We Need To Talk - My Story: Storms In My Brain - I lived, I survived I fought and reclaimed myself again

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We Need To Talk - Real Talk Unfiltered

Real Talk: Unfiltered

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Real Talk: Unfiltered What does “resilience” really mean? For years, I thought it meant “pushing through.” Then a traumatic brain injury (TBI) shattered my old self and taught me that true strength is found in grace, not grit. This is my story of: Losing my voice literally: I called Portobello ("mushrooms-goblin-pasta”). Almost missing my son’s birthday… and the hug that saved me. Rebelling against doctors who said I’d “never recover past 70%.” Flying to India broken and finding peace in breath-work, yoga, and silence. Learning what healing really means

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We Need To Talk - My Story: Storms In My Brain - I lived, I survived I fought and reclaimed myself again

We Need To Talk - Real Talk Unfiltered

19 minutes 17 seconds

4 months ago

We Need To Talk - My Story: Storms In My Brain - I lived, I survived I fought and reclaimed myself again

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.