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Look out for poor travel accommodations if you are physically disabled
While on a visit home I booked an inexpensive room at a hotel near my sister’s place. It was the Days Inn in Brewerton, NY and was set up through the Hotels .com site. When the reservation was made I … Continue reading
Maybe divorce ISN’T so probable after a brain injury
Brainline.org just seems to be on fire lately (May 2015) and this article caught my eye. Two things: I am posting it with little comment AND I must admit that I was wrong when I referred to dismal stats on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting, Community, disharmony, divorce, emotions, Isolation, marriage, stability
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Killing your sleep to stay connected
Installing an app that adjusts the color temperature of the screen to approximate the light at the time of day, or more importantly, night. Continue reading
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Tagged adjusting, blue light, Cognitive Damage, Community, cortisol, disharmony, dreams, EEG, emotions, Isolation, melatonin, sleep disturbance, sleep tracker
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The opposite of losing your life connections
Here’s a blog post from Brainline.org about what we do naturally when our social network in real life falls apart. If your brain injury hasn’t caused too much debilitation you find that your world just isn’t what it used to … Continue reading
If You’ve Seen One Brain Injury
Yeah, I’ll bet I know what most of you were thinking the next words would be. When a fellow survivor said that and paused I must have given away what I was thinking based on the twinkle in her eye. That sarcastic saying … Continue reading
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Tagged Aphasia, articulate, Cognitive Damage, Community, Isolation, misunderstood, strangers
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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
I haven’t quite figured out how I feel about all the messages out there but this essay is pretty good. Wish I couldn’t agree. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-zellmer/5-things-every-tbi-survivor-wants-you-to-understand_b_6800984.html
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Tagged Accepting, adjusting, Cognitive Damage, Isolation, memory, Pushing Limits, Recovery
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Far away friends stuck around more than local friends
I’ve realized lately that my long distance and on-line relationships haven’t broken down nearly as much as those that are local. 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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Nine of All Trades 