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This post will look at another common thinking error. I use the term “common” due to how often I hear individuals relay this line of thinking, not just to make myself feel better for falling prey to thinking this way myself.

Deeply moved by the case worker of a young survivor who replied when asked about the young man, “What he really needs is a friend.” From this powerful observation coming from a supporter of a TBI survivor about their true need after David asked how he could help, KC has become a monumental gift to a community where survivors begin to live again.

One of the most frustrating parts of living with a brain injury is finding the balance between living with a level of healthy challenge and fighting exhaustion while simultaneously learning about the person that you’ve become after brain injury.

Although I may not be in possession of a secret manual or even a grandiose mission statement for my life, I think just doing “the next right thing” may be all that I need to worry about!

As long as I can remember my 4 and half year younger brother, Andy, has been one of my best friends. I remember being a little annoyed back in the day that he wanted to do everything that my friends and I did, not to mention that all the girls thought he was so “cute”.

While I’m not a scented candle and warm bath guy, it struck me that my lower mood and climatically depressed mood seemed to call for a day of self-care: Maybe laying in bed, some spiritual reading, warm beverages, and napping with Clooney would do the trick. Just then my phone buzzed to remind me that my roommate Ben, a great volunteer named Jenny, and I were headed out that morning for 4 hours of shoveling with I Got Bridged (IGB).