Martha Scott
My name is Martha Scott & I had a kiwi size brain tumor in my left frontal lobe. This resulted…
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Personal Stories
Whether you have sustained a brain injury or care about someone who has, taking the time to share your personal story can make a profound difference to another. Join us by engaging with others facing brain injury on the Personal Stories blog.
At Brain Injury Awareness Day in Washington, D.C. last month, brain injury survivors, advocates, and caregivers described their brain injury journeys to us. Hear their stories.
Laura Martis
A brain injury does not just change what you can do. It changes how you have to live. Before my…
Laura Martis
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Alicia Eastes
On September 13, 2011, in my second week of the graduate screenwriting program at UT, I crashed my bike on…
Alicia Eastes
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Julie Weinberg Muniz
Christmas Eve 1979 at age 17, I suddenly felt weird my head and my arm had a sensation of being…
Julie Weinberg Muniz
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Amy Moskovitz
Hello, I suffered 3 mild TBIs within a span of less than 2 years. I motor vehicle accident and 2…
Amy Moskovitz
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Katie Howard
I have two brain injuries with the first one being in 2016 being shoved down at a festival and slamming…
Katie Howard
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Vicki Shearin
The COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak. We were planning to visit my elderly parents in Iowa later that month…
Vicki Shearin
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Sabrina Schiermeyer
It's all started when I was continuously sleeping in class and it was so consistent that it caught the attention…
Sabrina Schiermeyer
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Megan Jaime Arriaga
My name is Megan Jamie Arriaga. I am 34 years old, a mother, a wife, and a survivor of a…
Megan Jaime Arriaga
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Peter Bohen
In 2020, on January 11th, I was 17 and trying to do too many things in my life. Also the…
Peter Bohen
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Eva Bethea
The first time I got a concussion playing soccer I laughed it off. I had played eight more games that…
Eva Bethea
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Mckenzie Colson
When I was 2.5 years old, I fell over the side of our basement stairs and fractured my skull above…
Mckenzie Colson
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