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Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide Part 2

secondchancetolive wrote 2 days ago: Please read Part 1 and don’t give up on yourself or your process. Thank you. So if you are goi … more →

Tags: abuse and neglect, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Bob Woodruff, Closed-head Injury, CoDependency, Desert Storm Veterans, Family, Friends, fulfilling your destiny

Traumatic Brain Injury -- Stress, Anxiety and Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Part 4

secondchancetolive wrote 3 days ago: Please read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 for context. Thank you. Family system roles — assigned a … more →

Tags: abuse and neglect, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Bob Woodruff, Closed-head Injury, CoDependency, Family, Healthy Self-Care, Living with a Disability, living with a traumatic / acquired brain injury

Traumatic Brain Injury -- Stress, Anxiety and Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Part 3

secondchancetolive wrote 1 week ago: Please read Part 1, Part 2 for context. Thank you. The impact of increased stress and sensory overlo … more →

Tags: 12 Step Recovery, abuse and neglect, abuse and trauma, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Bob Woodruff, Brain injured Soldiers, celebrities with brain injuries, Closed-head Injury, Department of Veteran Affairs

Who Am I? Part 3

secondchancetolive wrote 1 week ago: Please read Part 1 and Part 2 for context. Thank you. Through owning and respecting my boundaries, I … more →

Tags: 12 Step Recovery, abuse and neglect, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Bob Woodruff, Brain injured Soldiers, celebrities with brain injuries, children of trauma, Closed-head Injury, CoDependency

Who Am I? Part 2

secondchancetolive wrote 1 week ago: Please read Part 1 and Part 3 for context. Thank you. Such behaviors undermine the individual’s abil … more →

Tags: 12 Step Recovery, abuse and neglect, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Bob Woodruff, Brain injured Soldiers, celebrities with brain injuries, children of trauma, Closed-head Injury, CoDependency

Traumatic Brain Injury -- Stress, Anxiety and Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Part 2

secondchancetolive wrote 1 week ago: Be sure to read  Part 1 , Part 3, Part 4 for context. Thank you. In my experience I have found that … more →

Tags: abuse and trauma, Being Healed, Bob Woodruff, Brain injured Soldiers, caregivers, celebrities with brain injuries, characteristics of traumatic brain injury, Closed-head Injury, CoDependency

Traumatic Brain Injury -- Stress, Anxiety and Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Part 1

secondchancetolive wrote 1 week ago: Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to vi … more →

Tags: abuse and trauma, Bob Woodruff, Brain injured Soldiers, brain injury, caregivers, celebrities with brain injuries, characteristics of traumatic brain injury, Closed-head Injury, Department of Veteran Affairs

Traumatic Brain Injury -- You are a Champion

secondchancetolive wrote 1 week ago: Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to sto … more →

Tags: Bob Woodruff, Brain injured Soldiers, Brain Injury Associations, celebrities with brain injuries, Closed-head Injury, Department of Veteran Affairs, fulfilling your destiny, Healthy Self-Care, invisible disability

Traumatic Brain Injury, Fatigue, Anxiety, Anguish and Depression Part 11 comment

secondchancetolive wrote 2 weeks ago: Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to vi … more →

Tags: Bob Woodruff, Brain injured Soldiers, celebrities with brain injuries, characteristics of traumatic brain injury, Closed-head Injury, flash explosion leading to brain Injury, Head injury, invisible disability, Living with a Disability

Acquired Brain Injury -- In Pursuit of Self-Esteem Part 3 of 3

secondchancetolive wrote 3 weeks ago: Please read Part 1 and Part 2 for context. Thank you. I slowly began to realize that I needed to be … more →

Tags: CoDependency, Learning, Living with a Disability, Bob Woodruff, Family, abuse and neglect, Relationships, 12 Step Recovery, Adult Children of Alcoholics

Second Chance to Live -- Special Edition -- 500th Article2 comments

secondchancetolive wrote 4 weeks ago: Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to sto … more →

Tags: Parents of children with Acquired brain injuries, CoDependency, Living with a Disability, Bob Woodruff, Family, Brain injured Soldiers, 12 Step Recovery, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Being Healed

WWRC2 comments

steffiecarol77 wrote 2 months ago: I went to Woodrow Wilson Center for Rehabilitation last week for an evaluation. It went really well. … more →

Tags: ABI, brain injury, car accident, car wreck, Depression, Head injury, head trauma, TBI, trauma

The Long Road to Recovery

onthemarkwriting wrote 2 months ago: As this video shows, the recovery from head injury requires an extremely long time. While the brain … more →

Tags: Life with a TBI, Survival Techniques, Being in a coma, Struggle, God's plan, coma, Traumatic Brain Injury, Head injury, problems with

My Thoughts Again1 comment

steffiecarol77 wrote 2 months ago: It has been a while since my last blog. I’ve been really busy. My caseworker found me a positi … more →

Tags: ABI, brain injury, car accident, car wreck, Depression, Head injury, head trauma, TBI, trauma

Traumatic Brain Injury and Not Judging Our Efforts

secondchancetolive wrote 2 months ago: Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to have you as my quest. Over … more →

Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics, Bob Woodruff, Brain injured Soldiers, Closed-head Injury, Head injury, Living with a Disability, living with a traumatic / acquired brain injury, Living with an Invisible Disability, messages of hope and inspiration

Second Chance to Live and the Brain Injury Associations of Australia

secondchancetolive wrote 2 months ago: Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. Thank you for making the decision to stop by to vis … more →

Tags: Parents of children with Acquired brain injuries, Living with a Disability, Bob Woodruff, Traumatic Brain Injury Support Groups / Meetings, Traumatic Brain Injury and You, Living with an Invisible Disability, Closed-head Injury, mild traumatic brain injury, celebrities with brain injuries

Learning to Trust Part 10

secondchancetolive wrote 3 months ago: Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 , Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 for context. Tha … more →

Tags: Ophra Winfrey, Bob Woodruff, Life, Personal, Relationships, 12 Step Recovery, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Traumatic Brain Injury Support Groups / Meetings, Self Esteem

Junior Year Flashback: Mile Square Acquired Brain Injury Day

John Tran wrote 5 months ago: Me, and my lucky fellow VOC club members were able to attend a VOC event similar to the OC Aids Walk … more →

Tags: Flashback, VOC, mile square park

Have a Little Faith in Me5 comments

howsherolls wrote 5 months ago: Dear Reader,           You will quickly notice that this entry is written in a completely different … more →

Tags: Creative Nonfiction, Jack Kerouac, memoir, Narrative, Faith, apology, CNN, Healthcare, Nora Roberts


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