I had a brain injury at age 9 in a car bombing I and my missionary family survived serving in a war zone overseas, rose07042k. The back of my skull has a notch in the bone where my head snapped back and hit the metal frame of the car interior in the explosion.

Rose, I don't know that I had a brain injury from trauma, but I do know that the researchers have shown changes in the brain as the result of trauma. The brain doesn't complete it's development until early to mid twenties, with three major changes during those years. Childhood trauma certainly did a job on me. Healing and comforting hugs as you heal from your past.

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Wow, so have are you doing Mujicaptsd? How is your health?

SimpsonOK, my brain and my challenges with a few things e.g learning and communicating was affected. I have learned to talk in my adult years. I still have a few challenges from my injury. You are right my therapist has been teaching me about changes in my brain because of trauma But as a child I struggled with a few things due to it.

Rose, I do think that they have learned more. Wish more teachers were better educated on the reasons that children act up and act out, or exhibit anxiety at young ages. The earlier the help, the less damage. Comforting hugs.

Simpson Ok, I agreed or the ones who sits in classes and brain shut down and they can't speak. One of the parts of my brain that is damage is the part that causes me to communicate. But for some reason that part of my brain opened up around the age of 27/28 . But educators need to be trained but also parents. True again, if I did receive early intervention it would have turned out in favor from me and less struggles and possibly less medical issues. I am glad that I am on this support group. Thanks for your kindness

Rose, I have long believed that teachers should all have psychology degrees. Too many elect to teach for the hours and many days off, especially if they plan to have children. I see a teacher as a person who is there to facilitate the learning of each child, and to recognize that if a child is struggling, it is on the teacher, not the student, to solve the riddle of why. Reason, young children love to learn. Just my personal opinion. Hugs.

rose07042k, I'm ok over all, thanks for asking. For years I didn't get a lot of info about how brain injury affects the mind, I guess the field was developing still. A big breakthrough came to me on the job, though, when my work as a hospital chaplain got me assigned to a brain surgery unit.

Rubbing elbows with brain surgeons and their patients every day got me to begin to understand how a brain trauma early in life like that might affect a person. I got a good therapist and a good psychiatrist and went to work on how it affected me. It really relieved me of a lot of worry about how that car bombing changed my life and how.

Wow. Mujicaptsd, you have accomplished alot. I feel like my journey has just began in away. I am just learning but things are upside down because I am looking a good psychiatrist (I switch to a new one and praying that she is good) I miss my former psychiatrist (I had two good ones but they moved on). My current therapist I had for the last two years but there is some insurance issues and I am praying that I will be able to keep seeing her but I don't know yet. Part of my is trying to have faith that it will work out but I am nervous because I like her. I does not know how to prepare myself if I lose her or has to change. Changes are not good for me. I had so much changes this year that set me back alot. I am happy that the doors has open for you. I have a long way to go.

SimpsonsOK, I understand. I do

It took me some years before I got a therapist whose specialty matched those of my psychiatrist so they could figure out brain trauma and the mind with me. I got lucky when I moved for a job and happened to get a therapist evenings who was a VA therapist by day and worked regularly with Iraq war vets who had survived car bombings over there. That was when we had a breakthrough re interpreting what had happened in my car bombing I survived as a kid.

mujicaptsd,Cool. So changes I guess is not that bad it seems like that is what you are saying and that it might be beneficial for me. You gave me something to think about and I am grateful.

I just wanted to welcome you to the board Rose...… This is a good place to come.... Gentle hug.....xo

Hi SuncloudJD, aww, thanks you. Hug back to you