Why I Chose to Write
I began thinking about this site sometime in the month of March 2018. It was after my wife, told me that it was TBI Awareness month (something that even after years of being diagnosed I was unaware even existed). I had been struggling to cope with the changes that had occurred and left me in this current predicament that I find myself.
I am a husband and a father and was already at a loss without realizing it fully when the post service time incidents occurred. They made the lingering issues that I struggled with a whole new ball game and quickly. I began to feel down on my luck. I lost my job, relationships with friends and family, and almost my wife. It was at the moment she said I had to do something that I did. Even then it was a long journey; one that has not been completed yet and is far from an easy path to follow. (I know I definitely cannot follow along half the time.)
So back too why I am here doing this. It is a challenge. I have plans for this blog and for my family. Hopefully, I can pass on some knowledge for other survivors and maybe some words of wisdom or guidance while accepting any that may come my way. I would also love for this page to maybe shed some perspective on what it is like to have a very unique piece of the human mind taken away from you and still be aware of it and the limitations it presents. Something as simple as focus, critical thinking, control of emotion, or even picking up a coin from a flat surface are often issues and lead to many interesting and often dismal thoughts and even actions. I hope this page serves as a voice to those that did not survive or can no longer use their voice so, that even they still have a voice and can be heard.
