In this episode, Joe plays a brainy game with his guest Théa James. They call it Brain Injury Recovery Roulette. Joe asked the brain injury community on his socials for topics to choose from that he should discuss on the show and Thea and Joe then randomly selected one of the topics by rolling a virtual die on the spot to discuss in this episode. The random topic for this episode is overstimulation tips to help ease your nerves when you’re already overstimulated. Joe speaks about overstimulation from the perspective of a man from the states, who also experiences dissociation and PTSD from his stroke while Théa speaks about it from the perspective of a woman from New Zealand who suffered trauma multiple traumatic brain injuries. They also talk about Théa’s experience as a TBI survivor as well as her background as a speech and language pathology student.

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