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Life After Brain Injury: My Struggles and Strategies for Memory Issues

Jason Cowper and Tonya Howell share their stories of coming to terms with changes in their memory, and strategies they use to compensate for these changes.

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Life After Brain Injury – Changing the Inner Narrative

We've all got it, that inner voice that constantly narrates our lives. It is simply part of being human. But as many of us know, brain injury can complicate things. Gone can be the ability to know intuitively when and how to handle things. Without warning, our inner narrator takes on a new power.

My Seven-Year Nap

There are times when it feels like things cannot get any more surreal, and then they do. Such is the unexpected life that unfolds for so many of us after brain injury.

Living with an Invisible Disability

None of these challenges is blatant to the naked eye, but spend a bit of time with me, and you’ll learn soon enough that I’m not as normal as I look. Such is the nature of being invisibly disabled.

Brain Injury Symptoms

Once someone receives a blow to the head, any number of signs can indicate a brain injury.

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TBI 101: Memory Problems

Brain Injury Basics: Thinking and Cognitive Symptoms

Memory is the brain taking in, keeping, recalling, and using information. A brain injury can affect any of these facets of memory. And it can also make it hard to learn and remember things.

Thinking & Cognitive Symptoms Following Brain Injury

Thinking and Cognitive Symptoms Following Brain Injury

Many people who sustain a brain injury experience problems with their ability to think, plan, concentrate, and remember. Some cognitive symptoms may appear right away, while others can arise long after the injury.

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Depression Rates One Year After Moderate to Severe Brain Injury

Depression in Men and Women One Year Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A TBI Model Systems Study

A study comparing depression rates in men and women one year after moderate or severe TBI shows no significant gender differences in depression symptom levels. But researchers did find different patterns of other symptoms.

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Managing Memory and Metamemory Impairments in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury

Learn what steps to take to improve your memory after a brain injury.

Impaired Cognition: Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about cognition and what happens when it is impaired after a brain injury.

Traumatic Brain Injury: A Lifetime of Recovery

Traumatic Brain Injury â€“ A Lifetime of Recovery

I am a very average “TBI Guy.” I have ongoing memory challenges. Word-finding challenges and aphasia are my constant companions. Add a splash of vertigo and half a cup of tinnitus and you have the perfect recipe for a pretty average post-concussive life. And amazingly, today I am okay with that...

Help with Ongoing Symptoms

Concussions affect everyone differently. Not all symptoms improve at the same rate—some take longer than others.

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To Share or Not to Share: Life After Brain Injury

Being defined by your brain injury is different from sharing with a loved one what needs to be shared about the symptoms, says Brainline blogger David Grant.

How Drumming Brought Me Back to Life After Brain Injury

"Drumsticks are such familiar objects to me — almost like extensions of my own body — that I knew they’d serve as a crucial part of my recovery."

BrainSTARS: Planning

For kids with TBI who have trouble with planning, adult help is often required to anticipate and organize events, projects, and chores.

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BrainSTARS: Organization

Parents and teachers of students with organizational weaknesses from TBI need to help them set up and maintain organizational systems.

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Pediatric Cognitive Rehabilitation and School

Hospital Executive Amy Mansue talks about her pediatric cognitive rehab program that is set up like a school to help a child with TBI deal with issues like frustration in addition to regular academic work.

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Level of Executive Functioning Related to Outcome Post-TBI

Measuring outcome after TBI can be tricky, but oftentimes the state of the injured person’s cognitive abilities can shed the most light.

BrainSTARS: Mental Flexibility

A child who is not mentally flexible has trouble responding appropriately to changes in routine. Here are some options for success.

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Rise and Shine

An excerpt from a stunning book about what it means to return to live after a near-death experience.

Cognitive Effects

Cognitive changes — changes in thinking — are very common after a TBI.

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What About Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy?

CRT may be like the proverbial elephant — it feels different to different people depending on their circumstances and perspective. But, it may be essential to quality of life for people with TBI.

BrainSTARS: Initiation

When a student has trouble putting his thoughts into action he is probably not “unmotivated,” “disinterested,” or “lazy.”

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BrainSTARS: Non-Verbal Learning

Children with a nonverbal learning disorder lacks ability to learn and generalize from everyday experiences. Learn more.

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BrainSTARS: Expressive Language

Children with expressive language difficulties need help participating in social and academic activities. Learn more.

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