Has any one experienced brain fog or "living in a bubble" How long does it last and when does it past?

[Peg DeJohn]

Has any one experienced brain fog or "living in a bubble" How long does it last and when does it past?

[Brandy]

life is a blur and it has lasted 5 years so far there are some good days and some bad ones and no apparent reason why that is they just happen

[Emerson]

Peg, I think it is different for different people depending on the injury. I had horrible brain fog. I would forget I was talking to someone and just walk away in the middle of a conversation. I had days where, as Cynthia says below, I just had to accept that I was going to entirely lose that day - many days. Such a numbness to everything. Felt like I was trying to think through molasses at best. Felt like I was "living in a bubble". That is a good description of it.

But note that almost everything I said was in the past tense. It DOES get better.

You don't say how far out you are from your injury. Some of the fog; a lot of it in the months and even years after the injury is exactly what the brain needs to be able to heal. Think about how you naturally protect an injured arm - giving it the time it needs to heal by not lifting heavy items or moving in a certain way. That is what the brain is doing. It is making you fogged so that you do not think. It is buffering you from the outside so it does not have to process as much incoming details, feelings, and information. Therefore, as Cynthia mentioned, don't stress about it or try to make it go away. It only makes it worse because that is using your brain when it is telling you it needs to rest.

For me, the fog lessened bit by bit. I think it was a mixture of me giving my brain the rest and healing time it needed alternating with bites of stimulation. Again, not knowing anything about your injury, I will take a stab at a suggestion based on my own experience. REST. Rest a lot. Then take short brain bursts where you engage something or someone. But be aware. Body Sense. When your brain starts to fog stop and go lay down.

I have found that I have to lay flat. Resting sitting up in a chair does not have the same effect. I have to get my head and body horizontal. But that may be specific to my injury - I don't know.

Still to this day if I push too hard, like go a full day without resting, I will pay for it later by having the fog descend. It is like my brain is saying "You take care of me and give me the breaks I need to rest and I will do my job at thinking and engaging. If you don't give me what I need I will take it for myself by fogging you out so I can rest!"

Your brain is literally growing new pathways. Think about how much babies and preschoolers need to nap. Same reason!

HTH.

[Cynthia Gurley]

I was in a serious car accident in Feb 2010, and the fog rolls in without warning. Sometimes it gets worse when I'm tired and other times I wake up slow and never wake all the way up all day. I realized I was stressing so much to make it go away I was only making it worse. Not I just say, I won';t remember today and that's OK. At this point no one gets in my bubble, I used to be so open, words and feelings just flew out of me and now, I might feel but to put feeling into words is impossible. I was engaged when I was in the accident, but didn't know him when I woke up and we never reconnected. I have been told, worrying about it the fog and the "closed in feeling" only makes it worse, so I take little scary steps to reach out a tiny bit and see what happens. Sometmes I go to have a starbuck, simply to look people in the eye and smile at them and count how many smile back. Little steps forward help me alot. And golf has helped me focus on something other than myself, it's something I can control, and get excersice, I put in the effort and something positive comes of it.

[Jose]

since my accident i live in a bubble to most, only 2 people can make it though its thick walls, and the fog continues some days are better than other but for me its been years