Personal Stories
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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