TBI Support & Awareness

11/05/2025

11/03/2025

Ever think about the people you have met because of a brain injury? People you would have never crossed paths with if it weren’t for your brain injury or someone you know.

Some people are blessings and some are lessons. Whatever it turns into, I know there’s a reason our paths crossed.

I’m grateful for this connection and for the place I’m in right now. Easy? Not at all, but I was never promised that this brain injury journey would be easy.
—Dustin

10/30/2025

Brain Injury and Oz…

Dorothy’s journey begins with a blow to her head,
leaving her unconscious but thankfully not dead.
Her journey is a road map when seeking to cope,
with frustrations and challenges while searching for hope.
She teaches us the journey feels like we’re walking in a daze,
She gives us her road map, as we travel this strange TBI maze.
She lost family and friends and her losses continued to abound,
Her life was filled with many strange sights, smells and sounds.
She did her best to make good decisions to navigate her strange way,
She did her very best to relearn how to live and survive from day to day.
She gathered new friends around her and formed relations based on care,
She learned not to dwell on only the things that were tragic and unfair.
She kept going forward into the unknown even if her brain she did tear.
She taught us to really notice if someone treats us badly or kind,
She taught us that searching for our answers can be very hard to find.
She taught us hard work, repetition and perseverance were her key,
She taught us that brain injury does not discriminate and might one day be you or me.
By: Debbie Wilson

10/27/2025

Sharing the green ribbon is more than a symbol.
It's a story. A prayer. A promise.
I share this ribbon for everyone affected by a brain injury. Whether you've walked the journey or walked beside someone who has, your ribbon matters.

***Share it. Tag it.
(Sharing from Sevierville, Tennessee)

10/26/2025

Spreading awareness for brain injuries is so much more than just the posts everyone sees here on social media.

It's the exhaustion that never goes away. It's looking in the mirror and not recognizing yourself. It's your family trying to be brave when they're terrified. It's friends who don't know what to say, so they say nothing at all. It's the loneliness of fighting a battle that nobody else can really understand unless they've been there.

It's feeling guilty for feeling like a burden to those close to you. It's missing your old life, your old body, your old normal. It's wondering if you're strong enough for this when you never asked to be strong in the first place.

Behind each story is a real person fighting a fight that's harder than anyone talks about. Someone who's tired of being brave. Someone who just wants their life back.

If that's you, I see you. Not the warrior they want you to be. Not the inspiration. Just you, trying to get through this however you can.

You don't have to be strong all the time. You're allowed to fall apart. You're allowed to be angry and exhausted.

What you're going through matters. Your struggle is real. And you're not alone.
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10/25/2025

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