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After Brain Injury: Who Am I If I Am Not Myself? Part 2

Janet Cromer, RN, LMHC , is a nurse and psychotherapist. Janet’s blog, on the Psychology Today website, offers family caregivers of people who have brain injuries practical stress resilience skills, mind-body health practices, and creative approaches to staying healthy and whole.

Read more: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/professor-cromer-learns-read/201110/after-brain-injury-who-am-i-if-i-am-not-myself-part-2

 

 

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Oct 20, 2011
Carol Dennis said...
An amazing metaphor for the process of re-learning after brain injury:
"I had a mental image of the process of taking in, imprinting, and storing the information. I saw Alan kneeling by a pond, using his hands to scoop up water filled with darting silver minnows. As he raised his cupped hands to a pail, the minnows slid between his fingers on rivulets of water before his hands could reach the pail. He might scoop up ten minnows, but only two made it safely into the pail."

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