Kentucky
Brain Injury: Fall related to substance abuse.
Explanation of Mask: Black-represents being thrown into a dark place with no understanding of where I was until I got into treatment at Rehab and learned about the brain and myself. Angel-my Guardian Angel who is my mother; I believe she saved me from the clutches of death and has continued to watch over me. Devil-represents all the evil things that were happening before and after my injury: drugs, anger, stress, depression, etc. XXX’s on my nose-represents the loss of smell. Tears-represents all the crying I have done and my loss of emotional control since my injury. Frown-my sadness and not understanding.