Of course there have been many things - all kinds of things - I have forgotten at some point since my TBI, but I'm not talking here about everyday things. I don't mean it the same way that we TBI survivors have become used to: those memory problems that plague us daily and won't go away. Forgetting in our daily lives is something we are all familiar with. We forget things ... Read On
TBI Humor: Serious Funny Business
My life after my TBI has been shaped by humor, to the point that my cognitive therapist thought I was making too many jokes and she tried to teach me how not to be funny. I felt as though she was trying to take away an essential part of me... TBI Humor Is... We are all familiar with Brain Injury humor. BI humor is that self-deprecating humor we use to make light of ... Read On
Neuroplasticity and TBI: Like PB and J
Peanut butter and jelly seem to have been born together; they're inseparable. Like ham and cheese. Or oreo cookies and milk. Believe it or not, brain injury also has a partner in crime; that one thing that is synonymous with brain injury. This item goes hand-in-hand with brain injury, but unlike the others I just mentioned, it is not a thing; it is a concept. Let me ... Read On
Easing that TBI Tension
Ever have those TBI moments when your body just seems to seize up? When you've forgotten why you were doing what you were doing and are unable to function? When you freeze? That's TBI tension. TBI tension is stifling: it envelops us, like being wrapped up in clingy plastic wrap, like yesterday's leftovers in the refrigerator, unable to even take a breathe. TBI tension ... Read On
Finding Your Inner Strength after TBI
Several months after my TBI, when the shock of waking up after a month in a coma had started to dissolve into the realization that things were going to be really different, I began the slow task of sorting my life out. There were so many issues; I was unable to process conversations quickly, I felt stiff and unemotional, and I was too accepting of the things happening ... Read On
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