maybe its because I couldnt talk for a fair while ?

Sounds like you just needed to talk. Talking and talking is okay if that is what you need to do. I also found my self blabbing I was a tbi survivor. I figured they could tell something was not quite right so i just explained why. Then I went into a phase where I did not want any one to know I had a tbi . Now I share with others if I think it would be helpful.

Hey Daz, I am the same exact way; but I've always been like that. I will talk about pretty much everything. My family & friends know this about me and like me anyway. I bet it's kinda boring to listen to me half the time. (I also write long emails if I don't watch it-oops, gotta go) hugs to ya Daz, if you need to talk, that is you. Those who love & support you will listen. kim

i do the same thing too. i was quiet before the accident. now when i am around people i talk alot. i thought the only reason i was doing it was because i am happy to be alive. i guess this is another phase that we are going through.

yes its true most the time i only talk and talk about my injury or the effects its taking on my daily life still.After doing more thinking ,maybe its the lack of faith i have in the health system in my country thathas failed me so much to this day.
or like i say talkinig to other survivor is juat as bad.
i am in the process of starting a group locally so we all can talk ,as there is nothing here for tbi abi recoverer's or our careing partners or family.
it was stated in my rehab reports that I have a talkativity problem also impulsitivity .
maybe its just a way of letting stuff out?
I did also go through a phase of trying to not let people see how I was and tried to hide so much of my injury.
Now days i find i must tell people to set my mind at ease i guess.the isnt a person in my life now that doesnt know about my TBI .It sort of runs my life still and im not sure if thats a bad thing ,good thing ,or just part of the recover process.
Lived experiance is the best healing for a TBI that i have come to learn i guess.
I try in doctors just latley to not talk and it seems soon as I stop they dont do there job, that onlu reinforces the act.
Like you kim I feel i bore people almost to tears sometimes and im glad most take the time to listen.
Thanks for your replies and input.im glad its not just me .
Daz

yes. You have to work on gettin out ONLY pertinent information to the situation or question. The MOST important or most relative info. I say this from experience, and I still have a tendancey to talk too much. It's a daily battle, but I HAVE gotten better...

It is natural to talk about what is going on in our lives and for us it is tbi, headacks, memory etc.. issues. I have a lot of abdominal pain that absorbs much of my life right now so that is what I end up talking about. It is slowing down my brain healing and I do not feel like working on cognitive workouts. And I am struggling to excecise becasue of the pain, the physical weakness ... See there I go jabbering about what is for most going on right now. I have always been one to talk till I talk myself into a solution.

Me too, Daz. I talk too much about things they can't seem to understand, hopeful that they will... and have often been dissapointed. Only the naturapaths and DC's I've seen lately really employ the patience needed to listen. I agree with MadJack, it's probably with docs more effective to limit and maybe come in with a list and stick to it.
In another way I've become quieter, self-stifling because the most important people in my 'support system' like to explain many things I say away to something else. Like they know THINK they know what I'm thinking, when they're totally off the mark. Communication requires a speaker AND a listener. This seems the only place where I can have a good 2-way convesation about the effects of my injury. I was in terrible pain, invisble to those outside me for a dozen years....
and as time progressed, I got so much negative feedback from some of those closest to me that I often stifle myself, feeling like I want to say something, but expecting rejection becuase I'll get interrupted and told what I'm thinking, so I just shut up. That's not enjoyable. I'm fighting back against that ignorance now.
I'm much better now due to those ncr treatments, but as a result of enduring that long period of pain, theres a definate psychological repression component. It's very frustrating to want to talk and feel repressed by those you care about. So I say, speak on as you need. Like the bratCat says... those that support you will allow you that room. I even feeling stifled about releasing this post. gonna do it anyway. Peace. Harvey