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Anxiety after a TBI or brain injury is common. Many survivors face overwhelming and intense emotions, especially stress and anxiety. But the stress of caregiving, uncertainty abou the future, and changes in relationships and lifestyle also contribute to stress and anxiety for families and caregivers. Anxiety can lead directly to increased stress an depression and have physical and emotional consequences. These brain injury blogs on anxiety discuss the signs of anxiety and their impact with suggestions for coping.
December 3rd, 2019 |
Categories: Anxiety, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Caregivers, Encouragement, Families, Fatigue, Hope, Survivors |
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Making the most of the Holidays can be a tall order for TBI Survivors, but this post is meant to encourage! With a few tips that may be helpful for survivors, family and friends – we hope you can find some great takeaway from it. Happy Holidays!
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September 17th, 2019 |
Categories: Anxiety, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Caregivers, Encouragement, Families, Fatigue, Grief and Loss, Hope, Journaling, Living and Relationships, Sense of Self, Social Skills, Stress, Survivors |
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After a traumatic brain injury (TBI) there are plenty of things to learn, relearn, and experience before progress can be measured. This article covers 5 positive steps toward making progress as a TBI survivor. There are also some links to product that directly relate to the article – of different prices, and dealing with similar issues.
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August 7th, 2018 |
Categories: Anxiety, Attention, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Caregivers, Communication, Compassion Fatigue, Depression, Families, Fatigue, Mild Brain Injury, Stress |
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There’s always hope… Encouragement after TBI By Bill Herrin My dad would often tell me not to get discouraged, and as a young man, I didn’t understand why…sometimes it made me frustrated. What he knew (that I didn’t at the time) was that he was preparing me for discouraging times in my life. […]
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June 14th, 2018 |
Categories: Anger, Anxiety, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Depression, Social Skills |
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You Did That on Purpose! Misinterpretations and Anger after Brain Injury By Dawn Neumann, Ph.D., FACRM Imagine that you are waiting in line at the store and someone cuts in front of you. A) Do you think the person cut in front of you on purpose or was trying to be mean? B) […]
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April 6th, 2018 |
Categories: Adjustment, Anxiety, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Journaling |
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The huge task of bringing yourself down from the “mountain” of anxiety after TBI is a unchartered trek, since every brain injury is different. This blog post points to some ways to make the journey easier, with some considerable suggestions to help find your way.
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February 26th, 2018 |
Categories: Adjustment, Anxiety, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Grief and Loss, Sense of Self, Survivors |
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Loss of self is common after a traumatic brain injury, and can often leave survivors with the feelings of frustration, anger, confusion and more. Finding your “new normal” after loss of self, even when it means adapting to a different version of your old self is a viable option. This article addresses the challenges and encourages people facing this tough subject.
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January 24th, 2018 |
Categories: Anger, Anxiety, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Care and Treatment, Caregivers, Compassion Fatigue, Families, Fatigue, Featured, Stress |
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Compassion and empathy are key to good caregiving, and supply can run short when you’re the TBI caregiver every single day. This article covers caregiving tips, along with lots of resources!
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August 3rd, 2017 |
Categories: Anger, Anxiety, Behavior, Books by Survivors and Families, Brain Injury Voices, Depression, Fatigue, News Releases, Sense of Self, Social Skills, Stress, Survivors |
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Lash & Associates Publishing (www.lapublishing.com) proudly presents a new publication for survivors, caregivers, and professionals working with survivors: MY BRAIN AND I By Jennifer Callaghan Jennifer shares the triumphs and gains she’s experienced over a 16-year period after sustaining severe traumatic brain injury. In poignant detail, she writes of her struggles, the many obstacles, and […]
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December 22nd, 2016 |
Categories: Anger, Anxiety, Books by Survivors and Families, Brain Injury Symptoms, Brain Injury Voices, Community, Depression, Fatigue, Grief and Loss, Living and Relationships, Memory, Sense of Self, Social Skills, Stress, Survivors |
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I began by writing a few words, then a few sentences, and then, whole paragraphs. The more I wrote, the better I felt. I wanted, no — I needed to explain what it felt like inside the lonely head of a person with a brain injury and how the world looked.
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July 28th, 2016 |
Categories: Anxiety, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Symptoms, Brain Injury Voices, Care and Treatment, Community, Grief and Loss, Living and Relationships, Mild Brain Injury, Sense of Self, Social Skills, Stress, Support, Survivors |
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C.C. LeBlanc, a mild TBI survivor, has gone through relocation stresses and suggests that before you move, carefully examine your needs for a meaningful quality of life. Almost everything you have developed in your life to be functional will be disrupted. You need to be prepared for stress, that your TBI will be aggravated, and your coping skills will be challenged. C.C. LeBlanc would like to share some guidelines based on her own experiences.
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