Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5 for context. Thank you. In the 1st part of this article, I shared with you that I had a spiritual awakening. My spiritual awakening revealed that I had unknowingly participated in the labeling process. My spiritual awakening revealed that I had unknowingly been classifying and categorizing individuals, such as myself who are living … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
Traumatic Brain Injury and Being Labeled Part 2
Please read Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 for context. Thank you. In application, labeling stymies and discourages. Labeling manipulates the individual through placing conscious and unconscious constraints upon the individual. Instead of seeing and celebrating the individual as essential, labeling classifies and categorizes the worth and value of the individual based on … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury and Being Labeled Part 1
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am honored by your presence. Through the process of writing the last several series, I have had a spiritual awakening. As I thought about the words that I have been using in both my titles and articles I realized that I have been unconsciously participating in a gross misrepresentation. Let me explain. When I was a young pup … [Read more...]
Living with a Brain Injury and Facing Fear
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. Today, I want to share some thing with you that has finally hit home for me. What I mean by finally hitting home is that I realize that I have to face my fear and do it anyway. I realize that I need to move beyond my comfort zone. Although I have been … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury and Creating Community Part 8
Please read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7 for context. Thank you. If you are interested in starting a web blog, there are different blogging engines -- such as Blogger and Wordpress. I use Wordpress.com. In my experience, I have found the Wordpress staff to be both helpful and attentive. Wordpress.com also has a forum where you can … [Read more...]