Brain Injury Journal

A Brain Injury Journal is very much like a diary, but its uses go far beyond that of an ordinary diary. Journal entries can track your progress as you learn more about your new self and adapt to your new life as a brain injury survivor.

A brain injury journal can provide much needed information for your attorney when and if any legal cases are prepared on your behalf.

"Knowledge is Power to a Brain Injured Person"

As we pointed out in our book, Brain Injury Survivor's Guide, brain injury survivor Donna Jones wrote everything in her diary, both the good and the bad. You will want to do the same.

Family members should also keep a journal.

Various brain functions may be disturbed that have not yet been recognized. When a brain injury victim leaves the hospital, they are, more or less, leaving a relatively secure environment. But now they find themselves in the outside world of normal people.

Social interaction will reveal psychosocial abnormalities. We like to call those behavioral problems because, after all, that's exactly what they are. These types of problems need to be written down with details. Family members will recognize them long before the victim does.

Not only does your lawyer need to understand the difference between before and after, you need a starting point from which to begin developing compensatory strategies.

The brain injured person really didn't have to make many decisions while in the hospital. Outside, every few minutes requires a decision. Impaired executive functions will quickly show this to be a problem.

A brain injury journal is an essential tool for problem solving and for providing valuable information to your attorney. It allows you to record the problem, record details about the problem, develop a compensatory strategy and, then, track the results of implementing that strategy.

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