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A goodbye

Hi everyone, My partner passed away 4 days ago, so I no longer need to be a part of this community. Thank you for all your comments and help, and I wish all of...

Hi everyone, My partner passed away 4 days ago, so I no longer need to be a part...

•6 years ago

Board

I am a disabled female who lives at home with husband and 21 year old daughter but they can walk so spend all the time together without me. Ok it’s not just...

I am a disabled female who lives at home with husband and 21 year old daughter b...

•6 years ago

Libraries 'aint what they used to be either

Libraries once to be sought out for a little solace are now a major source of stress, I can remember being almost afraid to cough, these days they are more...

Libraries once to be sought out for a little solace are now a major source of st...

•6 years ago

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any headway in Dorset

Hi all, I know Headway pulled out of the county some time back, but I wonder if there are any meetups in the Poole/Bournemouth area, I think there was a...

Hi all, I know Headway pulled out of the county some time back, but I wonder if...

•6 years ago

Not posted my thought for ages

So now is the time. 5+ years on and I’m still getting overwhelmed. When faced with problems or issues I can’t sort immediately. I get soooooo stressed it’s...

So now is the time. 5+ years on and I’m still getting overwhelmed. When faced wi...

•6 years ago

Loss of smell

Hi ya , again It’s been just over two years now since my TBI, I still can’t smell, I so badly miss being able to smell. I would rather have lost smell that...

Hi ya , again It’s been just over two years now since my TBI, I still can’t smel...

•6 years ago

I thought I was doing really well

Hi all, despite previous messages I think I am doing really really well (HGV test and all that) however I do question myself on a daily basis - things like - I...

Hi all, despite previous messages I think I am doing really really well (HGV tes...

•6 years ago

Finally passed

Hi all, after many battles with the DVLA about getting the group 2 on my licence (HGV) I did way back In May, I have just passed both parts of my theory...

Hi all, after many battles with the DVLA about getting the group 2 on my licence...

•6 years ago

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curious

I'm curious to know what is a pseudo seizure?

I'm curious to know what is a pseudo seizure?

•6 years ago

What’s your outlook on life since your bi

When it happened I just thought it’s what hand I’ve been dealt get on with it fight and never give in,made me think I’ve been given a second chance and to do...

When it happened I just thought it’s what hand I’ve been dealt get on with it fi...

•6 years ago

Concussion symptoms for 3 years

Hi everyone! So roughly 3 years ago I was playing college soccer and I got elbowed in the head. I knew I had a concussion, because I had two before that. But...

Hi everyone! So roughly 3 years ago I was playing college soccer and I got elbow...

•6 years ago

A belated intro'

This is what I should have posted yesterday when discovering the site. My name is Frederick I am 61 years of age, I have Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) following...

This is what I should have posted yesterday when discovering the site. My name i...

•6 years ago

Continuing Journey

Hello All I guess this post is going to be a little self indulgent for which I apologise as I am positive there are people on this site who are in a far worse...

Hello All I guess this post is going to be a little self indulgent for which I a...

•6 years ago

Recovery and finding it difficult being at home

Hi everyone. I've just recently found this site and have found reading the posts very helpful. Like others have said it makes you feel not so alone. I had...

Hi everyone. I've just recently found this site and have found reading the post...

•6 years ago

Thanks to all

An across the board thank you to everybody that replied to my first post, I'm fairly new to computers so I'm feeling my way in, particularly these sites,...

An across the board thank you to everybody that replied to my first post, I'm fa...

•6 years ago

Chronic eadaches and Migraines

Hi All, Sorry, I have not been on the site for a while-a bit down about the chronic headaches/migraines I am getting. I have been under a Neurologist (and...

Hi All, Sorry, I have not been on the site for a while-a bit down about the chro...

•6 years ago

Photophobia

I am trying to get darker indoor glasses for when I am indoors with bright lights, that are maybe over 40 watts, like 60 to 100 watts. When I am in a room or...

I am trying to get darker indoor glasses for when I am indoors with bright light...

•6 years ago

What is it that drives you on to get better

What drives you on to get better when many people could just give up, ithink it was just built in me from my work just to never give in and try to do your best...

What drives you on to get better when many people could just give up, ithink it ...

•6 years ago

FOUND YOU ALL

Pleased to find this site, hopefully I'll feel less isolated, also found out about the brain injury ID card so tomorrow it'll be making an application.

Pleased to find this site, hopefully I'll feel less isolated, also found out abo...

•6 years ago

Feel let down by your physio

What got me through my bleed on my brain was my determination that I was going to walk.my physios said I didn’t need them anymore because I could walk with a...

What got me through my bleed on my brain was my determination that I was going t...

•6 years ago

Alan Shearers documentary - I started off with wanting to talk about a tv program and then got side tracked with wanting to talk about other

I watched Alan Shearers documentary last night and found it fascinating and then stumbled across this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41970624 Side note: Im...

I watched Alan Shearers documentary last night and found it fascinating and then...

•6 years ago

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Bleed on the brain

Hi I'm Adam, I wondered if anyone else had a bleed on there brain like and had to learn to talk, e at, tell the time, read, dress, talk, walk, then trying to...

Hi I'm Adam, I wondered if anyone else had a bleed on there brain like and had t...

•6 years ago

Finding love

I had a bleed on my brain and have had to overcome a lot I want to share my life with someone and make new memories but people don’t seem to look past my stick...

I had a bleed on my brain and have had to overcome a lot I want to share my life...

•6 years ago

HYPERSEXUALITY

Has anyone had experience of how to deal with this!!!! my partner had a VERY serious BI in June 2017. He is in a rehabilitation hospital (& will be for many...

Has anyone had experience of how to deal with this!!!! my partner had a VERY ser...

•6 years ago

Love from my cat.

A psychiatrist suggested that I got a cat nearly 19 years ago, 17 years after my TBI, I suffer from extreme anxiety and depression with frequent intrusive...

A psychiatrist suggested that I got a cat nearly 19 years ago, 17 years after my...

•6 years ago

dont want to be a let down.

All through BI recovery I have been very lucky in just about every way. Lucky to have even survived then lucky to recover as quickly as I did. My main issue...

All through BI recovery I have been very lucky in just about every way. Lucky to...

•6 years ago

Useful...

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/feel-stuck-life-secret-dealing/

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/feel-stuck-life-secret-dealing/

•6 years ago

PIP UG

Hi just received a letter telling me I am being changed to PIP as I have been on high rate disability. Being 68 and with a history of illness and now my TBI...

Hi just received a letter telling me I am being changed to PIP as I have been on...

•6 years ago

First ever seizure and skull fracture. Are my symptoms normal?

Hey guys. So on bonfire night I had my very first, unexpected, seizure and fractured my skull. Yesterday I spoke to the lady in the shop where it happened (I...

Hey guys. So on bonfire night I had my very first, unexpected, seizure and fract...

•6 years ago

Compensation claim

Hi, I'm just writing to see if anyone has had similar experience of going through a compensation claim. I had a RTA 17 months ago and the other driver admitted...

Hi, I'm just writing to see if anyone has had similar experience of going throug...

•6 years ago

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