This post will introduce you to mindfulness and how it can contribute to healing after brain injury. Read on to learn more, and think about whether exploring mindfulness might be worth a try....
It’s time to put a label on one of my biggest fears as a brain injury survivor: Backsliding. Over the last couple of months, I began to fear that this was happening to me until another survivor shared with me that lack of sleep exacerbated...
Susceptibility marker and genetic resistance markers. Glymphatics and sleep. Dr. Ann McKee explains the biology that may lower resistance to CTE ...
Western University researchers are inching closer to making an invisible injury visible, using two kinds of brain scans to track the physical changes concussions cause even after the symptoms are long gone. In a new joint study, researchers at Western University and Radboud University’s Donders...
About half of all people with brain injury are affected by depression within the first year after injury. Even more (nearly two-thirds) are affected within seven years after injury. Below, people who’ve dealt with depression explain how friends and family can help ease the burden. ...
Sue Casey suspects that the multiple concussions her husband, Randy, sustained in his football had something to do with the way his personality changed near the end of his life. "Toward the end, he was depressed. He got quieter and quieter. I never knew who...
Family members of Rod Jones, a former University of Washington tight end and NFL player who died by suicide Saturday, said they believe head trauma from football led to the 54-year-old's downward spiral. "He was changing and morphing into something that was so irrational, so...
Loneliness is not just about being alone. It is about feeling disconnected from others, whether you are physically separated or can’t relate to the people around you. While loneliness is a common feeling, it’s not something you should shrug off. Loneliness can have serious effects...
On Oct 2, 2014, while I was on my way to work I stopped on a highway as the traffic lights were red. There were about 4 cars in front of me. I left some room with the car in front as my mum always...
Every so often I find myself forgetting the reason behind why it is I am doing something, if in fact, I am trying to do two things at once. That is not to say that I cannot multitask, but I have to concentrate and remember...