.
Go slowly. Getting the number wrong doesn't matter.
Keep it short
Two or three minutes is plenty. If you feel light-headed, stop and breathe normally for a bit.
Overload reset
For when it's already tipped over. Work down the list. You don't need all of it.
Pacing timer
Work in short blocks and stop before you're tired, not after. Stopping while you still feel fine is the whole technique.
Ready, activity block
Blocks completed today: 0
What counts as a real break
Sitting or lying somewhere quiet and dim with your eyes closed. Slow breathing. Stepping outside. Doing genuinely nothing.
Not a break: phones, social media, email, television, or conversation. Those are more work for the same tired systems.
Focus reader
Long text is hard when your eyes skip lines or your attention slides. Paste anything in and read it a piece at a time.
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You can also use the left and right arrow keys, or the space bar.
Appointment prep
Add things as they occur to you in the days beforehand, while you're thinking clearly. Then print the list and take it with you.
Worth asking every time
- What's the plan, and what happens next?
- Who do I contact if things get worse?
- Should I be referred to anyone else?
- Is there anything I should stop or start doing?
- Can you write the main points down for me?
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