It seems like there’s no end to the list of things that go haywire after a traumatic brain injury. One of the things I haven’t written about is short attention span. Of all the more frustrating things that I was left with after the stroke I experienced, it was hard it was to focus and (more…)
One day you’re going about your day and minding your own business. Next thing you know something happens, out of the blue, and suddenly you have a traumatic brain injury. And suddenly, although you had always been calm and mild mannered, you have anger issues. When I first got my stroke-related brain injury, I found (more…)
If there is one thing traumatic brain injury (TBI)Â survivors know about, it’s resilience. Being a TBI survivor, I know a thing or two about resilience myself. I get comments about my resilience all the time. I think a lot of people are probably thinking about my physical resilience, how I’ve started to gradually walk (more…)
When I was on my month-long hospital stay after a stroke, I began my self-help program while I was still laying flat on my back in bed. I believe what I did there was the real start of my recovery. My body didn’t work right and my brain was still scrambled, but I was still (more…)
Recently, one of my housemates has been complaining daily about severe headaches. I’ve urged him to see a doctor, but he won’t do it. Although headaches are a rarity with me, since my acquired traumatic brain injury, I’m a bit leery when it comes to headaches. I haven’t been able to reach my housemate, but (more…)
American society at large can hold standards and expectations when it comes to grieving and expressing grief. Those standards can be shaped, maintained and reinforced through television, movies, magazines and other means shared by society at large. Types of grief that are widely accepted are types considered enfranchised by the majority. However, some forms of (more…)
