Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 for context. Thank you. I also discovered that when I stop comparing my set of circumstances to those of my companions I am free to pursue hope. Hope in turn allows me to recognize that --although I am a brain injury survivor with deficits and limitations -- I do not have to be limited by my deficits and limitations. Hope … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2010
Traumatic Brain Injury — How am I seeing Myself? Part 5
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 6 for context. Thank you. Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. In the previous parts of this series I spoke to feeling minimized, marginalized and discounted because I judged my insides through other people outsides. In parts 3 of the series I … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — How am I seeing Myself? Part 4
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5, and Part 6 for context. Thank you. Through my process I discovered a series of cause and effects. I will share some of these with you. This list is not exhaustive. After you read my contrasts, get a pen and paper and determine what other contrasts you can add to my list. You may find that you have been berating yourself for no good … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — How am I seeing Myself? Part 3
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6 for context. Thank you. Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. Yesterday I shared with you that I would reprint an article that I wrote several years ago. In the next several part of this article I will share with you what I learned through my process. May you find the freedom to be fully you as you read through … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — How am I seeing Myself? Part 2
By Second Chance to Live
Please read Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 for context. Thank you. Through my recovery process, I discovered a stark reality. By judging my insides by other people's outsides I minimize and marginalize myself in both my eyes and in the eyes of other people. Upon further examination I discovered that I minimize and marginalize who I am when I compare myself to other … [Read more...]