
Brain Injury Support Group
Traumatic brain injury occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. Outcome can be anything from complete recovery to permanent disability or death. A coma can also affect a child's brain.

daz2007
I talk to much ... not on a daily bases but as soon as I go to a doctor or a therapist ,even meet a new survivor ect ,i seem to dribble and dribble on and on . soon as start to talk of my injuries ect the time seems to fly and before i know it ive been talkng for and hour non stop.
Anyone eles have that sort of problem?
How to control it is anyones guess i spose .
i even warn doctors and the like i talk too mucjh !I tell them to butt in and stop me if they feel the need.
most time when they do i will let the talk untill i get a word in and off i go again.
must make it very hard to treat me i guess?
Daz
Anyone eles have that sort of problem?
How to control it is anyones guess i spose .
i even warn doctors and the like i talk too mucjh !I tell them to butt in and stop me if they feel the need.
most time when they do i will let the talk untill i get a word in and off i go again.
must make it very hard to treat me i guess?
Daz
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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
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