Episode 28: Recovering from Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and chronic pain with dr. Susan Hughes Dr. Susan Hughes is a board certified currently non-practicing family medicine physician who survived and recovered from traumatic brain and other body injuries 8 years ago. She reveals: - how it was to get through trauma of a car accidents, subsequent fall out including difficulty reading, speaking and remembering things and people and inability to continue practice medicine. - Recovery is not linear - She was not being the person whse wanted to be so At one point she had to make a decision to grow into a person she wanted to be – she poured herself into professional development Traumatic brain injury – the damage is not clearly visible (like a broken limb) and people may not believe that your symptoms are real/that you are not making them up! How you perceive something is how you receive something It is equally important to heal physically AND emotionally from the trauma. Important to talk to mental health provider if suffering mentally/emotionally She is now a speaker, author (chapter in a book GIFT of the Universe), coach, and connector Website bouncehighest.com

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