Traumatic Brain Injury From The Inside

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

27 year TBI survivor here from a bad car wreck on 3/31/97... I was in the hospital for 26 days and Physical Therapy for 18 Months... I struggle with Repeating Myself,Poor Multitasking Skills,Poor Temper,Poor Short Term Memory etc... Post TBI I attempted and failed at several careers-( Special Education Teacher,Car Salesman,911 Radio Dispatcher)... A combination of dealing with my TBI issues,PTSD issues and Career Failures led to Increased Depression,Anxiety,and Suicidal Thoughts... I FINALLY have a somewhat decent quality of life... I FINALLY received SSDI-( Social Security Disability) Income after 15 years, 4 appeals and 3 attorneys... I now drive for a Car Dealership Part Time and Build Model Cars as a Hobby .. these activities bring meaning to my life,help me deal with my TBI and PTSD issues,and improve my self esteem..

[@falloutman1843]

TBI is devastating but the people who deal with it have courage and strength like you can't imagine...

[@karenferguson3078]

I so agree. It’s the sort of strength most people don’t even recognize.

[@nikolajukic1945]

Yeah, the worst part is that no one sees your battle and you often think it's all for nothing.

[@followyoursoul7659]

agree If they are still here typing. yeahhh i would say...

[@followyoursoul7659]

@@nikolajukic1945 the hidden disease. Hope your battle is going well

[@caradirisi4869]

Crying....I have all of these...it has been the worst year of my life and I am not having much hope.It is nice to know at least someone understands.Thank you for putting it into words.

[@michaelflusche]

On April 13, 1996, I was in a near fatal car accident on my way to prom. It was my junior/senior prom. I was in a Toyota Tercel when a suburban hit me on the drivers side. I sustained numerous broken bones from my skull to my pelvis. I was in the hospital for nearly three months. It took me months to be able to walk, talk or do anything remotely normal. I graduated with my class from high school and went straight to college where I earned my bachelor's degree in Natural Science with a specialty in physical therapy.

[@donnaraeschwartz2552]

Kindness and compassion is key to so many things in life. We all need to give love♥️

[@joebeta]

Thank you for this video. I am living with TBI and I always feel as if no one believes me.

[@livharley4146]

Thank you. We are a small elite group of people and because of this it can often feel overwhelming and isolating. It is comforting to have these videos because an hour later I will have forgotten again.

[@claytonturner9452]

I got hit by two cars about 7 months ago and as a result I have lost my sense of smell totally and I now have short term memory loss also from the accident I broke my neck my upper back and both of my legs femurs (thigh bone) so now I've got rods in my back and my legs and it sucks really because not alot of people understand what it's like to almost die and then come back less of who you were before it all happened

[@Mystical_Dreams]

I wished my family could understand what it's like to live with MTBI. Life had changed shortly after college graduation. Before my injury, I had huge dreams about my Carrier. It's very complicated to adjust with all the symptoms of this injury that I've now lived with for a little over a year. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@followyoursoul7659]

I could not have said those words better myself. It's like you're my Voice that I can't put to words. Thank you Inspiring

[@brianaaaa454]

I got my first concussion playing basketball @15 years old and had 6 more within 18 months.... and it's all just now making sense. Struggling with college and relationships, being able to stay in a work environment too. 19 now and revisiting my neurologist asap.

[@jennys6087]

I learned to accept the fact that I am a miracle instead of tolerating SHAME.

[@BrainRecoveryCoach]

YES!!!

[@francini5671]

Jenny S preach

[@aaronromero9539]

❤

[@marrisadominguez7122]

Watching this for the 2nd time. You summoned it all up perfectly.

[@karleenkeiser1]

My son just went thru having Brain surgery last week and he's going thru some depression, loss of his right eye's peripheral vision, he has brain fog and is frustrated. He is 17 and isn't even able to drive or train to get his license. I'm here for him thank God. I thank God he is on the mend and doing well. God Bless everyone

[@RawbAtLivedotca]

I had a car accident when i was 18 and recovered but have some ailments (34 now). As silly as this sounds its good it happened when he was younger versus older as the brain and body are still circuiting and growing. I recommend Omega 3 pills www.amazon.ca/Webber-Naturals-Strength-20-Percent-120-Count/dp/B00L3WS0Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1550130320&sr=8-3&keywords=omega+3 these are high in epa and dha which is what is needed for the brain. I hopes everything works well for the two of u.

[@MarkoTraveler]

Thank you for this video. My wife and I are new(ish) to this world, since her hemorrhagic stroke in October 2019. We often feel helpless but our friends have been amazing, and local resources, support groups and therapy courses have helped a lot.

[@keepontrucking7180]

What a great video, thank you! I had an injury myself and it really rocked my/our world. I'm very sensitive to noise, light, vibrations and i've lost my taste and smelling prwolness, LOL. After losing everything, I've come to see how people can take to you in a really bad way. I've always been there for my son and my parent's. I'm hurt, wowed and speechless at the nastiness my son and I are recieveing from my parents and i'm a grown man. She once told me in the begining of this year that she didn't give a shit about my accident and didn't care if it hurts and slapped my leg. I wanted to put her throught the wall, instead, I mentioned it to my father but he brushed it off. My son and I are working towards getting out of this hell soon, God willing. Be iuce to people.

[@amandajoynoel]

I am so thankful to have found your videos. I have a family member with TBI, it has been a tremendous struggle. I think sharing these with family and friends will help to understand her daily struggles and how to support. I think she too will feel less alone after seeing and hearing that she is not alone. Thank you, thank you so much.

[@BrainRecoveryCoach]

Thank you for letting me know Amanda, that makes all the effort worthwhile to know it is helping families like yours. You are right, it will help so much to know she is not alone! And she isn't. Thanks for sharing these videos. Wishing you all the best.

[@nikkimonroe3950]

@@BrainRecoveryCoach is there anyway i can talk to you

[@madpennfoodchannel7501]

Wow! Awesome. Thank you. I will share this video 💯💯💯💯👍🫵

[@sbakerproductions]

Very well said. I've sent this to people close to me to better understand what it's like with TBI recovery. Thank you

[@oppressednolonger1497]

Thank you Nathalie Kelly. I have suffered a TBI as a young adult. No one in my family, friends, Dr.s and other relatives alike truly understands the impact this has had on my higher cognitive and other executive functioning. I have tried to hide it out of deep sadness and almost a sense of shame since the time of my auto accident. When the incident occurred- I endured at minimum one hour loss of consiousness. Even though the maxillofacial injuries finally subsided after one year and the MRIs did not tell the Dr/s anything about my condition I have suffered fairly significant temporal lobe challenges for basically the last 20 years. Thank you for identifying this somewhat hidden post injury experience from the inside. I am neglected now by some family members due to sheer ignorance. I forgive their ignorance, but I am still very alone in this. Perhaps you or someone you know would refer me to someone.

[@BrainRecoveryCoach]

Your experience of not being understood is so common. That is why I am making these videos! Some people send them to family and friends to explain themselves. Feel free to do that. This is a very hard road and you do not have to do it alone! I would seek out a support group for yourself and surround yourself with those who have been there and who understand you. This will require the courage for you to stop hiding it and speak the truth of your experience. Again, a support group is a safe place to practice that. There is no use for shame here. You did not do anything wrong! This is an opportunity to practice compassion for yourself. I am hoping to create an online TBI support group and if you sign up on my website www.TheTBICoach.com, I will let you know when I get that going. In the meantime, there are also lots of groups on Facebook that are wonderful! Best wishes, Nathalie

[@dblessed8783]

Oppressed Nolonger I know this is a 2 year old message. But, I would like to know how are you doing today 2 years later. Have you sought help and improved. And DO NOT GIVE UP. My injury is 2 and a half years old (2017) I decided from the get go to accept my new self. EXCEPT I had expectations from Dr’s to feel the obligation to try and get help for their patients. 2 things:1) Dr’s are like us; some do want to do more, some don’t. 2) I had a seizure oct. 2018 I felt regressing to initial symptoms. Then one day 6 months ago, I realized if I didn’t get help for myself NOTHING was going to get better. I was living a life of waiting from 1 seizure to another. I have been angry at myself for not thinking of seeking help sooner but I have faith and there is a time for everything. The Lord made a season for everything. I don’t take No for an answer. I do no accept I will stay with my issues. This is how I found TheTBICoach channel and I am very grateful to Natalie. I just looked online NORA called my insurance to make an appointment with a dr to evaluate my eyesight. Hope you reply. Thank you so much. Blessings to you and Natalie both.

[@stephaniepeters5906]

Oppressed Nolonger So u know what it's like! Finally someone! Mine was 15 yrs ago, & there's NO HELP. TBI doctors are hard to find. Psychiatrists & neurologists. So I'm stuck & don't have much time left!

[@alexzarycka8016]

Glad to have watched this and learn more. I have had TBI since I was hit by a pick up truck when 12, and I am now 23

[@blueibabygirl07]

I was 12 and now I am 31. I struggle alot. But I made it through college. How are you doing?

[@alexzarycka8016]

@@blueibabygirl07 doing pretty good, I graduated college and am done school now. I go to Brain Injury association activities a d love them

[@blueibabygirl07]

@@alexzarycka8016 that is awesome congratulations. What are the activities? Do you work there or go for like a therapy? Never heard of it.

[@alexzarycka8016]

@@blueibabygirl07 Brain Injury Association is near Vancouver, Canada. I don't work there, I just take part in their activities. They include Coffee Chat, writers group, Ladie's R&R, art classes, walking group, and so much more. They also do yoga

[@alexzarycka8016]

So they mostly provide these activities and case management. My case manager helps me get to appointments, and has helped me with schooling and applying for disability

[@MultiSpacedragon]

This is what i go through on a daily basis Ive even thought of some of the same things such as feeling like I'm slugging through molasses ect.

[@masonparks3939]

I have found out that I have wayyy too many nightmares!

[@jennys6087]

Thank you. Im glad I found this online.

[@sharonjavier4346]

How to decrease fog

[@gregrhodes3522]

My brain injury was caused by electro convulsive treatment or shock treatment in a mental hospital for depression. I was in so much emotional pain I said yes to the treatment. I didn't know until 6 later it was a controlled brain injury. They did it to me 5 times and then they let me go. Many people are bullied into this. Please get the word out about this inhumane treatment.

[@BrainRecoveryCoach]

I think you just did get the word out! Wow. I had heard that this treatment was safer now and more effective. I am so sorry. That is really sad. Depression is now seen as an inflammatory response by new research. I would look into reducing your inflamation, which you have if you have a TBI. Check out my video here that will help you with this. Best wishes! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqmrZoKOZamAo5Y

[@TestimonyNation]

Greg Rhodes I'm so sorry

[@aminah761]

Greg Rhodes omg that’s awful

[@followyoursoul7659]

Are you still around Greg? Woah!

[@debblackmore7460]

Spot on natalie stay safe stay strong sending love from headway Nottingham UK keep going speaking for us keep going x

[@silkyrobinson5079]

No one gets it. Thank you, i wish I could meet you, your the only person that understands💙❤🧡💛💚💜🌠🥥🌲🦋🍄🌬🦚🥦🌶🦄💫🍜🍵

[@followyoursoul7659]

right! It explains everything!

[@TurdFerguson-t6l]

Sadly No one cares 😢 and there's millions of us trying to survive..majority of us are forced to live on the street's and get Retramatized over and over 😢 💚

[@kevinwhite9212]

This is an incredible video, you are a real inspiration to me, and I'm learning more from your videos that i have only recently discovered than I have learnt in the last two years since I sustained a TBI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Kevin White. uk.

[@louiechidwick6034]

Hi, I had a TBI, not through a traffic accident or hitting my head but through a massive brain hemorrhage (sub-arachnoid hematoma) I was told it was "just one of those things" and I should have died, but I didn't and here I am 9 years later desperately trying to recover from the physical and mental effects of the TBI. On top of the problems you mentioned, It also caused Epilepsy and indirectly caused type 2 Diabetes through lack of exercise. The worst problem caused sounds pretty minor, chronic Insomnia, but this forces me to feel my life is out of my control 24/7 without a minute's break from this living nightmare. I'm also going to be homeless soon in a world that doesn't care! Nevermind, it's just another challenge! Hugs, Louie. Xx

[@stephaniepeters5906]

Louie chidwick I developed type 2 diabetes too, & if I don't take my anti -seizure med, Keppra, I WILL have have a seizure. That happened a year and a half ago & that seizure made everything worse than ever. I'll never get out of this.

[@louiechidwick6034]

​@@stephaniepeters5906 Hi Stephanie, I'm in a similar situation with my anti-seizure pills ( sodium Valproate), but thankfully they work well and my seizures are under control enough for me to pass the DVLA medical exam and have my driving licence returned :) Whilst I understand your choice of words ("I'll never get out of this"), you must be fairer on yourself and try to accept that you have been through a life-changing situation but you were lucky it wasn't a life-ending situation. I have come a long way since my TBI, and I think you have too. We could take the best medication on offer, and still we would find that 'time' is the best healer for both of us. Things will never return back to 'normal' for either of us, but the process of rebuilding our lives, should never be abandoned, there is so much more we can still achieve. Big hugs, Louie Xx

[@rogerdodger5415]

Thank you so very much for doing a great job of putting it into words. It’s helpful! 😎👍

[@marrisadominguez7122]

Thank u. You said it all Thank u

[@reginaldwilliams617]

My axonal injury showed on my DTI MRI... technology, we can now see axonal injury .... thank God we now have objective findings for small neurons in the brain

[@NathalieKelly]

That is awesome! It’s so important to have validation!

[@reginaldwilliams617]

@Nathalie Kelly yes it is annoying when ppl say, "It doesn't look like you have anything wrong with you. ".... you don't know how many ppl I've given my DTI report to.... it's just feels good to have a report to confirm what I'm feeling inside...

[@ninafindlay3956]

God bless you dear lady 💖

[@catalino9819]

Thank you

[@ExposingBethel]

My mom doesn't have ringing in the ears...she has Buzzing on her brain....any ideas. I think the wreck that caused the buzz was 2006. My folks have been hit several times. She told me about it yesterday.

[@karenpanton243]

Thankyou...thankyou thankyou💖

[@johnf.hurtado1869]

i was wrongfully misdiognosed with skitz and one of the symptoms of the medication was seizures. first day out of the hospital i collapsed and landed on the back of my head. now im getting constant headaches. i then went to the hospital for an mrI and found i have a brain cust (tumor) which is supposedly asymptomatic. now, i dont onow wheere the headaches are originating from and neither do the nuerosurgeons. Makes one feel so lonely.

[@EzequielEstrada-hw9yu]

Have you tried a chiropractor?

[@holistic7980]

This best lense is to see it for what it is and completely ignore the negative impact coming from Shaytan. God gave you this seek the beauty of worshiping Him alone and be content and conscious with what you have there is no point in moaning the past and fear the future that's from the devils negative energy replaying and bullying you with what is unfair. Be strong and stand tall. You are unique if you choose the right path God will help you but if you choose to reject faith you'll live in complete darkness and misery. m

[@joeysmith8057]

I'm barely hanging on I'm so scared I don't understand

[@louiechidwick6034]

Joey Smith: Try talking about it mate, here is a good place to connect with someone :)

[@mintudas2433]

It is possible or not after brain surgery they got their old life as 100% ?? Please reply

[@FoundationGoodSamaritan]

🙏💒👸😎❤️ I have TBI

[@lav856]

Me too 🙏🏻 🌸 ✨

[@minocal1]

Lost significant hearing in left ear; replaced by severe tinitus. Do you know anything about whether that can heal or not? Its been 8 years and no improvement in that regard. Ive tried to research for any hope but all ive seen is negative.

[@BrainRecoveryCoach]

Sorry I do not know the answer to that one.

[@holistic7980]

Rokyah healed me Iman is key.

[@aminah761]

holistic79 Alhumdullilah

[@graemegeorgeharrison2468]

Any tinnitus cures it’s crippling me

[@angelatrudeau739]

❤️

[@michaellane8296]

Why do I get so tired

[@masonparks3939]

maybe it's because you try too hard????

[@michaellane8296]

@@masonparks3939 what ?

[@michaellane8296]

@@masonparks3939 do you have a T. B.I.

[@michaellane8296]

Yea ok. Wow great job

[@masonparks3939]

@@michaellane8296 yes

[@brianloftus4919]

Small talk is unbearable. I just bail out.

[@jennys6087]

ChanGe your diet!!

[@NathalieKelly]

I have not had any sugar and very few carbs for a year. Not a drop of alcohol. I eat a very carefully planned, mostly paleo with low histamine diet balancing the 5 elements of chinese medicine. Diet really helps brain function, I agree.

[@blueibabygirl07]

@@NathalieKelly have you noticed a huge change?

[@kmbrickel]

Thank you