Disoriented

Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. ~ George Weinberg

A month ago today I collapsed, struck the back of my head on a central heating radiator, and suffered a traumatic brain injury, or so I am told. This resulted in the very seat of my consciousness being hurt and bruised. Since then everything in my world is perfectly normal but everything is completely wrong. I have to think very hard before attempting to do anything or go anywhere, such as picking up some groceries at the store. Everything I see and hear is the same as it was just over a month ago, but everything is different and I struggle to make sense of it all. There are two distinct time periods in my life; before I hurt myself, and after I came around again and saw the buckets of blood all over my apartment. Either the time before February 1st 2024 is a dream, or I am now living in a different time-line, but my mind tells me that both cannot be real. It’s all quite disorienting. I see my doctor today, ostensibly he will inform me that there is no medical reason that I cannot drive my car or get on an aeroplane. I have not lost all hope, but trust me, just for now, I am not going anywhere.

Jack Collier

jackcollier7@talktalk.net