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How will I recover from a Traumatic Brain Injury? I ask that question all the time since my injury over ten years ago and haven’t found an answer. Physical therapy and exercise have made some improvement, but it hasn’t resolved the nerve damage. My health needs are always there, it’s like swatting mosquitoes at the […]

Recovery indicates loss. Beyond the physical, mental and emotional health, traumatic brain injury survivors may loose their income, independence, security, self esteem and much more. It may take years if not decades to regain what has been lost. Some things may never be recovered.   What I did for Recovery When I regained my memory […]

Understanding a TBI is difficult since the location and severity of every traumatic brain injury is unique. A general description of a traumatic brain injury is an insult to the brain resulting in cognitive, physical or emotional impairment. While this description is accurate, it does not give you an understanding of the medicine or person […]

Time management is about being efficient with our time by planning and organizing our activities so we can complete tasks quicker and have time for other things. There are several steps to managing time:   Setting Goals Motivation Personal Insight Initiation Routine Planning Organizing These time management steps are also cognitive skills called Executive Functions, […]

Daily fatigue can be physical, mental and psychological. Fatigue is a continuous weariness resulting with decreased energy, motivation and concentration. Many things will cause fatigue including but not limited to anemia, diabetes and depression, sleep disorders can also cause fatigue. I will talk about fatigue related to my brain injury. (Read what you can do […]

Balance, dizziness and coordination are troublesome for various reasons. And this blog post is difficult to write since I don’t know the all the answers to my questions. Fatigue plays a role in all my difficulties, it seems I can never get enough sleep or rest to concentrate on everything and I’ll be repeating this […]

Exercise is an activity to develop the body and mind, a task to be practiced for improving a skill. Everyone can always improve the physical and mental activities of their life with effort.   The physical and mental effects of a traumatic brain injury are overwhelming, yet better health with exercise can be rewarding, freeing […]

Sensory Overload was the original subject of this article, I wanted to share my difficulties with sensitive hearing since my brain injury. When I researched why and how a person obtains sensitive hearing and/or other sensory problems, I learned my attention deficits were the silent culprit.   There are four types of attention: sustained attention, […]

Solitude after a Traumatic Brain Injury can be healthy. For me solitude and seclusion were caused by the fear of failure. I have poor balance and coordination, understanding what people were saying took longer than usual and having to explain what happened was difficult since I have no memory of the accident. My interactions with […]

Traumatic Brain Injury endurance is limited as a result of concentration causing fatigue. That’s my experience and with regards to writing this blog, my endurance is fading, I need a rest.   Learning to maintain this website/ blog and learning about my brain injury symptoms has worn me out. Unfortunately, children with head injuries can […]

Being content about my brain injury means that I don’t make the effort to better myself. Most of the time I don’t notice any improvement with my health. I always wonder if the work I do is helpful. It seems I’m going around in circles, repeating the same routine without any progress.   Over time […]

Concentration is the ability to focus on one thought while at the same time excluding unrelated thoughts, feelings or distractions. Concentration is one of many cognitive skills. (Read about cognitive problems after a TBI.) I feel that my diminished ability to concentrate affects everything I do more than other cognitive skills.   Concentration is closely […]

Sleep is essential for memory, learning, concentration and judgement (the skills I lost in my injury) among other things. (Read about sleep, learning and memory.) Sleeping difficulties are common with traumatic brain injury survivors. (Read about sleep and TBI.)   People with a traumatic brain injury have problems with concentration and other cognitive abilities. (Read […]

Reading helps me concentrate. There are studies that say it improves memory as well. (Read about reading for your brain and memory.) I’m fortunate that my vision was not damaged when I acquired my brain injury and prevent me from reading like some people. (More about reading problems after a TBI.) While sleep improves my […]

Learning with a Traumatic Brain Injury will be determined by the severity of the injury along with the desire and effort to learn. They seem to be a contradiction since the cognitive skills used for learning (attention, memory, understanding, etc.) are the same that become damaged during a brain injury. (Read about the cognitive difficulties […]

Age regression behaviors were apparent after my brain injury, but I’m not sure when I became aware of them. Like a child I’d learn from watching other people and like an adolescent I thought I new it all and was unsure of everything.     Similar to my youth I became quiet again. I would […]