Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury

TBI Tales: Missing Pre-TBI Life

My optimistic, forward-looking husband, who suffered a TBI over 9 years ago, was nevertheless moved by the Beatles’ song YESTERDAY.  He changed a few words to make it more relevant to TBI survivors.  What’s obvious is that David, despite living productively with TBI, still misses his pre-TBI life.

“Yesterday” (for TBI Survivors)
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I REMEMBER yesterday

Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be
There’s a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why LIFE had to CHANGE I don’t know I COULDN’T say
I DID NOTHING wrong, now I LOST MY yesterday

Yesterday, LIFE was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to BE AGAIN
Oh, I REMEMBER yesterday

Why LIFE had to CHANGE I don’t know I COULDN’T say
I DID NOTHING wrong, now I LOST MY yesterday

Yesterday, LIFE was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to BE AGAIN
Oh, I REMEMBER yesterday
Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm

And now the original version of the song “Yesterday” by the Beatles.

“Yesterday”

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be
There’s a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don’t know she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don’t know she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm

QUESTION: What do you miss most about your TBI life?

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