Acquired Brain Injury

The purpose of this article is to extend the findings of a research project independent of this article but from which this article arises. More specifically, this article examines the lived experience of a major life event from the perspective of the individual: How is meaning brought to such an event? To address theoretical and professional issues related to the meaning-making process of a brain injury experience, narrative data was collected over a seven-week period from five adult survivors of brain injury (mean age = 41.4 years; range, twenty-eight to fifty-three years). Analysis of content was conducted from which a composite case scenario was derived. Felt losses and needs are documented, and coping responses described. Findings of (1) the importance of a future rather than a one-day-at-a-time perspective, (2) the contribution of caring relationships, (3) the role of spirituality, and (4) the need to feel understood, are delineated and discussed

Brain trauma · Developmental psychology · Lived experience · Meaning-making · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Spirituality · Traumatic brain injury · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Traumatic Brain Injury Research

• Grief after Brain Injury

  Open Access•Jean Anne Ruddle, B Rudi Coetzer et al.•Illness Crisis & Loss•2005

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