If I Only Had a Brain Injury eBook
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Every 21 seconds, someone in the United States sustains a traumatic brain injury (TBI.) Thats 5.3 million Americans, plus 1.5-2 million per year. TBI rarely changes someones outward appearance, making it difficult for family, friends and employers to recognize the injurys severity. On the international TBI-Survivor email group, postings often discuss the invisible disability, lack of available care and support, and great admiration for anyone who does meaningful work after TBI. Statistics weep for something inspirational and easy to read.
According to a November 2007 report by USA Today, based on military and veterans records, “at least 20,000 U.S. Troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injury.” Meanwhile, the mysterious Gulf War Syndrome also causes loss of balance, fatigue, confusion, seizures, headaches, blurred vision and short-term memory lossall common side effects of TBI.
Twenty million other Americans struggle with debilitating effects of TBI, brain cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease, migraines, MS and stroke. Though different diagnoses, each produces neurological side effectscreating a wild and painful ride that changes ones sense of Self.
Every year, another 2.5 million survivors join their ranks. But where do they go from there? How do they find their way through uncertain prognoses, perceptual problems and depression?
Follow the Yellow Brick Roadthrough recovery, that is! Unlike other books on healing from TBI and so-called Medical Mysteries, If I Only Had a Brain Injury encourages readers to chart their own inspirational journeys. The books structure follows the Wizard of Oz storyline (Dorothys journey begins with a concussion), and offers large print for visually impaired readers. A collection of personal examples, alternative treatments and spiritual growth exercises, this 320-page book will appeal to anyone frustrated by the limitations of traditional medicine. Readers will learn to tap external resources and inner strength.
If I Only Had a Brain Injury also includes interviews and essays by 13 other Caregivers, Survivors and Treatment Providers including:
By the time I found proper treatment, my brain had developed some rather unusual coping mechanisms. Imagine my surprise and anger when I learned that the delay in effective treatment had caused my brain to heal incorrectly! My new treatment providers told me I might have saved years of recovery time if I had found correct treatment right away. Instead, I needed to spend over a year breaking faulty synapses before I could even begin rebuilding.
(When my husband caught Lyme Disease, we the learned the same thing: if doctors had been able to confirm his initial infection, they could have begun treatment years earlier. Delay in proper diagnosis and treatment had allowed the infection to spreadmaking it MUCH more difficult, long-term, and expensive to treat.)
As part of my complete recovery, I embraced a calling to help other people heal themselves from unusual symptoms and lead meaningful, abundant lives. I have supported many survivors and caregivers individually, and over the years, Ive noticed patterns. Pre-injury or illness, most Medical Mystery people tend to be highly successful, highly intelligent, high energy, high expectation folks … until seemingly out of nowhere, something massive stops them in their tracks. Its not enticing to return to average because these people used to excel. They dont want to regain a normal life. They want a fabulous one. Telling them to expect anything less feels like rubbing salt in their wounds. It hurts, demotivates, and actually slows recovery.
While I love helping people, this ebook includes my own, very personal recovery story, so I almost didnt publish it. But clients, students and readers continued to ask me how I healed. They wanted resources to help themselves and/or loved ones. Indeed, the statistics are daunting. Each year, millions of highly effective people slip through the cracks of traditional medicine. These are people whose insights and contributions our world desperately needs: artists, visionaries, writers, healers, leaders and spiritual guides!
Most recovery books focus on getting back some kind of life, without fully discharging a victim mentality. My book focuses on recovering and creating an EXCELLENT lifenot just surviving, but finding ways to thrive. If I Only Had a Brain Injuryoffers insights for which I normally charge $175 / hour. I decided to share my story and guidance in an accessible ebook because I know how it feels to slip through those cracks. Praying that someone would recognize what I had to offer. Praying that somewhere, somehow, someone would understand.
Laura: I love this book. It’s well-written, funny with great description and analogies. First of all, thank you for the font, layout, etc. The big print with lots of open space makes it so much easier for my head. I am identifying with SO MUCH already. I can’t thank you enough for the two paragraphs on page 64 where you say we aren’t crazy, hysterical, weak… Read more…
