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An interview with a teenage girl who suffered from long-term memory loss following a concussion is presented. The teenage girl discusses her recovery status, her symptoms after the concussion and what she remembers about working with the speech-language pathologist (SLP) after her third concussion. She also talks about the strategies she used to help with her memory and the aspects of the treatment she found most helpful.

The article focuses on how rehabilitation teams help people with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) resume an active life, after studies suggest that concussion rehabilitation is not helpful for people with mTBI. Topics discussed include the "Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation" article by Noah Silverberg and Grant Iverson in 2013 asking whether post-TBI rest really is the best medicine, the real problems with prolonged rest, and the considerations to take when working with people with TBIs.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences of surviving a head injury in April 2013, which resulted in significant sensorineural hearing loss.