I really don’t like the entire Thanksgiving and Christmas season. I know that it has something to do with my injury. In the accident, my mom was driving and she passed away in the accident. My dad walked away (literally) from the accident, but he lost his wife, best friend, and life partner. Dad has since remarried, but they moved to Kentucky and now live in Florida. My brother followed him to Kentucky, where he married. They went to his wife’s family for Thanksgiving. He has little to do with his family now. My entire life until the accident my dad’s family gathered together for Thanksgiving, and we held a Christmas party after going to Christmas Eve mass. Now with my TBI and also as newly diagnosed bipolar, the holidays are painful. I can’t manage to get past what I have lost. I’ve been told (by my therapist) that because of where my injury was it make take me a while to get beyond everything. I wish a while wouldn’t take so long!