How do you explain a brain injury to someonewhen you look like you're doing fine?In May 2018, a compressed air accident at the dentistsent me home with a brain injury.My 31-year career as an occupational therapist was over.Welcome to life in Shitville.Living with brain injury and reading about it in textbookswere not the same thing.I hope to provide family members,friends, coworkers, professionals, caregivers, anyone,with insights into the daily struggles of livingwith brain injury while looking normal.I hope the easy-to-read layoutwill help others with visual processing difficultiesto read about brain injury.This is a story about the grueling stages of anger,frustration, grief, and sadness to find the new "you".It took a 9,461-mile solo road trip and time away from hometo find my new identity, meaning, and purpose in life.
