Follow us: hu Improving life after brain injury Need to talk? 0808 800 2244 Donate Home About brain injury Individuals Brain injury and me Holiday from brain injury Share your story Share your story with us to help others affected by brain injury Andy Nicholson Holiday from brain injury Andy Nicholson, from Lincoln, sustained a brain injury when he fell down an unguarded stairwell while working as a builder in Leipzig, Germany. Now a regular and popular video blogger through his Notes From The Brain Damaged Baron Facebook page, Andy has created this excellent video for our 'A New Me' campaign. We asked Andy some questions about his new sense of self after brain injury. Q: What does 'A New Me' mean to you? A: A new me means letting go of the old, former self before the sands of time drain the memory of it without consent. Acceptance who I now am is all-important, the only way to move forward and see that there is a life beyond the injury. Q: How has your outlook on life changed after brain injury? A: My outlook on life has changed beyond belief. Prior to my injury the future consisted of looking no further than two minutes ahead of me, seeing life in the moment. Post brain injury I see a long future loving and being loved, achieving as many goals as I can seeing life as a play, no longer a rehearsal. That tends to happen when any future almost ceased to be. I now see a life ahead of me, appreciating what I have every single day. Back to stories index Creative expression Find out more A New Me A New Me provides a platform for people to creatively share their experiences in order to challenge misperceptions of brain injury while demonstrating the value of having access to the right help, at ... Find out more Andy Nicholson Find out more Friends of Headway Individual membership Join/Renew Contact Us t: 0115 924 0800 e: enquiries@headway.org.uk Help us improve life after brain injury. Donate Improving life after brain injury 0808 800 2244 Call our free helpline 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. Or email helpline@headway.org.uk Join our online Community 27k Likes 25k Followers 3k Subscribers Privacy policy Cookies Terms & Conditions Accessibility Contact Us Resource centre Find a Headway Approved care providers Charity shops Fundraising comments, feedback and complaints Vacancies Join our mailing list Headway - the brain injury association is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Charity no. 1025852) and the Office of the Scottish Regulator (Charity no. SC 039992). Headway is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no. 2346893. © Copyright Headway 2021 - Site designed and developed by MEDIAmaker By clicking 'Accept All Cookies’ you agree to the storing of cookies on your device. This will help us to offer the best possible experience and develop more of the information you need. Accept All Cookies Cookies Settings