Navigating medical appointments, bills and filling out important paperwork can be hard for anyone. But so many times for brain injured people, it can be impossible. My journey through successfully finding resources this week. When a brain injured person, much less many others, receives a bill, big or small, they often sweat it out wondering… Continue reading More than billing frustrations: Resources to help
Author: dawncorbelli
My Nervous System
Sometimes brain injured people have reactions that even they do not understand. After 17 yrs into my recovery I still have symptoms that lead to personal experiences I would not expect to have. This small outburst I had wasn’t nearly as bad as some I have experienced in the past. When our loved ones don’t… Continue reading My Nervous System
My Grief
I have been reading my old journals. Well, today I read about when my kids were small, and I had forgotten so much. I don’t know if my writing is different now because I am older or brain injured. I was going to college then and my thoughts were so clear. My vocabulary was more… Continue reading My Grief
Our Triumph
1 person sustains a brain injury every 9 seconds in the United States. Resource: Brain Injury Association of America So many times, we in the world of brain injury concentrate on the negatives. I believe brain injury education advocacy is my new purpose. I spent many years learning the “new” me, and who I am… Continue reading Our Triumph
Mental Illness Recovery Part 2/2
My last blog was part 1of 2, titled, With Every Up Comes a Down Recap: I have bipolar disorder. After being on the same dose of my mood stabilizer for many years, I became so exhausted it was hard for me to think. Just functioning, trying to do everyday tasks, was becoming a huge challenge.… Continue reading Mental Illness Recovery Part 2/2
Dawn Corbelli 