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“Stuff” I Have Forgotten Since My TBI

August 28, 2016 by Jeff Sebell 15 Comments

“Stuff” I Have Forgotten Since My TBI

Of course there have been many things - all kinds of things - I have forgotten at some point since my TBI, but I'm not talking here about everyday things. I don't mean it the same way that we TBI survivors have become used to: those memory problems that plague us daily and won't go away. Forgetting in our daily lives is something we are all familiar with. We forget things ... Read On

TBI Humor: Serious Funny Business

August 7, 2016 by Jeff Sebell 11 Comments

TBI Humor: Serious Funny Business

My life after my TBI has been shaped by humor, to the point that  my cognitive therapist thought I was making too many jokes and she tried to teach me how not to be funny. I felt as though she was trying to take away an essential part of me... TBI Humor Is... We are all familiar with Brain Injury humor. BI humor is that self-deprecating humor we use to make light of ... Read On

Finding Happiness after TBI

May 1, 2016 by Jeff Sebell 7 Comments

Finding Happiness after TBI

Each of us is searching for our own brand of happiness; for those things that make us feel good. Happiness keeps us all going, it keeps us juiced. We need it. Sometimes, though, events complicate our search for happiness, and, for many people, happiness can be difficult if not impossible to find. For those of us who have experienced a brain injury, especially those who are ... Read On

Becoming Someone New after TBI

April 17, 2016 by Jeff Sebell 9 Comments

Becoming Someone New after TBI

Looking out of my hospital room, at the green, metal bridge which spanned the Kennebec River, surrounded by the descending crispness of fall, I knew my life was going to be different. Stuck in my new world, I watched as the traffic rumbled over the bridge; my eye drawn to a lone maple tree with the first red leaf of autumn fluttering in the breeze. I had some time to ... Read On

How to be Yourself After TBI

February 29, 2016 by Jeff Sebell 13 Comments

How to be Yourself After TBI

It's hard to be yourself when it seems as though you always have to explain why you do the things you do. For example: You wear sunglasses  on the elevator. You wear noise canceling headphones in the  mall.  You always sit quietly off to the side when you are in a crowd. You shade your eyes with your hands when you are sitting under harsh fluorescent lights. You don't get ... Read On

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Jeff Sebell Author and TBI SurvivorJeff Sebell is a published Author, Speaker and Blogger writing about Traumatic Brain Injury and the impacts of his own TBI which he suffered in 1975 while attending Bowdoin College  He has been active in the community since the inception of the NHIF, and was on the founding board of directors of the MA chapter. His book "Learning to Live with Yourself after Brain Injury", was released in August of 2014 by Lash Publishing.

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