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What Is Your It?

"It" is the recipient of all of your best.What is your "it"?

Bring on the Steeple Chase!

"For the brain injured, for anyone needing to restart their lives after all of their normal has been stripped, the Olympics provide a serious, wonderful, hopeful dose of what is possible in each of us."

The Ability to Drive Safely After a Severe Brain Injury Is Frequently Compromised

Driving takes a great deal of concentration and coordination. Rehab for this complex activity should be a main goal of certain reintegration programs.

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Dealing with Unpredictability and Uncertainty After a Brain Injury

Unpredictability and uncertainty after a TBI are scary, but life will get easier as problems are solved and families develop a new normal.

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Strategies to Help People with Brain Injury Deal with Loneliness

Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer: Strategies to Help People with TBI and Their Families Deal with Loneliness

People with a brain injury — and their families — often feel as if no one understands what they're going through. But there are strategies to help.

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Loss of Relationships After a TBI Is Often the Most Devastating Outcome

Friendships often fall apart after someone has a TBI, adding a whole other layer of loss on top of the brain injury.

Patience and Persistence Are Key for Caregiving

The prolonged period of stress after a loved one has a TBI can last years. Asking for help and knowing that life may be different but it will get easier and better are crucial points for caregivers.

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What Keeps People from Moving Forward After a Brain Injury?

Acceptance of a "new self" can be especially hard for perfectionists and high achievers; they have a hard time accepting the loss of who they once were.

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What Is Ambiguous Loss? How Does It Relate to Brain Injury?

Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer: What Is Ambiguous Loss and How Does It Relate to Brain Injury?

Ambiguous loss describes the grief associated with a loss of a person or relationship, in which there is confusion or uncertainty about that person or relationship.

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When the Ambiguity of Loss Ends After Brain Injury

Although it is painful for a person with TBI and his family to recognize what has been lost from the injury, that understanding also frees them to grieve and move forward.

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Locked In

Have you ever dreamt that you were terrified, you screamed, but nothing came out? Imagine you are paralyzed, too. You can’t shield your face with your hands or run away, but you see, hear, and understand everything coming at you.

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Addressing Everyday Issues

Information on your rights as an employee, job options for you and your family member if he or she is unable to return to duty, and how to balance work and caregiving.

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Connecting with Other Vets After Brain Injury on Facebook

Facebook and other social media sites are effective ways for military vets like Navy veteran Derek McGinnis to connect with other vets who are experiencing the same challenges post-injury, post-deployment.

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Getting Active and Social After a Brain and Other Injuries Can Help Veterans

Team Semper Fi has given Navy veteran Derek McGinnis and many other veterans with TBI and/or lost limbs a place to face challenges and meet them with pride and a sense of belonging.

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Andy's Story

"The puzzle of my life has a thousand pieces to it, and I am learning how to fit them all together."

Nourish Your Noggin: What Foods to Avoid and Why

Foods are best eaten in their most alive, natural states. Learn more about what you put in your body and how it can affect you physically and emotionally.

Nourish Your Noggin: Nutrition and Your Brain

What you eat greatly influences your body's ability to function well — physically and emotionally. Eating right is even more important after a brain injury.

The Many Layers of Post-Traumatic Growth

With a significant life crisis like a brain injury, paralysis, or being a POW, comes great challenge and change. But with it can also come the opportunity for significant growth.

Along Recovery

Along Recovery is an intimate portrait of TBI, the signature wound of Afghanistan and Iraq. This film documents the TBI recovery process from the perspective of four soldiers recently evacuated from combat operations.

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My Daughter with a Brain Injury Acts Like a Teenager

Skills required for parenting can be taught but a safe, loving environment is critical.

Celeste Campbell, PsyD