Brainlash

by Gail L. Denton

Book Overview

Mild traumatic brain injury can happen to anyone, anytime in cars, sports, or workplace accidents, falls, or through physical assault, including domestic violence and shaken-baby syndrome. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control estimates that 1.4 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, and that at least 5.3 million Americans currently have long-term or lifelong need for help to perform activities of daily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932603409
• ISBN13: 9781932603408
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Very reassuring that recovery is possible

The author's personal stories about her own TBIs are not sugarcoated. They are honest tales of "1 step forward, 2 steps back"; the trial-and-error method of finding ways to cope with a new reality; the deciding which you must try to overcome; what you can simply find ways to work-around; or simply accept as something that is in the past and being ok with grieving the loss of your past life. She also gives example of many recovery techniques that she found helpful. Her stories resonate with my own recovery, which is on going, after more than 15 years. I felt a kinship with the author, a little less alone in my own setbacks and more hopeful that I would find a new normal. I gave my original copy to a friend in my brain injury support group.

Recovery begins with understanding

This book is a guide to sanity for those who have experienced mild brain injury, as I have. In the fall of 2000, I suffered an accidental fall and spent the following 15 months in a struggle to recover my 'real self". With the aid of this book, I am now fully functional again and able to cope with the minor relapses. I strongly recommend this book to those who suffer, their friends and caregivers.

Brainlash reviewed by a head injury patient.

I have read a number of books on the subject as I am a person who has a brain Injury. This book, more than any other I have read, has been extremely helpful to me. First of all because it explains so well what happens to the sufferer, both physiologically as well as emotionally. The book also gives lots of possitive suggestions for coping as well as for healing.I fulheartedly recommend this book for both patients as well as their family and friends. It gives much understanding into the issue of brain injury and also much encouragement. It is an uplifting book, at least for me it was! Thank you Gail Denton.

GETTING BETTER STARTED WITH READING THIS BOOK

If you have suffered from a mild traumatic brain injury, as I have,"Brainlash" was the starting point of recovery for me. And I thank God for this book & Gail Denton every day. I quote a paragraph from the book that sums up the point I was at when I started to read BrainLash. "Brain injury races undetected, underdiagnosed, and undertreated through our society." "Between the medical professions ( untrained to recognize it), the insurance community ( unwilling to pay for it ), and the legal sector (unable to represent the loss or grasp the consequences), the mildly brain injured individual has little to rely on and less to go on." And NO!!!! your not going crazy, It just seems that way. The Book is easy to read and finially puts a name on, fully defines,and gives solutions to the symptoms feelings and thoughts that a brain injured person is experiencing but dosen't know why. It is also important to have your family and friends read it so they can try to understand what you are going thru even when you can't understand it yourself. From the resource section of the book I highly recomend that you consider attending the Sensory learning institute and having cranio-sacral therapy. It has been aprox 18 months since my accident and although I feel full recovery is obtainable, it is a long journey and my journey didn't start until I read this book and used its resources.

Brainlash

This book is fantastic. I am recovering from a brain injury and I learned many important things reading this book. It is done in plain english with big letters and great information. It has been a big help to my recovery. Thank you to the author.

Brainlash

This book was introduced to me about 16 months after a car accident that resulted in my brainlash. I had many treatments and many doctors with little results and I was scared and frustrated and very alone. As I glanced through it the first time, I thought-"someone understands." It has been very informative as well as comforting as I continue my healing process. The author really understands what I'm going through. It is easy to read and understand. Everyone who's had a head injury, knows someone who's had a head injury or treats someone who's had a head injury or handles the insurance for someone who's had a head injury should get and read this book.