“Without even realizing it, my whole identity was that relationship. So when the relationship came to an end, I almost did too. I didn’t know who I was, what I liked, or where I was heading.”
‘I sat up for weeks on end googling ‘how to be happy.’ I was looking for happiness in every single place except from within.’: Traumatic brain injury survivor overcomes battle with depression after break-up
‘The specialists told my parents, ‘Switch his life support machine off.’ What my dad did saved my life.’: Assault victim shares ‘miracle’ recovery from traumatic brain injury
“The doctors suggested if I was to ever wake up, I would NEVER walk or talk again and would be in a vegetative state for the rest of my life. But my parents had hope.”
‘She’s always using it to her advantage,’ one of my classmates said. I would never be ‘normal,’ and I hated that.’: Woman with Cerebral Palsy shares journey to self-acceptance
“Realizing that I did not have to hide who I was allowed me to feel pride in everything that made me, me.”
‘My son was born on my birthday, just before I was struck by a truck in a motorcycle accident.’: Single dad, ex-Marine shares recovery journey after near-fatal accident
“I shouldn’t have survived.”
‘It’s not just a bad headache or a really bad hangover. It is a hell you cannot escape.’: Young woman details life with chronic migraines, vows ‘I am not giving up’
“It’s lying in bed for days at a time in complete darkness. You can’t concentrate or think because the pain is so bad. You can’t look at even a sliver of light without piercing pain. You can hardly form words or speak. Sometimes, you feel like you are actually going to pass out.”
