Navigating Brain Health & Healing: Debbie Hampton’s Story of Brain Recovery and Resilience
In this powerful episode, we welcome Debbie Hampton, an inspirational writer who overcame a suicide attempt and a resulting brain injury.
Debbie shares her remarkable journey, revealing how she leveraged neuroplasticity to reshape her brain and life after facing traumatic experiences to become a well-known voice in the mental health space. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing one's own power in shaping their brain health and mental well-being.
Debbie sheds light on innovative therapies like neurofeedback and hyperbaric oxygen therapy that played a pivotal role in her recovery. Throughout the conversation, she underscores the significance of lifestyle choices, emphasizing how they can lead to lasting improvements in brain health. Join us as we learn from Debbie's experience and gain valuable insights into optimizing brain health.
Key Takeaways:
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Neuroplasticity: Debbie's story highlights the transformative power of neuroplasticity, demonstrating that it's never too late to change and heal the brain.
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Innovative Therapies: Discover how alternative therapies like neurofeedback and hyperbaric oxygen therapy played a crucial role in Debbie's recovery process.
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Lifestyle as a Choice: Learn how conscious daily choices can significantly impact brain health, emphasizing the interconnectedness of mental and physical well-being.
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Empowerment through Knowledge: Debbie's journey serves as a testament to the potential for personal growth and healing when armed with the right information and resources.
Join us as we explore the incredible story of Debbie Hampton and gain valuable insights into the potential for positive transformation through brain health and well-being practices.
Visit Debbie’s website, The Best Brain Possible for information and inspiration for anyone with a brain.
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Debbie Hampton
Author of The Best Brain Possible
After taking care of my brother as he wasted away and died from AIDs, the end of my 18-year marriage to my high school sweetheart in an ugly parting that made Divorce Court look civil, and years of wrong turns, things not working out, and being flat-out disappointed with life, I tried to kill myself in June of 2007, by swallowing over 90 pills, mostly brain drugs. Because I wasn’t found in time, the drugs went all the way through my system wreaking destruction.
After a week in a coma, I woke up with a global, acquired brain injury (ABI), technically labeled encephalopathy, to a very different world. Initially, I was seriously mentally impaired and couldn’t retrieve words, remember the day, my sons’ ages, or that I’d gotten divorced. Physically, I could barely speak, couldn’t coordinate the acts of breathing and swallowing anymore, and had no fine motor skills. My ex-husband sued me for custody of our two sons, won, and promptly moved out of state with them.
And I thought things were bad before?
Alone, for the first time in my life, I had no one to put my limited energy into but myself. Getting downright pissed off, I told myself, “If I have to live, I’m NOT living like this!” Over the first year, I naturally healed somewhat and, in the following years, the more I recovered, the more I learned. The more I learned, the more I recovered.
Through years of daily work and such practices as neurofeedback, Brain State Technologies’ brainwave optimization, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, acupuncture, voice therapy, music therapy, cranial-sacral massage… Read More
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