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Category Archives: Brain injury
Out of nowhere
Beckie at Beckie’s Mental Mess is running a series at present to highlight the many misunderstood aspects of mental health by asking people to write of their own experiences. This week, she is looking at the effects of PTSD. Ten … Continue reading
Breaking barriers…
Ten years ago today, July 4th 2009, I learned to fear answering the telephone. Four words changed the lives of everyone in our little family and that of many of our friends. My son, over a hundred miles away in … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, flight, Life
Tagged achieving the impossible, adventure, courage, inspiration, surviving brain injury
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Starting small…
“…grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…” Alert and tense, ready for any stumble, I watched him cross the living room, slowly, painstakingly, supported by the walking frame. He does it every day, and so do … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, family, Grief
Tagged disability, growth, knowing yourself, physical challenges, recovery, serenity prayer, wisdom
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Traffic…
The morning is silent. Even the usual distant traffic noise of the rush-hour mayhem is hushed. The busy road that runs through the village no longer channels the speeding cars and lorries that habitually thunder through this small village. My … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, children, Life, Memory, terror
Tagged comfort, fear, flashbacks, imagination, mental health, post traumatic stress disorder, reaction, road accident, trauma
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Six second memory
“You’re in goldfish mode again, aren’t you?” My brain-injured son looks smug. I raise my eyes to the heavens. He’s right, I have completely forgotten half the things he just asked me to do. He takes a great and unholy … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, Memory, Motherhood
Tagged Disney, goldfish, personality, raven, relationships, soul, spirituality
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A strange gift…
Like most mothers, I have been the recipient of some strange gifts in my time. When children are young, what seems appropriate in their eyes may seem downright bizarre to an adult observer not privy to the inner workings of … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Brain injury, depression, Dreams, flight, Love, Motherhood, Nick Verron, symbolism, travel
Tagged gifts, hope, surviving brain injury, Tenerife, volcanic rock
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What is love by Nick Verron
Nick is my son… and although he has been loved his whole life and has loved in his turn, in the article below he asks a question to which all of us will give a different answer. It is the … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, Dreams, Love, Nick Verron, Relationships
Tagged ABI, Go Fund Me, love, Mountain Trike, surviving brain injury, tbi
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An iceberg universe
Fat little fingers hold up the toy as she peers at her reflection, laughing at herself. That she is, at just fifteen months old, very self-aware is evident in the way she plays with her own and her family’s reflections … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Brain injury, Life
Tagged children, consciousness, growth, imagination, mirror test, observation, science, self awareness, understanding
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Mirror, mirror, on them all by Nick Verron
Reblogged from Nick Verron Leading by Nick Verron In a recent blog post, I recognised the “social reflection” phenomenon. After watching the next documentary instalment from David Eagleman, I now know why this happens. I’m sure everybody reading this has been … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, Life
Tagged BBC series, brain, Eagleman, empathy, mirror neurons, surviving brain injury
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Be your own worst enemy or your best friend by Nick Verron
Reblogged from Nick Verron… my son on taking your own advice. It’s so awesome! I’ve accidentally led myself down a trail of thought which has solved the major problems currently holding me back in life. Yesterday, I was writing some … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, depression, Nick Verron, Photography
Tagged brain donation, Film, inspiration, surviving brain injury, UKABIF
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