Name: Trish H., 56 years old

City: Chandler, AZ

Brain Injury: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI), passenger in a car.

Explanation of mask:  Life is FRAGILE at the blink of an eye it can change!

Before my accident I was very disciplined and on top of the world. I worked out hours a day…yoga, Zumba, Barr, Pilates and was socializing, traveling, taking workshops and loving life! Now, it is all different and I can barely make it through a yoga class…I AM MENTALLY & PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED.

A WHOLE NEW CONFUSING WORLD has formed and there is a deep wanting and desire to fit the puzzle pieces back together to get back to my active, fit, pain-free life. But, knowing the pieces have shrunk and some expanded in ways that the puzzle will never fit together the same way again…

WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? HOW do I embrace this new world with the physical pain, confusion, loss of words, memory loss, phobias, anxiety and my body & brain not communicating the way they did? I am hoping that the deformed pieces will somehow create a beautiful picture of compassion & love in this life and that the forced slowing down will allow me to focus on the beautiful experiences to come. Right now I am needing to TRUST the universe as my life seems to be shattering away the way I once knew it to be. I do not know what the future holds. It IS TIME TO TRUST THE PROCESS and allow myself to let go of the life I once knew… BUT HOW?