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A situation that left me with mixed emotions

March 16, 2016 by Chad Leave a Comment

Discrimination

I was at the grocery store late one night. As I was walking, cane in hand, I came across two teenagers riding past me on electric shopping carts. My initial thought was that the two boys physically disabled. I wondered are those two boys disabled.  I assumed they were not because both of them were […]

Chapter 1 – My Life Before

February 9, 2016 by Chad Leave a Comment

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Chapter 1 My Life before the That Accident “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird   I would never have understood my story had I not been walking in […]

Chapter 2 – Diagnoses

February 8, 2016 by Chad 3 Comments

2004 - I'm in a coma.

Footprints in the Sand One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to me and one to my Lord. After the last scene of […]

Chapter 4 – What My father’s Saw

February 6, 2016 by Chad Leave a Comment

To resonate is to show empathy in some faculty with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering -Matthieu Ricard Chapter 4 has been written from my father’s perspective.  I want the reader to have […]

Chapter 7 – The Outsider

February 5, 2016 by Chad 1 Comment

The Outsider

Chapter 7 The Outsider “Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams healing can begin.” -Danielle Bemnock “There are wounds that never show on the […]

Chapter 8 – Resiliency

February 4, 2016 by Chad 3 Comments

Chapter 8 Resiliency “Why fit in when you can stand out?” -Dr. Seuss How Does a person handle a difficult event in his or her life?  The death of a loved one, loss of a job, serious illness or injury, terrorist attacks, war, and other traumatic events that can change a person’s experience in life. […]

Singapore trip

January 11, 2016 by Chad Leave a Comment

Singapore

These past three weeks have been amazing but tiring. The first week had to do with Christmas. The second week had to do with a wonderful Singapore trip. I learned so much in Singapore. The few things that I would like to say about Singapore are as follows: Super clean:  Having a high density of […]

The Power of a Hug

December 7, 2015 by Chad 1 Comment

A child hugs his father

This post is about hugging.  Hugging is an instinct, a natural response to feelings of affection, compassion, need, and joy.  Hugging is a simple way to offer support, healing, and growth,  with measurable and remarkable results.  In its highest form, hugging can be thought of as a science. May the art of hugging a person […]

Psychosocial Aspects of Sexual Dysfunction in Head Injury

September 2, 2015 by Chad Leave a Comment

There is no doubt that head injury has lasting effects on a person.  In the more severe cases, TBIs, psychosocial aspects of sexual behavior have brought up many questions to my development as well.  Laying the groundwork, it is well known, that sexuality is a basic component of human life and disruption of sexual behavior […]

Cognitive problems after a traumatic brain injury

August 13, 2015 by Chad Leave a Comment

A fantastic article on TBI: http://healthcaresolutionsplus.org/cognitive-problems-after-traumatic-brain-injury/   After reading the article I answered five of the 10 questions; What are your cognitive issues?  My cognitive problems are my short term memory and verbal retention skills. Do you have attention or concentration issues?  My issues are kept in good check with the drugs I am prescribed. […]

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