TBI Basics: What you need to know about brain injury. Start here

TBI Basics

What you need to know about brain injury

Start here

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Personal Stories & Blogs

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David A. Grant blogs about life after brain injury

For a long time after my brain injury, I was focused on the conventional definition of recovery. I wanted to get back to the place where I started. I wanted to be me again. But the passage of time, and lots of fighting my fate, have proven to me that there is no going back. I will never “get over” my brain injury. Like my shadow that follows me on a sunny day, I am forever bound to my brain injury. And today, I am okay with that.

Expert Q&A

Emilie Godwin
Marriage and Family Therapist
Question:

How can educating families about common impacts of brain injuries help them heal?