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- General TBI Info
- Sports / Concussions
- PTSD & TBI
- Wounded Warriors – TBI and our Veterans
- Pain
- Insomnia / Fatigue
- Temper, Temper…
- Testing 1-2-3 – Thoughts on Diagnosis
- Coping Strategies
- Work/Employment Issues
- Social Issues
- Mental Health
- Memory
- Personal Experiences
- Post Listings by Category
General TBI Info
- I’m okay… I’m good… Pepsi delivers food/drink for thought
- Head-banging may lead to head injury
- This just in — video by and about mild tbi
- TBI Symptom of the Day: Auditory (Hyper) Sensitivity
- Basic Facts about Traumatic Brain Injury – Video from www.brainandspinalcord.org1
- It’s easy to get overwhelmed…
- TBI Symptoms “Laundry List”
- Headaches? Really…?
- TBI Stats
- So, what IS a traumatic brain injury?
Sports / Concussions
PTSD & TBI
- ptsd & mild tbi
- More thoughts on pain and TBI and PTSD
- Surviving the Storms of Combined TBI and PTSD
- On Pushing Through the Post-Traumatic Stress
- When PTSD and TBI Intersect, Hide, and Exacerbate Each Other
- Of pain and agitation and PTSD
- Better today… of pain and ptsd
- Checking my stats from the past few days…
- When they think your TBI is PTSD
Wounded Warriors – TBI and our Veterans
- Center helps with psychological health, traumatic brain injury
- Army sees sharp rise in suicide rate
- Blast overpressure is generated from the firing of weapons and may cause brain injury
- An Army of Lost Souls
- The scars of war: ‘The look in her eyes was the look of a lost soul’
- Medical Humanities has some interesting things to say
- Links to stories on TBI and vets
- Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked to Long-Term Health Issues for Iraq Vets
- Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at Elmendorf AFB gives hope to wounded troops
- Website for Veterans with TBI/PTSD at Work
- My mission for this blog – and our veterans
- Great post about a soldier returning with PTSD/TBI
- TBI & Polytrauma Single-Topic Issue in JRRD
Pain
- TBI and Fibromyalgia
- More thoughts on pain and TBI and PTSD
- Better today… pain is a bit less
- Exhausted and in tremendous pain, but feeling great!
- Better today… of pain and ptsd
- I can’t believe it’s back… Pain redux
Insomnia / Fatigue
- Finally got eight hours of sleep…
- Tired, tired, tired…
- Getting a grip on my fatigue
- TBI Symptom of the Day – Such trouble sleeping!
- I really am very tired…
- I’ve been waking up early a lot, lately
Temper, Temper…
- Temper Guidelines Post TBI
- How I deal with the source(s) of my temper issues
- Temper, temper…
- Snap! Anatomy of a TBI temper flare
Testing 1-2-3 – Thoughts on Diagnosis
- Prepping for my neuro visit tomorrow
- Ways that neuropsychological evaluation/testing has helped me
- Too smart for my own good?
- At last, an MRI…
- Very bright, yes, but in some ways, oh so dense
- The benefit of proof
- No, I am *not* going to be seeing my neuropsych today
- Today I meet with my neuropsych again
- The good – and bad – news is, I’m pretty bright
- EEGs show brain differences between poor and rich kids
- New tbi screening tool
- My “last” test with my neuropsychologist
- Avoiding insurance fraud…?
- My second neuro visit OR If only they could walk in my shoes…
- Putting the logic in “neurological”
Coping Strategies
- Throwing nuts at the cheetah
- Beginner’s Mind – On Learning from Back to Front
- Help for a teen-age girl who had a brain injury
- Speaking of analgesic stress…
- Catching up with catching up
- The importance of routine
- My internet connection is slow today… and so am I
- My answer to (almost) everything: Just Keep Going!
- That’ll learn me… learning to back up my work
- Saturday chores – a-la tbi
- A normal weekend, at last…
- Discretion is the better part of valour
- Making the most of my self-assessments
- Impulse Control 101
- The doctor’s visit was a 75% success
- TBI Issues Tracking – How I Keep It All Together
- The Computed World : The most massive exercise in inclusiveness in the history of the human race?
- There is no shame in asking for help
- A brilliant opportunity
- Keep it simple. Or else…
- Straight to execution…
- TBI self-assessment challenges are a biggie
Work/Employment Issues
- Post-TBI Job Strategies for the New Year
- Redemption time at work
- Things are looking up on the job front!
- But the next job interview did go well
- Now it’s starting to sink in… avoiding the trap of extremes
- The job interview did not go well. Oh, well…
Social Issues
- TBI Complication No. 763: Being defenseless against vampires
- More attention for the invisible disability – TBI
- Back from the holidays, back to work
- A picture of what happens to me when I’m “not listening”
- I’m listening… but I didn’t hear you…
- Invisible Me – The interactive dynamics of a doubly-hidden disability.
Mental Health
- Common sense for quality psychotherapy
- More thoughts on Brain Injury and Mental Illness
- I love my therapist, but…
- I wish my therapist knew… I need more help than regular folks
- Reverse-engineering my “depression”
- i think i’m in love with my therapist
- TBI and Mental Illness
Memory
Personal Experiences
- Thanksgiving anniversary #2 — 2004
- Of Curses and Candles
- What happened in the field that day
- Lost to TBI: Enjoying Going to the Beach
- Lost to TBI: My Lifelong Love of Reading Fiction
- What is it about Thanksgiving?
- TBI Benefit #27 – An increased refund from the IRS
- Watching Kung Fu Movies and Wondering…
- Catching up with myself
- How I figured out something was REALLY wrong
- My catalog of injuries (that I remember)
- My Common Indicators of Head Injury
- Working my way through all this…
- I am so tired of paying attention to myself and my brain…
- Ruminations of a high-fuctioning mtbi survivor
- A good day… sort of… I think…
- I’ve got a TBI… now what?
- How I got here
- What makes the mind?
- Greetings from inside my unusual head
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