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Category Archives: Serious Posts on Brain Injury
Like It or Not, That Day Will Come Around Each Year
The other day I was listening to a friend deliberate on what to call the day her injury struck. Something about the notion of calling it the anniversary was bothering her. She was wondering if it was something to celebrate. Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting, Community, forgive, honest mistakes, memory, Rebuilding, Recovery, restoration
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A Discussion of How a TBI Can Affect the Survivor
From brainline.org, a nice review of the different sorts of conditions a survivor may be left to deal with long after health insurance no longer wants to cover the doctors and therapists. What Impact Will Moderate or Severe TBI Have … Continue reading
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Tagged Cognitive Damage, Recovery, TBI, TBI Support
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TBI Support Communities on the Web
It’s been a while since I have posted anything with regularity and I decided to speak to that in this post. I stopped writing too much about being a TBI survivor on my own Facebook wall because, well, those details … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting, adjusting, Community, random, Recovery, TBI Support
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What really gets lost
Originally posted on Broken Brain – Brilliant Mind:
At a keyboard, I find my relief So, I have been noodling over the conundrum about why people don’t seem to A) believe me when I tell them I’m having a hard…
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Being able to give back
Nothing all that special in this post but it is something I’ve been meaning to say with regard to a meaningful milestone in my recovery. I’m now at a point where I can do more than just hope things get better … Continue reading
Stupid Stuff I Choose vs. Honest Mistakes
<<This is the second part of a really long post. I decided to separate the two main points and this discussion below is more focused on the need to recognize honest mistakes and have a little more self-compassion,>> I make jokes at … Continue reading
Talking Myself to Death
<<This used to be a post about mistakes vs. plain stupid stuff but it was just too long so I split it after the discussion of the recent social mistake.>> I made a big mistake last week. Well, at least … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting, breakdowns, Cognitive Damage, forgive, Isolation, memory, misunderstood, random, Recovery
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Adapting to Memory Problems
My wife just looooved to tell stories about my memory problems in those early days after the accident. Once I got discharged from rehab and sent home it wasn’t so funny anymore. because she was going to have to go back to … Continue reading
Nine of All Trades 