Reducing the Brain Injury Risk for Schoolchildren
According to the CDC, there are somewhere between 2 and 4 million brain injuries every year, 10% of which are due to sports. However,...
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Derryen Plante
Sep 28, 20212 min
The Productivity/Trauma Connection
Each person who experiences trauma develops a different way to cope with what happened to them. Some of those coping mechanisms are...
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Derryen Plante
Sep 22, 20212 min
Have You Planned for Your Mental Health?
We plan for a lot of different things in our lives, creating budgets, itineraries, schedules, savings accounts, right down to having...
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Derryen Plante
Jul 31, 20212 min
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve
If someone is in crutches or in a cast, people can visually see that they are physically injured. They automatically know they will...
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Derryen Plante
Apr 3, 20213 min
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve
Mental illnesses? That isn’t me, I thought; I was only at this session because it was one of the dozens of rehabilitation appointments on...
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Derryen Plante
Apr 3, 20212 min
Five Mental Health Options for Treating PTSD
When you undergo a trauma of any kind, there are often residual effects that can impact your life for weeks, months, or even years. When...
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Derryen Plante
Apr 3, 20212 min
Understanding the PTSD Journey
"What would you do if the worst thing that ever happened to you felt like it kept happening?" That quote is from former U.S. Army Captain...
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Derryen Plante
Apr 3, 20212 min
The PTSD Self-Test
This week, I came across a great resource called The PTSD Self-Test. Not only does this site have a wealth of statistics, resources, and...
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Derryen Plante
Mar 6, 20213 min
Rethinking Self-Advocacy
Often, when we are making changes in our lives, other people butt in and offer their input. You move the sofa to the opposite wall, and a...
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Derryen Plante
Mar 6, 20213 min
Letting the Weight of the Past Go
Most months, I do a column on helping or supporting someone else when they are dealing with an invisible illness or other struggle. As...
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Derryen Plante
Mar 6, 20213 min
Spring Cleaning for Your Inner Self
As the weather warms and we move into spring, most people start cleaning out their closets and garages. They pare down, open up the...
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Derryen Plante
Feb 14, 20211 min
Nonfiction Book Awards GOLD AWARD Winner
You’ve Got Some Nerve is a thriller of a memoir with never a dull paragraph. The author openly writes and shares her raw, expressive...
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Derryen Plante
Feb 8, 20213 min
The PTSD Toll on Relationships
Loving someone with PTSD can be a frustrating, difficult rollercoaster. Trauma does a number on the brain, affecting trust, anxiety, and...
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Derryen Plante
Feb 8, 20213 min
If You Love Them, Have the Conversations
This month, we have focused on relationships, both with yourself and with others, and the impact on those relationships that trauma or...
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Derryen Plante
Feb 8, 20213 min
Self-Love in the Wake of Trauma
February is the month of hearts and flowers, a time when an idealized version of love is celebrated through overpriced roses and fancy...
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Derryen Plante
Jan 31, 20212 min
Excerpt from You’ve Got Some Nerve
If someone is in crutches or in a cast, people can visually see that they are physically injured. They automatically know they will...
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Derryen Plante
Jan 8, 20211 min
Reader Views - Author Interview
Delighted to have had the opportunity to sit down with Sheri Hoyte and discuss the impact of brain injury and my journey through...
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Derryen Plante
Dec 31, 20203 min
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve by Derryen Plante
On the surface, everything in my life was going incredibly well. My surgery and recovery couldn’t have gone better (no infections!). I...
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Derryen Plante
Dec 31, 20203 min
We All Need a Hug
Look around you. Virtually every person you know is struggling with some kind of residual issue, brought on by the isolation of a...
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Derryen Plante
Dec 31, 20203 min
Expect Less and Empower More
Expectations. Joan Didion once said, “To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great,...
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