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I feel guilty all the time. It’s an unfortunate byproduct of being a survivor. I’m here to tell you — even though I still feel it — it was not my fault. It was not my fault. Everything is not my fault. It’s not yours, either.

After getting married, Landon Beck and his wife, Jessica, realized something wasn't right. Landon was getting angry, jumping at noises, and acting paranoid. He took steps to find answers. She was with him every step of the way.

Looking ahead to fall, Jacqueline Woodson's new middle grade novel, Before the Ever After (Penguin/Paulsen, Sept.), tackles the emotional territory in a story focused on family, football, and the effects of neurogenerative disease CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). 

Diagnosed with ADHD in elementary school, Erin suffered from bullying and a lack of understanding from adults. That trauma led to PTSD and she's continuing to cope with it. But she does know she's one thing — a survivor.

For many veterans’ spouses, we’ve watched our partners struggle not only with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but with other mental health conditions, as well. Around 80 percent of people with PTSD wrestle with at least one other co-occurring mental health condition in their lifetime.

What many people don’t see is the impact PTSD and comorbidity have on vets’ spouses.

There will be Purple Hearts awarded to troops injured during the Jan. 8 Iranian missile barrage on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq, a defense official told Military Times.

Language sets humans apart in the animal world. Language allows us to communicate complex ideas and emotions.  But too often after brain injury be it stroke or trauma, language is lost. 

Ken Rekowski, Shawn Hill and Jodi Graham are dealing with COVID-19 in different ways

Even light exercise can counter the damage of stroke in survivors, a new study suggests.

We’re all experiencing varying levels of trauma.

Motherhood brought me one baby, one loss, and a lifetime of living with the trauma.

“It will get easier after you adjust."

After receiving a traumatic brain injury from a car crash two years ago, the Los Angeles-based journalist Amanda Chicago Lewis has lived in social isolation. Because of stay-at-home orders to reduce the spread of COVID-19, more people are now living in similar circumstances. Below, Lewis shares how she’s adapted her apartment, her routine, and her habits to cope with being at home for extended periods of time.