Finding Yourself Archives

I’m 65 and Officially Retired from Being Disabled

December 8, 2020 by Jeff Sebell 10 Comments

I'm doing what people do when they turn 65. I'm retiring. So, for all of you who know me as well as those of you who don't, I am officially announcing my retirement from being disabled. "How can you do this?" some may ask. In fact, I can hear a few of you asking that question right now. Well, I'll tell you, I gave it some thought, and what I focused on was the idea ... Read On

Brain Injury Now: Interpreting My Past, Living My Present, Finding My Future

January 5, 2020 by Jeff Sebell 11 Comments

Here I am, at age sixty-four, about to enter a new phase of my life: forty-five years after my month-long coma, I've reached that age when I can retire. That idea sounds great, so I tell people I am going to retire in a year. Their usual response is, "Well, what are you retiring from?" "I am going to retire from being disabled." Do I really believe that? No. No I ... Read On

Finding the Will to Keep Fighting after Brain Injury

March 10, 2019 by Jeff Sebell 12 Comments

We love those uplifting, feel good stories about survivors who have battled adversity to create a life following brain injury; who have proven doctors and doubters wrong by raising themselves from the ashes. These stories are good for the human spirit and good for the soul; handing us doses of confidence and inspiration by focusing on the best of our human qualities; ... Read On

My Mental Balancing Act-Post Brain Injury

September 16, 2018 by Jeff Sebell 20 Comments

For the last forty three years, since my car crash and month long coma, I have essentially been performing one big balancing act. Over this time I have learned what it takes to maintain my balance on the brain injury high wire; balancing what I used to be, what I was becoming, what I thought I was and my new reality in order to build a life that works. I will be ... Read On

“So That’s Why I Do That!!”

May 21, 2017 by Jeff Sebell 12 Comments

How many of us, TBI survivors, do things or say things only to wonder, minutes later, "Why did I do that?" We go through our day-to-day lives, doing the best we can as we try to "normalize", and we often find ourselves doing these things we think are normal when they aren't at all. It becomes routine to do things without understanding why or thinking anything about them; ... Read On