Battling Back WIth An Irreversible Brain Injury
Trigger warning: Suicide Decemember 2022 in an attempt to end my life I was hit by a train. I refractured by pelvis, fractured my skull, and I had a brain bleed. I spent 8 weeks on the Trauma Ward at the U of A Hospital in a neck collar. I now live with Encephalomalacia of Rectus Gyrus (part of the Frontal Lobe of the Brain). I was discharged with no help for my brain injury (other that my psychiatrist and therapist I had at the time, but they do not specialize in brain injury). This is where I started to get completely lost in our healthcare system. In the eyes of others I functioned enough to "get by", but it has been a constant battle with very little happiness. Through great disfunction and dispair I have had to claw my way out to learn about my brain injury and find help for brain injury (still in process). I also don't just deal with the effects of brain injury. I am also diagnosed with Depression, ADHD, PTSD, and BPD (all of this is a very heavy load). Through re...