If you have not already read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 and Part 10 of this series, please do so to understand the context of Part 5. Thank you.
I had to and continue to have to grieve the reality that there are individuals who hold professional degrees who access, diagnose and treat individuals who are living with brain injuries as though they are familiar with every aspect of the human brain. I had to and continue to have to grieve that there are people – who work in positions to empower individuals living with brain injuries – yet practically minimize, marginalize, dismiss and discount people who are living with brain injuries. I had to and continue to have to grieve, that there are people who choose to malign individuals who are living with brain injuries in order to justify, defend and explain away their ignorance and denial.
In my experience, I had to do the necessary work to be able to move on with my life. In my experience, I had to do the necessary grief work to begin to be able to differentiate between my reality and the expectations inherent within the denial system (s) of the people who could not or can not accept my reality. In my experience, I had to do the necessary work to grieve my losses before I could begin to use my time and energy in ways to that would empower, rather than hinder my life. In my experience, I had to do the necessary grief work before I could move beyond the confines of the box that denial set for me. In my experience, I had to do the necessary grief work to stop shaming myself for not being more than I am…and this too is a process.
In my experience, I had to do the necessary grief work before I could start being an actor in my life, instead of being a reactor to what happened in my life. In my experience, I had to do the necessary grief work to move beyond my losses before I could channel my time and energy into using my gifts, talents, and abilities in ways that would work for me. In my experience, I had to do the necessary grief work before I was able to begin to trust the process, a loving God or myself. In my experience, I had to do the necessary grief work before I could begin to realize that everything that has occurred in my life — after I sustained my traumatic brain injury at the age of 10 in 1967 — has been meant for my good and not for my harm.
Please read Part 6 now by clicking on this link Part 6. Thank you.
If you have not already read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 6 , Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 and Part 10 of this series, please do so to understand the context of Part 6. Thank you.
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