Traumatic Brain Injury is a life long injury. The initial damage is not always the only damage. It is a daily struggle of finding "SELF". Something which most of us have left behind somewhere.

We are usually aware that person existed "somewhere", we just don't know WHERE they went. To know that you are physically the same person.....you look the same......but somehow deep inside you know that you are NOT that same person you once knew. This is one of the hardest struggles we will ever have to make in our lives.

How you accept yourself and your brain injury can make or break you. There will be questions that you won't know how to ask, and answers that you just can't seem to find. SEARCH for them! Don't EVER give up until you have them in the palm of your hand! And then stand back and try to ask yourself, "Is this the answer I was looking for?" "Can I live with this decision?" CAN YOU? Only YOU can answer that question. Only YOU may know when and if you've found what you've been looking for.

And while you're asking yourself these questions, remember this......without KNOWLEDGE my people die. Don't be the one who doesn't question when your "GUT" tells you that something isn't right. It's that lack of knowledge that may be the turning point in your life. And when you feel like you're just going crazy? Look for others that have been there before you. SEEK them out and ASK!

Those questions will never be laughed at by another tbi survivor, for we have all been there before. We know the pain, the frustration, the inability that wasn't there "before" our injury. Don't be afraid. Don't shut yourself in. SPEAK OUT! For it is through OUR voices that we help ourselves and those who will follow in our footsteps. WE are the SURVIVORS! WE MUST BE HEARD!

God bless you and keep you all safe and resting in His gentle hands.

barbara jean

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Have you ever hidden in a closet when you were a child? Do you remember how dark and lonely it seemed? Well, when I first got this injury that's how I felt......alone, isolated, and wondering if I could ever find the door in the dark. I'm still in there searching, but I do know that when they put me in here, they forgot to "lock" the door, and some day....

I'M COMING OUT!

Would you like to take a tour of the site? Just click on the links below and they will take you wherever you'd like to go! HAVE FUN! And I hope you enjoy yourself!

Medical links - and some files about TBI with a link to more sites.

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Herbal links - some herbs that may help your TBI.

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FUN pages - some fun things to do and also some cute cards to send to people you know! Stop in!

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TBI links - Home Pages for other TBI'ers and a few others that you might be interested in. Check it out!

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Guestbooks, refer me site - stop in and sign my guestbook and look around! I'd love to hear what you have to say!

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Stories, Poems, and Feelings - this is from my Angelfire site. Stop in for a minute and enjoy!

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911 Memorial - this is my Memorial page for the September 11, 2001 attack on America

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Kinesiology - Therapy Site - this is my newest site. I've been documenting the N.O.T. therapy that I've started. Stop in and read a bit!

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