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Whether you have sustained a brain injury or care about someone who has, taking the time to share your personal story can make a profound difference to another. Join us by engaging with others facing brain injury on the Personal Stories blog.
Nothing mild about TBI
I hate this term mild TBI. It is based on a scale of how long you lost consciousness. I never…
Dawn Lynes
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Words of Advice For Dealing With a TBI Survivor
In one moment (a matter of seconds) my entire life changed and of all things to be majorly injured...the one…
Whitney Gilliece
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One Day at a Time
March 2023 marks 15 months since the day that forever changed my life. I don't mean to sound overly dramatic, but sustaining…
Kari McBride
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Nearly lost my life, yet gained everything
Mothers Day of 2021, I’m told was just a normal day for us. Being a mom of 4, Mother’s Day…
Kristin Crafton
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It’s all about DIGNITY with care…
Our daughter Trina suffered with Anorexia starting at age 17. We weren't fully aware of it until she was age…
Sandra Harp
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I kinda made it
I was 21 years old, and the last thing I expected was to not wake up from a night before…
Joshua Dolezal
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Kiss Your Brain
My daughter was 3 years old when I had my first concussion and she lovingly invented the “brain kiss.” I…
Alli Baugher Crowell
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Learning how to recover – lessons learned
I got a concussion in my junior year of high school during gym class. It was an open gym, which…
Arianna Kaminski
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51 yr survivor of TBI
Hello all, so my story starts when I was 5 yrs old my Dad was out working on the family…
Tina Stonehocker
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Despite Everything: Joy- Triumph over Trauma
This is really a story of love and compassion, and the strength provided by family and friends - and even…
Joy Leccese
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Miraculously Healed after Severe TBI
I was cycling in San Diego, April 2021. On Ingraham St, in a suburban neighborhood 4 blocks from the beach.…
Lindsay Epstein
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Magically Healed Recent Survivor of a Severe TBI
I was cycling in San Diego in April 2021, and hit from behind by an SUV going ~40mph. That vehicle…
Lindsay Epstein
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