Concussion Is Brain Injury

Personal Perspectives

Brain Injury May Reverse Pre-Injury Trauma Work

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on April 11, 2026

Personal Perspective: Trauma can reanimate after a brain injury. I found that this type of "unhealing" is not discussed during neuro-rehab.

Personal Perspective: Trauma can reanimate after a brain injury. I found that this type of "unhealing" is not discussed during neuro-rehab.

Grief

Brain Injury Grief: Dealing With Unreasonable Demands

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on March 16, 2026

Personal Perspective: We with brain injury don’t have to accept blame for how our brain injury and resulting grief expresses itself.

Personal Perspective: We with brain injury don’t have to accept blame for how our brain injury and resulting grief expresses itself.

Traumatic Brain Injury

The Effect of Family History on Brain Injury

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on February 14, 2026

Brain injury destroys your role in your family, and your family history affects how you and your family members react to your injury.

Brain injury destroys your role in your family, and your family history affects how you and your family members react to your injury.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Joy When in Despair

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on January 20, 2026

Personal Perspective: Joy is a state, not an emotion. Despair may consume every aspect of our thoughts and emotions, but joy exists, waiting for us to call it up into the light.

Personal Perspective: Joy is a state, not an emotion. Despair may consume every aspect of our thoughts and emotions, but joy exists, waiting for us to call it up into the light.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Mattering After Brain Injury

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on December 21, 2025

A Personal Perspective: For people with brain injury, mattering to others is not only about being valued; it’s also about being given the chance to recover to our full potential.

A Personal Perspective: For people with brain injury, mattering to others is not only about being valued; it’s also about being given the chance to recover to our full potential.

Anxiety

Experiencing Climate Distress on Top of Brain Injury

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on November 18, 2025

People with brain injury aren't immune to climate distress. The challenge is how to adapt climate-conscious therapy for isolated people with neurophysiological impairments.

People with brain injury aren't immune to climate distress. The challenge is how to adapt climate-conscious therapy for isolated people with neurophysiological impairments.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Health Care Turnover Cuts Trust and Erodes Patient Care

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on October 21, 2025

Personal Perspective: When health care practitioners move on and clients with traumatic injuries are forced to educate and adapt to new faces, trust breaks and coping fails.

Personal Perspective: When health care practitioners move on and clients with traumatic injuries are forced to educate and adapt to new faces, trust breaks and coping fails.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Next-Generation Brain Injury Treatments

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on September 24, 2025

Personal Perspective: Neurostimulation and neuromodulation are next-generation treatments that harness the brain's regenerative ability to restore health.

Personal Perspective: Neurostimulation and neuromodulation are next-generation treatments that harness the brain's regenerative ability to restore health.

Traumatic Brain Injury

The Risks of Labeling Brain Injury

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on August 27, 2025

Labels can limit a person's perception of both their brain injury and whether they can recover fully or at all. Grounding terms in neurophysiological findings can lessen stigma.

Labels can limit a person's perception of both their brain injury and whether they can recover fully or at all. Grounding terms in neurophysiological findings can lessen stigma.

Traumatic Brain Injury

The Potential Benefits of Prayer After Brain Injury

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on July 22, 2025

Studies suggest that certain types of prayer for oneself while living with brain injury may help improve perception of one's situation and outcome.

Studies suggest that certain types of prayer for oneself while living with brain injury may help improve perception of one's situation and outcome.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Self-Loving Above Surviving

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on June 24, 2025

Personal Perspective: Surviving keeps our sight focused on the next crumb. Loving ourself lifts our face up to see our own value and care for ourselves when others won't.

Personal Perspective: Surviving keeps our sight focused on the next crumb. Loving ourself lifts our face up to see our own value and care for ourselves when others won't.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Humans Are Elephants, Not Tigers

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on May 27, 2025

Personal Perspective: Social zeitgebers regulate our systems and rhythms. When brain injury breaks our relationships with loved ones, the consequences can be dire.

Personal Perspective: Social zeitgebers regulate our systems and rhythms. When brain injury breaks our relationships with loved ones, the consequences can be dire.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Does Brain Injury Life Feel Like a Healing Journey?

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on April 28, 2025

Personal Perspective: When you have to battle naysayers in the medical system and your social network, healing from brain injury becomes a battle to persevere.

Personal Perspective: When you have to battle naysayers in the medical system and your social network, healing from brain injury becomes a battle to persevere.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Daily Practice Is the Key to Brain Injury Recovery

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on March 26, 2025

Practice—that is, repetitive training—matters in healing brain injury. Repeated intensive training can be accompanied by brain reorganization.

Practice—that is, repetitive training—matters in healing brain injury. Repeated intensive training can be accompanied by brain reorganization.

Vagus Nerve

Trans Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Brain Disorders

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on February 26, 2025

Similar to cranioelectrical stimulation, trans auricular vagus nerve stimulation shows dramatic potential to treat many brain disorders, most excitingly disorders of consciousness.

Similar to cranioelectrical stimulation, trans auricular vagus nerve stimulation shows dramatic potential to treat many brain disorders, most excitingly disorders of consciousness.

Neuroscience

Treating the Neurons and Mental States

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on January 22, 2025

Personal Perspective: The heart of treating brain injury may be treating the injured neurons and the resultant mental states, both.

Personal Perspective: The heart of treating brain injury may be treating the injured neurons and the resultant mental states, both.

Decision-Making

Decision-Making After Brain Injury

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on December 23, 2024

Personal Perspective: Damaged neurons and neural networks—not inherent indecisiveness or codependence or personality flaw—impede decision-making after brain injury.

Personal Perspective: Damaged neurons and neural networks—not inherent indecisiveness or codependence or personality flaw—impede decision-making after brain injury.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Rhythms Reflect Health

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on December 2, 2024

Personal Perspective: One must face the full extent of brain injury and recovery. Only then can one know how out of rhythm one is and set a new goal.

Personal Perspective: One must face the full extent of brain injury and recovery. Only then can one know how out of rhythm one is and set a new goal.

Personality

Terminal Lucidity, Brain Injury, and the Self

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on October 24, 2024

Personal Perspective: Terminal lucidity challenges orthodoxy by asking how a person with severe or prolonged brain damage can suddenly be their pre-morbid self.

Personal Perspective: Terminal lucidity challenges orthodoxy by asking how a person with severe or prolonged brain damage can suddenly be their pre-morbid self.

Learned Helplessness

Learned Helplessness vs. Acceptance

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on September 25, 2024

Acceptance leads to analyzing, understanding, and devising action to escape shock. It can also be used to encourage passivity in the face of a diminished life.

Acceptance leads to analyzing, understanding, and devising action to escape shock. It can also be used to encourage passivity in the face of a diminished life.