AdviceAlt

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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing.
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
I've sent you an email from temporaryalt2930290@gmail.com . It might end up in spam.
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
That sounds great. I couldn't find an email in your profile - could you email me? temporaryalt2930290@gmail.com I realise it's a bit weird using alts for everything. I keep things to myself IRL and don't want people using me
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
Thank you for the advice. I don't think I'll go the freelance route, at least without significant improvement.
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
I've always been decent at writing, and when it's about something I am interested in I enjoy it. I love history, though I haven't had much chance to read about it since the concussion. I also find aerospace interesting - I us
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
It's good to hear that the degree apprenticeships work on interesting stuff - that's the reason I'm so interested in GCHQ, I'd love to work on some really interesting problems. I assumed that if and when I completely fai
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
There's CCTV footage of the attack on me as well. The problem isn't proving what happened, it's sentencing. The police (after 3 months of waiting...) told me not to bother, and I spoke to a magistrate who said they'd get
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
I'll try some cardiovascular exercise. I find walks in nature (there's a nearby forest) significantly improve my mental health, but they're not intensive. I've already discussed going to the gym with my GP (to fix RSI) s
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
Thank you for the link. It's good to know that people can heal with proper treatment. Getting that treatment is difficult in the UK. As a nation we've entirely committed to a national health system. It's broken and everyone k
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
Thank you. You sensed correctly - I'm definitely stressed. I've recently started to weight lift for different reasons (RSI) and while I haven't noticed cognitive improvement as suggested by another comment, it's definite
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
I hadn't considered that. Thank you for mentioning it. I'd like to avoid adding even more stress, but I'll see if I can talk to a lawyer about it.
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
I've also got repetitive strain injury in my wrists and fingers, and I finally started going to the gym recently to try to help with that. I haven't found cognitive improvement, but it's pretty much fixed the RSI in a quite c
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
Thank you for the kind words. I'll try to change my language around it. I plan to take as much time as I need between A levels (high school) and uni. I've got the summer break coming up, and I might take it a bit early, so I shoul
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
Thank you. My ability to write doesn't seem to have been affected by the concussion (different part of the brain?) and it's nice to have at least one thing I'm still good at.
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
Thanks, that's good to hear.
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
In terms of medical help, the NHS is focusing on preventing the headaches. I've been prescribed topirimate, which gave me horrible side effects (stopped after 3 days), and small dosage amitriptyline, which I'm currently decreasing
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
Thank you, I hadn't heard of cognitive neurotherapy/neurofeedback. It's been suggested by some other people in this thread. I looked into it and I can get it privately for ~£2000, which is within viability.
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
That's the plan with the gap year. I'm not sure about taking a year out in the middle of my A levels. I'm hoping next year is better. As a result of doing further maths I did the two-year maths course in one year but didn&#x2
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by AdviceAlt 3y ago
Thank you, that's good to hear.
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Ask HN: How to navigate the world as a brain-damaged 17 year old?
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