Multiple Storms in My Brain: How my TBI Taught Me to Redefine "ME" Again
Part one: THE SPIRAL - How my mind betrayed me
Part two: THE STORM - Almost five years ago, I danced naked in a thunderstorm. Not metaphorically—literally.
Part three: THE SHATTERING: Sound and other Triggers. How "Traumatic Brain Injury" looks for all the outsiders looking at you.
A ghost injury: No scars. No casts. No visible wounds.
An invisible earthquake: The foundation shakes, but no rubble shows.
A broken compass: You look fine, but inside you’re lost.
A storm behind your eyes: Fog. Confusion. Fatigue. All unseen.
A mask no one notices: You seem okay. You’re just not.
A glitchy hard drive: Everything’s there. But scrambled.It’s a silent injury with loud consequences.
A wound that doesn’t bleed.And in the end—it’s just you.
Fighting a war no one sees.
📌Timestamps:
00:00 - Sharing 3 stories all 3 equally important about: surviving, thinking, dealing, feeling, healing and betrayal.
01:31 - "Everything was fine until it wasn’t” my brain declared war on me, with all the consequences.
04:06 - Taking my power back. Trusting my feelings over my thoughts.
05:27 - To all the men listening “I know about pain” and your tears and words and not your weakness. They give you power.
06:59 - Dancing naked in the rain. And that’s about reconnecting my fractured brain 🧠 with its forgotten body.
11:00 - Nature reconnected my heart, my mind, my body and my soul. I reclaimed and healed my body from the inside out.
12:44 - I’m ok - I’m fine, until I wasn’t ok, I wasn’t fine.
13:58 - My shame cuts deep. My tears, my reaching out was seen as a weakness.
15:33 - It’s a storm behind your eyes you’re wearing a mask so nobody sees.
17:03 - the dinner that broke my mask, I just needed to get out of there, I couldn’t handle it anymore.
Join the conversation: #realtalkunfiltered #TBIWarrior #InvisibleBattles #healing
To anyone fighting silent battles: You are not your trauma.
Not your worst day.
You're the space where healing happens.
! Disclaimer: I'm not a medical professional.
This is all my personal experience.
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