Brain Injury Recovery

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Sensory overload, also known as hypersensitivity, occurs when the brain’s filters no longer work properly. Unlike a healthy brain, which can identify and filter out irrelevant or unnecessary information, an injured brain often cannot.

Grief can come in many hues of gray — from the loss of a loved one to the effects of a life event like a brain injury.

Fatigue is one of the most commonly reported effects of a brain injury. We've put together 8 top tips to help you cope.

The doctors took great care of me while I was in the hospital. However, they didn't prepare me for when I left. Here are 10 things I wish they would have told me about traumatic brain injury recovery before I left the hospital.

How a troll with a toxic attitude turned out of be my downfall,... and not in the way they even intended (I think.) Now I know what does and doesn't deserve my attention.

This has become my recent lot in life. Unable to read much, type much, or look at screens . . . . I’ve become used to handing it over. “Can you read this please?” “Will you …

While every brain injury is unique, creating an environment to support and promote recovery is not. Here are the things I wish someone had told me.

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A nifty little guide to traumatic brain injury and what it's all about, by someone who has it. Includes link and book resources and video | TBI | traumatic brain injury resources |about traumatic brain injury | how do you get TBI | how you live with TBI | mental illness | mental wellness |

Updated January, 2019: In its most general sense light therapy refers to the use of light, typically red or near-infrared light, to stimulate and heal injured tissue. One of the major mechanisms by which light therapy is thought to work is by improving the mitochondrial function of compromised cells.

Concussions and traumatic brain injury, or TBIs, affect over a million Americans every year. The vast majority are relatively mild, not requiring hospitalization. However, even in these mild concussions, over 75% will develop chronic pain, problems with memory and attention, irritability, and other neurocognitive issues.

While every brain injury is unique, creating an environment to support and promote recovery is not. Here are the things I wish someone had told me.

Concussions and traumatic brain injury, or TBIs, affect over a million Americans every year. The vast majority are relatively mild, not requiring hospitalization. However, even in these mild concussions, over 75% will develop chronic pain, problems with memory and attention, irritability, and other neurocognitive issues.