Brain injury Awareness month , day 17…. This post resonates with me today more than ever ! Brain injury is invisible , it’s messy , it’s chalenging and it is life altering. During the first two years , before I truly found the plant as medicine …. I felt like I was fighting everything and everyone. Fighting to be heard, fighting to understand why I was not getting better , fighting doctors , friends and family because no one could “fix” me. It was horrible my friends. Being told we don’t understand why you still have symptoms , it’s “just” a concussion. It’s not normal to still have a headache. I learned I had to put in the work and figure this puzzle out by myself …I had to find help and as someone who before my injury would not ask others for help , this was a huge thing for me. It wasn’t “just” a concussion , it wasn’t just anxiety and depression , my mind changed , I changed ….One of the things that helped me the most - Facebook support groups …. Talking to other survivors and learning I was not alone , learning life hacks of how to cope and accept the new me. Learning to accept the imperfect new me and embrace it. The plant helped me so much , because I was able to focus on other things and live in the moment. The plant gave me hope when I had none ! Please don’t judge a book by its cover , don’t judge what you don’t understand. Today , this post really resonated with me … maybe I did go through it to help someone else get to the other side. Maybe my story will change the world for one person. Maybe someone will not give up because I have shared my authentic self ! #tbisurvivor #braininjuryawareness #neverevergiveup #helpothers #bethechange #bethelight #triumphovertragedy #plantmedicine #supporteachother #buildeachotherup #nevergiveup #yourstorymatters #trusttheprocess #invisibleillness #dontjudgewhatyoudontunderstand #liveinthemoment #bepresent #patientsmatter #kindnessmatters #believeinyourdreams #kindness #yourenergyiscontagious #nikkiandtheplant #survivetothrive #dontjudgewhatyoudontunderstand #compassion #helpeachother

Posted by Nikki Lawley at 2024-03-17 14:23:14 UTC