Brain Injury Bloggers United? A friend asked me this a while ago and it’s a great question. We had a good discussion about it and I’d like to share my thoughts with you. I went into Alphabet Brains with only these goals: help people and raise awareness on brain injury. So when I was asked… Continue reading Are other Brain Injury Bloggers/Websites your competitors or is it a community?
This is an old post about My Beautiful Broken Brain (Netflix: Lotje Sodderland journeys into her own brain to recover and rehabilitate after a hemorrhagic stroke leaves her unable to communicate) from my personal Tumblr account, but after having a realisation on how far I’ve come since starting Alphabet Brains I want to share it on here.… Continue reading Our Beautiful Broken Brains: My Beautiful Broken Brain Review
“Yes it fucking is!” is what I wanted to say, I was so angry and upset! But I didn’t and am regretting it so much now. I’ve over reacted before when it comes to my brain injury. It was the first New Years Eve after my accident and I was at a party playing Cards… Continue reading Overhearing “Brain Injury isn’t really a disability”
An important question asked on the Reddit forum ELI5 (Explain like I’m 5) answered for everyone who has had a brain or head injury, an interesting thing to learn about and the kind of thing you wouldn’t think about but are glad to come across: ELI5: Why is it that when you hit (I.e bang… Continue reading Distracting Your Brain From The Sensation of Pain
The fear of falling after brain injury… I’ve hit my head a couple of times since my brain injury: On a television attached to the wall after bending over to pick something up, underneath the stairs and I’m sure a few other times that I can’t remember. Nothing as bad as what happened last week.… Continue reading The Fear of Falling
A little drawing I did of Apple’s brain injury emoji. I thought it would be perfect for our community! ? I’ve been asking on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter what everyone thinks of it: • Do you use it regularly? • Does it offend you? • Is it just another emoji that gets lost with all the others?… Continue reading Apple’s Brain Injury Emoji: An Illustration
A few weeks ago I posted a link to an article on holiday tips, and for me this was the most helpful tip: ‘The temptation is always to try to cram too much into your holiday, but this can often leave you more in need of a rest than you were before you left!’ and ‘Make… Continue reading How To Look After Yourself and Your Brain on Holiday (and How Not To…)
“You have suffered an epidural haematoma. You spent 13 days in trauma ICU and then step down. You have to get a craniotomy in order to remove the haematoma! You have tubes draining the brain matter coming out of your head. You were life flighted! We had to tell you goodbye because the hospital advised… Continue reading Brittany’s Story
I’m a big Louis Theroux fan, I feel that he is the best documentary film maker and journalist of our time. If you asked me to review all of his stuff, I would give them 10/10. This is the reason I’ve been putting this review off because as someone living with a brain injury I… Continue reading A Different Brain: Louis Theroux Documentary Review
Do you remember Brian’s Story? His was the first story published on the website! Well, since then it’s received a lot of attention! He says: ‘Thank you again for publishing my article. This article may get me into the local newspaper or on a local news station. The article got me a speaking gig at… Continue reading Brian’s Speech on Brain Injury at His Local College
