WE ARE NOT IN ON THIS ALONE!

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Brain Injury Community

We are together in this.

NO ONE IS IN ON THIS ALONE!

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And He Doesn't Care!!!

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Permanently imbedded (?)

Yet they don't have to always infringe on our capabilities.

        This will pass when you are ready...

           ARE YOU READY?

    

Heidi Lerner,  M.A.

Independent Life Coach  

Support Group Facilitator

heidi@graymatters4u.com

www.graymatters4u.com

858.365.0465

Motivation scale

What is Aphasia?

                          

Aphasia – Loss of the ability to express oneself (Expressive Aphasia) and/or to understand language (Receptive Aphasia).  Aphasia is caused by damage to brain cells rather than deficits in speech or hearing organs.

The following is a poem on Aphasia out of the book Gray Matters:

                                                   Aphasia 

                                       Expressive Aphasia

It’s on the tip of my tongue…

I know exactly the meaning of what I’m looking for...

Uuhhh!!!

Mental strain,

Constipation of the mind,

And nothing comes,

I know that if I turn off my inner talk,          

It is more likely to emerge,

                              From the depths of my subconscious.

Me,

Personally,

I’ve come to see,

 I reap the benefits

Of this strain to my mental muscle,

I put it in high gear,

In the mode of - must find,

I strive for articulation of my mind.

I believe this is where my poetic yearning did begin,

In a routed search,

Wild striving into memory,

 Both mentally and emotionally.

I’d scan universes beyond my origin,

Reach in and pin down my feelings

To capture the thought

And write it down.

Yes, I said I’d write it down,

Just as was encouraged in rehab,

For memory’s sake!

                                 Strengths manifest,

                     Out of the fires of rehabilitation,

Expression on command,

My semantic dream,

 … Aphasic return.

             

                                Receptive Aphasia

What you talkin’ about, girl?

                               

                       

See more about /purchase Gray Matters here:

http://www.graymatters4u.com/book.html

http://www.graymatters4u.com/poetry.html

Stress relief from laughter? It's no joke! ;D

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044456?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=managing-depression

Some crucial information about the comprehensiveness of brain injury

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  Heidi Lerner M.A.                   
Brain Injury Life Coach   
Support Group Facilitator 
graymatters4u@roadrunner.com  
www.graymatters4u.com  
858.365.0465