Many burn survivors share experiences of their injury and road to recovery on blogs, social media, websites and articles. Reading about their journey and feelings can be very beneficial and inspirational for those recovering from a burn injury themselves. On this page there are links to a selection of websites with burn survivor stories you may find helpful.
Healthtalk.org is a website where people have shared, through video or audio, their experiences of living with a health condition to help others get an understanding of what it’s like to live with the condition.
A Burn Injuries section is now available and includes adult and young adult burn survivors, young people and parents of children with a range of burn injuries discussing their experiences across many topics – follow this link to hear what they had to say, HealthTalk – Burn Injuries
A burn survivor shares her experiences of living with a burn injury. The stories can be read or watched in videos on her website. Face to face with Shell
Laura Masters: Burn survivor embraces her scarred skin Video Link
Catrin Pugh: Getting through the trauma of 96% burns Video Link
Burn survivor Tulsi sustained 45% burns in a plane crash where she lost her mum, dad and younger brother. Here she shares her story on Rory Smith’s ‘Your Story’ S1 episode 10, Living with burns
‘I love my scars’ – people bare their scars and share their stories for a photography series called ‘Behind the Scars’ by Sophie Mayanne. Not all of the scars are from burns but each person has come to a point where they are comfortable with their scars. BBC News video ‘I love my scars’ ‘Behind the scars’ project – article and video clip
From out of the flames: The story of a burn victim Video Link
Exercise following burn injury – 3 burn survivors share their experience of beginning an exercise routine after a burn injury. The video also includes the perspectives of health care professionals who explain the importance of exercise after a burn injury. Video Link
This selection of video links signpost you to burn survivor videos appearing on different sites. Adult Burn Support UK is not responsible for content of a linked website.
