Lived Experience

The importance of sleep after a brain injury

In this article, Michelle highlights how important sleep is for someone who has suffered a brain injury.

Memory problems after a brain injury: Memory vs attention span

One of the most widely reported symptoms that most brain injury survivors suffer from is memory problems. Read Michelle's blog post on Memory problems after a brain injury: Memory vs attention span

Memory problems after a brain injury: What is a confabulation?

Our brain tries to make sense of the world, but that can be difficult if you suffer memory problems. In this post, Michelle answers 'what is a confabulation' & what to do when someone is having one.

The struggles of a high functioning brain injury survivor

People often mistake high functioning brain injury survivors as 'getting on well'. In this post, Michelle discusses the struggles of a high functioning brain injury survivor

Beware of charlatans after a Brain Injury

Visual problems fixed with a single injection! Brain injuries cured through pioneering treatments! Too good to be true?

Hormonal imbalances - Checking your hormones levels after a brain injury

In this article, Brooke Trotter talks about how the imbalance of hormones was contributing to his issues with fatigue.

Tips to reduce sensory overload after a brain injury

To enable your brain to cope, you can help it filter out some of the unnecessary information by using some clever devices

Life after a Brain Injury - Acknowledging your family and friends efforts

One of the biggest stressors that brain injury survivors talk about is how relations between them, their circle of friends and family starts to show cracks

Back behind the wheel: Relearning to drive after a brain injury

I really struggled with the driving lessons. After my head injury, I found that things in life that I didn’t even think about before became really quite difficult. Read Brooke Trotter's blog on Driving after a brain injury.

Don’t Panic! How I navigate my way out of a state of panic!

After my TBI, I would get myself into such a state of worry and anxiety quite often. Read Brooke Trotter's experience on navigating his way out of panic!

How to access specialist doctors faster after a brain injury

Read Michelle Munt's blog post on how to access specialist doctors faster after sustaining a brain injury.

Why don’t I feel like I’m making any progress recovering from my traumatic brain injury?

Having a brain injury was something that took me well over five years to come to terms with, but one thing I can say is that I made no improvement when I have been in a negative state of mind.