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Living with Brain Injury

Survivor's Voice



The Survivor's Voice section offers creative writing, poetry and first person narratives from the sole perspective of survivor's of brain injury.

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Personal Stories

Thank You
by: Philippe J.M. Arrieux

Head Injury Perceptions
by: Al Becker

My Time in the Dreamtime
by: Alan Borer

Odyssey to Recovery
by: Craig Brandt

Thank You
by: Jane Concato

Perhaps This Is As Good As It Gets
by: Peter Flanagan

Yes, I Can
by: Donna Jones

Civilian Life to Military Life.
Now, back from Military Life to Civilian Life.

by: Paul Kim, E-4 Corporal, Retired

Personal Story
by: Cindy Massey

Survival: A Mom's Story of Continued Existence and Endurance
by: Laura Pinon

Personal Story
by: Chelsea Rose

They Told Me The Brain Injury Was No Big Deal...
By: Susan Wahl

Destiny is Worth Creating
By: Brian Webb

Personal Story
by: Terry Wilson



Poetry

09/10/91
by: Thomas B. Welch

ALL YOU MUST HOLD
by: Chuck Ozug

A Thought of Healing

by: Joseph Haranzo

Coma
by: Thomas B. Welch

Darkness and Hope
by: Joseph Haranzo

Day Dreamer
by: Michael Phillips

FIGHTING MEMORY
by: Chuck Ozug

"Grampa"

Anonymous

HALLUCINATION
by: Linda Evans

I Am
by: Vicki Sue Parker

I Could Imagine
by: Elisha Jensen

It Is Time
by: Vicki Sue Parker

Making Improvements
by: Elisha Jensen

Memory Loss
by: Elisha Jensen

My Son
by: Donna Reboletti

No Fearful Memory
by: Sabina K. Ehrenhardt

Pain
by: Jennifer Carter

Pain
by: Chelsea Rose

One Year After Traumatic Injuries Caused By Domestic Violence
by: Charlene Carnevale

“REHAB-ITIS”
by: Beverly Gruenberg

Silent Epidemic
by: Heidi Lerner

Surrender
by: Vicki Sue Parker

TBI... research please

by: M.E.Jepson

The Cast of my Brain
by: Vicki Sue Parker

The Unpaved Road

by: Heidi Lerner

This is a view of a brain – injured
by: C. Swanson

Today, i lost my self,
Anonymous

TRAPPED IN A BUNKER
by: Chuck Ozug

Untitled
by: Kyle Brandon Epperson

Vision
by: Kevin Pettit