The last several years we have learned about the repercussions of repetitive hits to the heads of our football heroes. Do we really understand though? We see stories about them on the news or read about them in newspaper articles, focused, not on past glories or achievements, but on present day despair. On regrets. On wishing they had lived their lives differently. We see ... Read On
Living Large and Howling at Our TBI Demons
Everyone has their demons; ghosts that haunt us because of something that has or hasn't happened in our past. For those of us with brain injuries, our collection of demons is varied and extremely powerful. We feel overwhelmed when we face those things that haunt us: peoples' comments, the can't do's, the used to be able to's, the relationship issues, the work issues. They ... Read On
Facing & Winning the Daily Brain Injury Struggle
Being TBI survivors, we all live the struggle; it's in our face every day. The battle we are in can be physical, mental, emotional or a combination of all three, but it's always there; and it takes strength and perseverance. Every day we wake up to face the same struggle. The same #{%^ struggle. The individual challenges and the details we face each day may be different, but ... Read On
Once Upon A Head Injury…
Once upon a time, many years ago, before there were MRI machines and little was known about head trauma...a young man was out with some friends on a summer vacation. He had just finished his best academic year and was looking forward to the fall semester when he was scheduled to study abroad. On this particular calm summer night he was out listening to some friends playing ... Read On
TBI Survivors Have Earned the Right
TBI survivors work hard. We have to. TBI survivors toil away, not to get some great monetary reward or a medal, but simply to recapture what we have lost so we can live a fulfilled life. There are no shortcuts and nothing is given to us. Everything we get is earned. Whether it's the endless days you spend in physical rehab learning how to walk, the time in cognitive rehab ... Read On