I recently read a book called Giving Light to Darkness by Laura Kimbro. It is about her son that was diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury that committed suicide. When Veronica and I teach high school students, we ask the students if any of them have been diagnosed with a concussion or mild traumatic… Continue reading Suicide After Mild Brain Injury
Author: dawncorbelli
Veronica’s Trauma
This Veronica speaking, and this blog is all about me, today. I have done a ton of healing, and my support system helps me in steps towards becoming a better, more healed self, every day. I recently started talk therapy again. It is with a lady who also has a brain injury. She is helping… Continue reading Veronica’s Trauma
Poor Mental Health Can Be Devastating
So many of us suffer anxiety, depression, and even mania in my case. I have bipolar disorder, as I wrote about in my book, A Miracle a Day, One Day at a Time: Hope After Traumatic Brain Injury. I shared every detail of this particularly difficult episode of depression and mania, which I suffered, that… Continue reading Poor Mental Health Can Be Devastating
Not My Week
This is the second week in a row that I don’t feel like myself. That is why I didn’t post a blog last week. I just can’t put my thoughts together. Greg said I should let you know that I haven’t been feeling well. I don’t know if it’s illness, brain injury, or depression. I… Continue reading Not My Week
Our Teaching Experience
This has been a very exciting week. Veronica and I went to a high school and taught about brain injuries in one class, 2 days in a row. The first day we showed our slide show of information including TBI definition, Severity, Facts, and Common Problems. We shared our story, many different things we have… Continue reading Our Teaching Experience
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