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Top 3 Things That Helped Me During My Brain Injury Recovery

Brooke Trotter | 26 Jun 2019

There are a lot of things that have helped me during my recovery, but if I had to pick three then it would be these:

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Life After a Traumatic Brain Injury - A Poem From Brooke

Brooke Trotter | 16 May 2019

Having a brain injury is having to say bye to the old you, Him that was quick thinking, always knew what to do. A bit like buying a used car from a dodgy garage and getting a bad deal, You swap a perf...

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Denial after a Brain Injury

Brooke Trotter | 25 Apr 2019

I was in denial about my brain injury for ages, even years, in fact! I’m not sure that I fully understood what had happened to me until three years after I was discharged from the hospital. That is no...

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Ten things you should never say to a person with a brain injury

Brooke Trotter | 19 Mar 2019

1.) “You’re so lucky!” I am lucky to be alive! Lucky that the ambulance crew were so quick to take me to the hospital. Lucky to have survived at all and I am lucky that it happened at the time that it...

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Improving memory after a brain injury: Talk to yourself

Brooke Trotter | 20 Feb 2019

We all talk to ourselves all the time its just in our head, nobody can hear and we call it thinking. There is a dialogue of thoughts going through your’s and everybody’s head constantly. These thought...

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Brain Injuries and Socialising: The Art of Not Comparing

Brooke Trotter | 04 Feb 2019

I was never comfortable with being labelled with the term disability, nobody viewed me as being disabled and to be honest neither did I. Disability was never something I knew anything about or that I ...

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Brain injury and depression: New life's resolution

Brooke Trotter | 21 Jan 2019

After a brain injury, it is very easy to fall into depression. The more you learn about the effect that this could have on your life, the more likely this will cause you to discard plans that you have...

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The Impact of Brain Injuries on Relationships and Socialising

Brooke Trotter | 02 Jan 2019

The blueprint of you as a person is stored in your brain; the way you move, the way you think and your personality is stored inside your skull so it makes sense that damage to the brain will change yo...

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10 Things to Expect After A Brain Injury

Brooke Trotter | 17 Dec 2018

There are approximately 1 million people living in the UK suffering from the long-term effects of a brain injury, but every brain injury is unique. The recovery time can vary from a few months to a fe...

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