{"product_id":"where-did-my-brain-go-a-traumatic-brain-injury-memoir-9798266556089","title":"Where Did My Brain Go? A Traumatic Brain Injury Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mitchell D. Miller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Survival\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1986, a broken traffic signal changed everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pickup truck hit me at 50 mph. I woke from a five-day coma with a ruptured diaphragm, a mangled knee, and a wired jaw. But the worst damage was invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA note in my chart read: \"Patient is confused. Someone should check his head.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody checked my head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy wife was a doctor. She signed me out of two hospitals before an injury assessment. She brought home extra long hospital straws so I could drink vodka from a bottle through my wired jaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI had been building a software company to finance my wife's early retirement. After the accident, I could not remember how to use the programs I had written. So I drank vodka and played computer games. My wife lost her chance at early retirement. She blamed me. She stayed angry until she died in a hospice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor nine years, I had no idea my brain was damaged.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI found letters I had written to strangers, during my previous life. My first memory after coming home was searching for the bathroom until my wife pointed it out. Friends laughed when I asked if I seemed different. I got drunk to stop wondering what was wrong with me. A few years later, I stopped drinking long enough to leave my toxic wife and find a caring girlfriend. She wondered why I screamed in my sleep, and asked the magic question: \"Have you ever hit your head?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne surgeon gave me back my ability to walk. One social worker helped me escape from the disability trap. But most medical professionals wanted to keep me drugged and dependent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJovial psychiatrists prescribed stupefying pills that made me stare at screens for hours. A cheerful social worker wanted me to work on a factory assembly line. Slick salespeople steered me toward supervised housing and a lifetime of dependence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of how I fought back. How I learned to walk, regained my mind, and chose recovery over a system designed to keep people trapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere Did My Brain Go? is proof that you can reclaim your life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46332528558231,"sku":"9798266556089","price":906.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798266556089.webp?v=1768726585","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/where-did-my-brain-go-a-traumatic-brain-injury-memoir-9798266556089","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}