Living with Brain Injury (ABI): Calm, Understanding & Recovery
A calm, low-stimulus and safe e-learning for people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and their loved ones. Learn at your own pace to understand what is happening inside your brain.
Chapters and appendix
Chapter 1: Why is everything suddenly so difficult?
About automatisms, backroads and the neuropsychological detour.
Theme: Detour
Chapter 2: Why am I so tired when I did nothing?
About the fuel tank draining faster and neurofatigue.
Theme: Fuel tank
Chapter 3: Why does nobody understand what I mean?
About word-finding difficulties and searching a full drawer.
Theme: Drawer
Chapter 4: Why do I get angry or cry so quickly?
About emotional regulation and the boiling pot.
Theme: Pan
Chapter 5: Am I still myself?
About grieving the former self and the river finding a new path.
Theme: River
Chapter 6: Why do I feel alone with people around?
About the invisibility of brain injury and the island.
Theme: Island
Chapter 7: How do I avoid draining empty every day?
Practical tools for pacing and energy management.
Theme: Managing sensory input
Chapter 8: How do I tell others what I need?
Relieving the translation buffer with a code word.
Theme: Code word
Chapter 9: What can I do on a difficult day?
About calming breathwork and completing one small task.
Theme: Breathing
Chapter 10: Can things also improve?
About non-linear recovery, new possibilities and your own language.
Theme: Moving forward
Appendix: practical tools
Readily applicable habits for daily living.
Theme: Toolkit