Author: dawncorbelli

Sadly, Veronica asked me, “Do I have failure to launch?” Have you heard of the statement, “failure to launch?” Young adults with failure to launch, or failure to thrive may appear to be “stuck” or not maturing in an age-appropriate way. Failure to launch syndrome is an increasingly common problem among young people who are… Continue reading Failure to Launch Syndrome

Our brain injured loved one behaves differently than they used to. You have asked them over and over not to present that inappropriate behavior. Do you believe they don’t change their behavior because they can’t or are they stubborn and simply won’t? -A survivor is so blunt and unfiltered, many times angry, irritated, irrational, and… Continue reading Is it That Survivors Can’t OR Won’t?

The most important role of the hippocampus involves memory. The hippocampus memory functions can be divided into memory consolidation, memory transfer, and spatial memory. Memory Consolidation occurs when a new memory from a recent experience is “reformatted” into a long-term, more stable memory. Short-term memories are memories that are only available for a short amount… Continue reading The Hippocampus and Our Memory

Do you ever feel worse after talking to someone else that also has a family member with a brain injury? I had a conversation with someone recently that has a grown child with a brain injury, too, but from birth, not at the age of 15 like our daughter. I felt like no matter what… Continue reading Don’t Compare Yourself

Recently I was at the gym and needed a reminder on how to use one of the machines I have been using for the past few months. For some reason, that day I just couldn’t remember how. I told the gym manager that I have memory loss due to my brain injury. “You’d think after… Continue reading And Then She Danced