It has been 17 years since my moderate tbi and I’m 56 now. I can’t remember what I do day to day. That makes me sad because then I think I didn’t do anything and that I’m lazy. My family says that’s not true, so I’m going to journal about my life. I did two… Continue reading It’s a different kind of beautiful
Author: dawncorbelli
We Know Our Truth
Teaching high school students about brain injuries has been a blessing for Veronica and me. We have met literally thousands of new people. We have taught students, teachers, and counselors things they didn’t know. So many of them have already had concussions/traumatic brain injuries (TBI). We have taught well over 60 classes in the past… Continue reading We Know Our Truth
Suicide After Mild Brain Injury
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
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
Dawn Corbelli 