Brain Injury Stories is a place where you, our site visitors, can provide help to the millions of people worldwide who are seeking information about head trauma. Just like you and your family, our visitors are looking for a ray of hope and words of inspiration. No one can tell your story better than you and your family members. The form below will allow you to contribute your story to this website. You can add photos to your story. And, if you include your email address, you’ll be notified when your story is published on the site.
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Falling from Ladders
In October 2003 I fell off a ladder, when cleaning gutters, hit my head on my driveway's concrete slap and then the ladder fell down & hit my head as well....
Rebekah Vanderfriff, LMSW
I am a survivor, living half of my life with a Traumatic Brain Injury. I don't like to dwell on what happened, and how I was in a coma for over 8 weeks,...
FishWife...His Wife
How do I begin telling how brain injury has affected my life? I called myself fish wife because nowadays that's what I feel like--a nagging fishwife. Do ...
Discover Your Brain Injury
Hello everybody,
I am Gayathri Bakthavasalu,a survivor of a traumatic brain injury(the invisible injury). I was diagnosed with repeated concussion causing ...
My Heroes Have Scars
At the behest of a fellow head banger I'm posting something I wrote. I write a lot. It's one way I deal with being alone so much and all of the things ...
Jake's Brain Injury Accident
i was 14 years old and i was skateboarding by a set of stairs and i decided to try and and jump the stairs and i landed it but i hit a rock and got thrown ...
Finding Sandra After Anoxic Brain Injury
In July 2000 I was taken to our local hospital where I went 10 minutess without oxygen to the brain due to respiratory failure. I was put on a ventilator....
I Have Gained So Much More Than I Lost ~ Helen's Story
On July 14, 2007, a man I had been dating for 3 weeks asked if I wanted to go for a ride on his motorcycle. He didn't tell me his tires were so worn he ...
Living with Brain Injury in Maine
I am a 56 year male (mabye 55 ). My life is completely falling apart,because of a head injury I had at work. Its been 6 months I think. I seem to be getting ...
A Mom's Story: The Journey
On March 3, 2008 my son (13 yrs. old) was on a climbing rope in PE class at school. The rope came loose at the ceiling and he landed on the back of his ...
Brain Injury Recovery - Beth's Story
Brain injury recovery is often a misused term because it makes people think they may be able to return to the way things were before the head trauma.
My ...
A Sudden and Complete Change
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I was in the eighth grade, made honor roll every semester, cheered for the high school in which I was assigned to go, and had recently received the ...
Nurse Question
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A 12 year old boy was shot in the right cheek two years ago and spent a year in a children's hospital where fought for his life and won.
He is now at ...
Music Therapy Groovist Rehabilitation
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I was brain injured by crashing my bicycle. Recovery enlists many rehabilitation strategies. Although I questioned many rehab techniques, there was one ...
A TBI Waiver Provider's story
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Every day from 1pm-5pm participants arrive at our office to take part in our Structured Day Program. The NYS TBI waiver has tagged the name “Structured ...
Our Journey1997
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Our journey with brain injury started on a crisp October morning in 1997. My husband and I had just completed our morning walk and I was getting ready ...
Living With That Other Person who Pretends to be Me
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I had a closed head injury that resulted in PTSD. I feared whom I had become and how this accident changed my life, endangered my family and crushed my ...
Michael Broz - Brain Injury Survivor
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It has been 1 year and three months since my traumatic brain injury; it has been classified as moderate/severe. I have gone through 12 weeks of cognitive ...
Healed from a TBI! How can I spread the word?
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My daughter was kicked in the head in a soccer game and changed overnight. The once sweet, intelligent and driven girl was reduced to a fetal position,...
Conquering Trauma
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I was small, age 12, when my first cognitive challenge/head injury occurred. I was hit by a vehicle in the right side of the head in 1977 in Arkansas....
Helpful Brain Injury Information
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I am writing because I looked over your site and I feel it is a wonderful resource to TBI survivors. We also have a website and blog we're working on to ...
