This site is dedicated to survivors and all who wish to learn more about traumatic brain injury (tbi). Spread your wings.......open your minds.....and learn.
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I've tired to place a lot of things in one area so you won't have to spend months researching as I have had to do since my brain injury in 1997. There is such a vast amount of information out there, just knowing where to find it and being able to read and understand it can be a major draw back. I've tried to link you to a few to get you started and help you understand.
Traumatic Brain Injury is a life long trauma. The initial damage is not always the only damage. It is a daily struggle of finding SELF. Something which most of us have left behind somewhere. We are usually aware that person existed "Somewhere", we just don't know where they went or how to find them. To know that you are physically the same person......you look the same....but somehow deep inside you know that you are NOT the same person you once knew, and it's one of the hardest struggles we will ever have to make in our lives.
How you accept yourself and your brain injury can make or break you. There will be questions that you won't know how to ask, and answers that you just can't seem to find. SEARCH for them! Don't EVER give up until you have them in the palm of your hand! Then stand back and try to ask yourself, "Is this the answer I was looking for?" "Can I live with this decision?" CAN YOU? Only YOU can answer that question. Only YOU may know when and if you've found what you've been looking for.
And while you're asking yourself these questions, remember this......"my people die from lack of KNOWLEDGE." This statement wasn't only directed at those in the Bible, it stands true in everything in life. Don't be the one who doesn't question when your gut tells you that something isn't right.
It's that lack of knowledge that may be the turning point in your life. And when you feel like you're just going crazy? Look for others that have been there before you. SEEK them out and ASK! Those questions will never be laughed at by another tbi survivor, for we have all been there before. We know the pain, the frustation, the inability that wasn't there "before" the trauma. Don't be afraid. Don't shut yourself in. SPEAK OUT! For it is through OUR voices that we help ourselves and those who will follow in our steps. WE are the SURVIVORS! We must be heard!
God Bless you and keep you all safe and resting in His gentle hands.
~ barbara jean ~
The host I had been using for years was hit by the "wanna cry" virus, so I've been left with almost 20 years of web page building to do via another host.
At this point in time I'm not sure I will ever be able to build it all back again, so Please bear with me while I slowly get things working again and hopefully am able to provide some of the same information for ya'll. I can assure you it won't be as massive as my old website (there aren't enough hours in the day to rebuild that one), but I will try to put as much important information for ya'll as I can.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to drop me an email and ask.
Thanks for your patience!
UPDATE Dec 30, 2022: Once again the host I've been using for years has changed. As of Dec 31st, 2022 I won't be able to add or adjust anything on this website (until I build a new one). SO, I've deleted some things and will be adding them to another website host.
I will most likely add BI related links and such to a new page: http://bjscloset.info It may show "Not Secure" in the browser, but since you're not buying anything, you won't need that type of security (SSL).
This will mostly affect the Show-Me F100's web page as I add and change things to keep them up to date for you.
Sorry, but I guess that's what we have to go through when we work on the internet, 'eh?! ;-)
The mission of this website is to educate those with a brain injury, including their family, friends, doctors and therapists who are all linked to us and who would like to help us recover to our fullest.
For those of us who need to educate ourselves for the life long fight ahead of us, I hope this website will help you feel more "in control" and more "aware" of the struggles you may have to face.
This is the original music I had on my main page. To hear it you'll need to download it to your computer, click HERE!