TBI excellence!

TBI----------------------- To Be Increadible:

Triumph Over Traumatic Brain Injury.

Struggles of a TBI, and increasing the thinking styles to successes.

Preface

After the great fall of the empire, was in a constant preliminary onslaught, on how to function in this new realm of life. It is time for mind rebuilding, through the continual rebuilding of the physical aspects of self, into the state of achieving more, with what has been left, along with the mental stability, of the most beneficial ways to helping yourself heal.

In the beginning, of forming positive interactions with some other people throughout society, to dealing with the activities of daily living, ADLs, Activities of Daily Living, like getting dressed, or putting in your eyes; your contacts. To eating, to doing errands, that may need to be completed, throughout a day? Enjoy the journey!

With that being stated, know that the brain can spoil your forward momentum in the positive aspects of living, which can create a number of slow roles, with your forward progress, in goals that you may be attempting to attain with positive results!

With that being said, there WILL be, an enormous amount of personal, and also physical aspects, that may need to be handled, throughout the healing process. The mind is a complex organ, with personal thoughts, that may elevate your positive actions, to return results that will create a pleasing thought and/or action! This may be why people say to look both ways before crossing a street, it coinsides with the idea of taking your time in a final decision, that you may be looking for?

The aspect of figuring out, what, and how, to deal with some obstacles in recovery may help, but also may not, with the limited space that the body may work, in conjunction with the mind, in the completion of the ultimate desired goal. As to which you might be seeking. You may have to decide on what may be of value to learn, for retention, for later use.

Thoroughly believe that the mind has the capacity to rebuild, or locate a different avenue, to achieve the desired results. And achieve the outcome, you are wishing to appear, through the use of the process, of elimination.

Taking what works, and doesn’t work, and eliminating the tasks that don’t help you to the next goal, to achieve the results that you desire. And continuing in practicing, what may forward your completion, with a smile.

Some results may not immediately appear, and through practicing it continuously, you may have success.

Believing that through the music eutectics my mother played while I was in a coma a (month and half), with the, over three hundred CDs that I had, helped, with the reconfiguration of the neurological connections. Either, you can associate with the tempo of the music, or, notice the song, along with the lyrics, which in turn lights up some of the neurological connected reconfigurations, of the neurons in your brain? Due to having the music or tempo recognizable to you!

The brain is always in a constant assimilation process. Of trying to figure out the best ways in approaching a task that you would like to complete.

Long continuation and learning, not only how to eat, without gasping, for more air, and along with that, how to put one foot in front of the other one, to be able to walk to the desired place of choice.

May become a bit daunting; of going through the continuous acts to act normal without the proper links in completion, of the desired outcome, which you may be so earnestly, be yearning for. The,“In time”, statement, it will appear to those that are dedicated in working, for results, however small, they may show!Just need to try, to reach goals, in a continuous act, over and over again. Even though, it may appear to be impossible to reach your ultimate wish through the use of certain steps of, WHAT Ifs. You may get it. With the possibility of faith in that the ultimate positive outcome, is being answered, in due time. Believe the outcome of which you wish to bring about, has happened! This may have you come to the conclusion as to, it has happened already.Just act as if, as if, you have gotten it! You might be surprised. Do not expect the results to be instantaneous either. Have to understand that it may take some time to learn a new task, and the body along with the mind builds itself up through practice.

Some of the drills may be useless for some, being that there may be a large fluctuation, in the neurological compositional construct, of your mind. Just keep shooting from the foul line, and in the determination in it, you may make a basket. Confidence is important

May wish to run from here, to there, and find the injuries that you got, have limited yourself in doing some things, that’s where the acceptance has to come into play! Just turn the thought into, “Well, I could have been in a worse off situation, could have lost my life” or?

Think about the fact, that you will not be a strong weight lifter overnight, you have to work at building up your endurance. And also your muscle mass, through the process of working the muscles and then resting, to allow them to rebuild themselves.

Try to help others that may be in need of assistance, will not only help them, and it may also help you through the psychological aspects of doing this.You may even make a new friend, and might amaze yourself, if you take the time to learn more about them, and whichever they may entertain through life?

Chapter 1

Psychological constructs

Every 15 secs someone sustains a TBI, and 50,000 die yearly from a TBI. The biggest change is through, mood changes.

EVERYONE, throughout everyday life, has their own personal baggage that they are carrying with them, some may make it well know, while others may be good at hiding these issues. To keep under the radar of character and/or personality labels.

What, and how, you say things to some folks has an enormous psychological effect, on their self-esteem. So choosing the words wisely that you may wish to convey unto others, is ideal throughout every transaction with people. In order to leave every connection you may have throughout the day in a somber status, if that’s how you wish to exit it? And you should!

You will never know what the full extent of someone’s life circumstances may include throughout a day to day, functioning of survival.

Heck, you may see someone all happy with money, just rolling in for them, but then who is to say, that they do not have any debt, or have bills to pay? You may never know until one day, you get to walk, in the shoes that they are walking in, day in, and day out!

Even though some people, like to spend money they do not have, there is always money going around in the world, some save every pay they get in securities or hard cash! The great ones have always said to save, and for some, this may be a difficult task, being that there are always bills, and other needs that need to be met in life. But like it has been said before, “You can’t take what you have to your grave”. Some are very good at hiding their inner emotions that they may have to deal with, throughout a day, and loving actions, goes a far distance.

Through everyday living scenarios there has to be an understanding that people who have sustained a TBI may be unable to relate with common societal happenings, this may be due to a slow processing speed, of thoughts and actions?

The mind is an amazing organism in that shoebox of the skull, along with the weight of three pounds, and it has been studied and stated that there are over one hundred billion neurons in your skull, through the interconnections of thoughts along with movements that are constructed throughout a day? We think on a daily basis up to, and over than, 65,000 thoughts a day!

It is an amazing idea, like the thought of seeing a double rainbow!

Am hoping that other brain injured clients may view this writing and believe that they are not the only ones that are dealing with whichever it may be.

Was wishing to educate others of how life was going, prior to the TBI. And some may experience a drastic shift in every day actions, that seem to be second bature. We all have a life prior to our TBI, some may be plesant while others may bot be.

My life up until brain injury!

This is the brief disruption of what I was doing prior to my MVA on 81101.

Was a Mortgage Loan Officer, until the car-accident happened! During that time went to interviews to become, a Pharmaceutical Representative.

The memory of this may be a bit fragmented due to the Brain Injury, and from what I can recall is…

Was always a happy cat, with a load of women always around me, friends always said, “We like hanging with you, you always have hot girls with you, most of them were just friends of mine. Had a friend used to give a ride to a strip club she worked at, then, later picked her up, this was only a brief episode as friends. And had another girl I was hanging with, and she was working at a place, the one that was on the Sopranos, forgot the name in the movie but the real name was, Satin Dolls.

Was a Life Guard at a place called, Sun Tan Lake, where it was a manmade Lake, made with concrete. Used to have concerts there, some acts were Stone Temple Piolets, Kansas, Bad Company, Cheap Trick, Alabama, Stuttering John, David Lee Roth, etc., A lot more, but am unsure. They had radio stations there, like WDHA 105.5, and other radio stations, can’t remember who? It had about 1000 people there or more during concerts, so the pool was always crowded!

I was responsible for watching over them, along with over ten other lifeguards when people went into the lake.While working there, had over 100 saves in about, a three month period.

Then after this, was an ocean guard at LBI, Long Beach Island, 56th street in Brant Beach, we had to pull people out of the water, when dolphins were swimming by, because they usually follow the sharks, to pick up the scraps they leave behind, from the frenzy.

Went to college at the University of Delaware, for Psychology, have gotten a four year college degree. Then moved into Colorado, Dillion/Silverthorne, and was working at Keystone Resorts, at The Alpen Glow Stube, where you had to take an hour gondola ride on two lifts, then they would take your shoes, or ski boots, and then give you slippers to din in. Think in the wine cellars we had, a bottle of wine worth, 6,500 dollars.

After I lived there for a year, had my friend Erica fly out from NJ to drive with me back to NJ, from CO. It’s was neat, we drove back in the truck I bought out there, a 1976 Land Cruiser, FJ55.

Had a Safari Rack up top, and loaded that with all my belongings, also put my futon mattress in the back, on the custom made shelf in the back, with storage under it, which we slept on when we got tired of driving, just found somewhere to crash for a few hours to sleep.

Then, On The Road Again!

Started driving through Oklahoma during the same day that Timothy McVeigh shot up the school, think it was? Then broke down in Perry OK, had to get a 350 four barrel dropped in it, to continue on the journey. Got back home and everyone called it, The Green Tank!

Was a party hound and I believed, that if my car accident didn’t happen, I would have been pushing up daisy’s? GOD had different plans for me!

Thoroughly enjoy helping others, when able to. Get excited, when someone request help from you, you will not only put a smile on the face of the person with whom you may be assisting, but also you will get an inner joy with helping others. Like that saying, “What goes around comes around”. Is a truth!

Do not presume you will awake from your coma, and bounce up skipping for joy, because skipping, is hard, after your brain gets rattled.

The brain is full of thought ether, and this is the component that attracts our wishes to us, in a magnetic attraction entity! For example you may complain of traffic all the time on your way to work, and if you cease to consume your mind with this thought, your brain may provide thoughts as to a better way for you to get to work, with less traffic through a different route getting there, not always, but there may be a more time efficient way, to getting there?

As a man thin kith in his heart, so is he! So the thoughts of being financially secure, in good standings, so it may become. All of this thinking may not be in an overnight turn around, but as a man thinks as to what he is becoming, so shall it be.MUST, be stated, in the present tense sense, of an affirmation. With one hundred percent confidence that it has happened! Comes down to acting just as if this has happened, even though there will be negative statements as to why this hasn’t happened as of yet, this is where the surety, of that it is happening, has to play the part. Be confident of what you act upon, will result in a favorable result.

There will be setbacks as to why this shouldn’t happen. Will require time to reach this ideal stance, of where you wish to be, but patience is the key to achievements!

We’re not happy, because we say we’re happy, we’re happy because we interpret the things that happen to us as good and beneficial. On the flip side, if we interpret the things that happen to us as bad, we tend to feel unhappy. Our thoughts interpret the things that happen in our lives and as a result, those thoughts may have a strong influence over our happiness.

Think of something that you would like to come true, and then act as if, as if you have received it in the present moment! I know you have to be 100% positive about this action to be completed; otherwise you might get a bag of coal!

That is to think about something that you may wish to happen, in your present day life, something that may put a smile on your face, or a feeling of being successful.

For example you may wish to run to and fro? It might be hard, and I have heard that through mental practice this feat may be something that may appear. You would need to visualize yourself completing the desired goal, in your thoughts, as if, it is happening throughout real present timing!

Sport athletes have done this throughout competitions, and there has been numerous studies done on this. It all comes down to, keep practicing in your mind, because mental practice may make a perfect result.

While growing up was a bit of a defiant child, was the class clown and just always getting reprimanded. Have never gone to a level where others would have been in danger, just pushed myself to the limits. Always had an escape route with the least amount of damage to myself, if I ever got caught in a bind!

One example, that can be given is after my car accident, after my prolonged hospital stay, was riding my mountain bike down a highway in the town I lived in Butler, NJ, from Kinnelon road, down rt. 23 S. in Butler, NJ, to Boonton Ave. Which was a distance of about a mile or two, hands free, on the shoulder, with not many cars.

And then, another time was going fast down a hill, into a shopping center, Mead town shopping center in Butler. This was during the winter. And the salter trucks must’ve just been through, because this is what is used to melt ice, for the cars, during the snow falling, and making it extremely slippery for everyone without the salt there.

Started to go into the shopping center, then hit the gravel and started to slide, didn’t fall yet, but eventually caught dry pavement and the bike stopped sideways, and catapulted me head first off the bike. Quick thought; I will break my arms with them locked like this, due to doing a nose dive. Felt sort of like Superman with both arms out forward. And didn’t want to break my arms, so did a nose dive to the pavement.

So, lucky I had a helmet on, and who is to say that it could have been worst without one on? I did receive twelve stitches on my nose and side of the eye after this. Without the helmet on, it would have been, way worse. At least I had no broken bones.