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This TBI Survivor Doesn’t Care How You Talk to Me

May 6, 2019 by Jeff Sebell 9 Comments

This TBI Survivor Doesn’t Care How You Talk to Me

At some point during this 43 year "trip" I've spent living with a brain injury, I got fed up: too much of my mental energy was being spent getting frustrated and angry because of things other people said to me. That was the moment I decided that I should not allow my mental health or my well being be dependent on the words of  others. I saw that no matter how much I tried to ... Read On

Lost My Car & Nearly Fell Into the “Brain Injury Trap”

January 6, 2019 by Jeff Sebell 20 Comments

Lost My Car & Nearly Fell Into the “Brain Injury Trap”

I get a laugh when I mention to somebody that I lost my car in the parking lot and they respond with, "Oh yeah, I do that all the time." I know they are just trying to be cute and funny or to find a way to make a connection with me, but what these people don't understand is that there is nothing cute or funny about a brain injured individual having to deal with constantly ... Read On

“Strategies” Are Important, but We Need Solutions

April 22, 2018 by Jeff Sebell 9 Comments

“Strategies” Are Important, but We Need Solutions

After we experience a brain injury we want answers to some important questions: when will I be my old self again, and how do I get myself back? Unfortunately, there are no answers. We learn quickly that, much to our dismay, there is no roadmap for life after brain injury. There is no schedule. There is no "approved method" for living. The best we can do is listen to ... Read On

“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

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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  • Don’t Walk…Run!

    Don’t Walk…Run!

    July 16, 2017
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  • Facing & Winning the Daily Brain Injury Struggle

    Facing & Winning the Daily Brain Injury Struggle

    June 20, 2017
    Being TBI survivors, we all live the struggle; it’s in our face every day. The battle we are in can be physical, mental, emotional or a combination of all three, but it’s always there; and …Read More »
  • “So That’s Why I Do That!!”

    “So That’s Why I Do That!!”

    May 21, 2017
    How many of us, TBI survivors, do things or say things only to wonder, minutes later, “Why did I do that?” We go through our day-to-day lives, doing the best we …Read More »

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