TBI Voices

TBI Survivor: Angela’s part Eleven We talked to another half a dozen people about who Angela was before  she was a TBI survivor, going back to high school and throughout her professional career.   Each of these interviews gave us  a different perspective, but they all had a similar theme: Angela..
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Brain Injury Logorrhea : Part Twelve of Angela’s Story Another prevailing symptom of those with a frontal brain injury is the inability to know when to stop talking (which is known as brain injury logorrhea).  While there have been many explanations for this trait, poor judgment, self monitoring, self control,..
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Brain Injury Reemployment : Part Thirteen of Angela’s Story Brain Injury Reemployment can be the  most tangible loss suffered after a TBI is with respect to the ability to make a living, what we would call a vocational loss or disability. A superficial glimpse into Angela’s videos may leave the..
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Brain Injury Mistakes: Part Fourteen of Angela’s Story Perhaps the biggest obstacle for reemployment for someone with a brain injury is the issue with brain injury mistakes and reliability.  Angela was someone who prided herself in the accuracy of her work pre-injury. That’s what I won awards for.  Quality of..
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Brain Injury Emotions: Part Fifteen of Angela’s Story Angela’s Brain Injury Emotions caused another huge problem.  In any customer relations job she would be dealing with adverse emotions from customers. Handling angry customers has become very difficult.  Before the accident she could handle them with ease.  She now takes things..
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Shopping After TBI: Part Sixteen of Angela’s Story Shopping after TBI is a difficult thing for most brain injury survivors.  A store is a distraction filled world, with countless decisions to make, which most of us give little thought to. Those little decisions challenge the frontal lobes, interfering with memory..
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Impaired Relationships After Traumatic Brain Injury: Part Seventeen of Angela’s Story Impaired Relationships After Traumatic Brain Injury is another issue Angela faces. If Angela can’t work, can she at least be a wife, a domestic partner?  Sadly, this is another role that despite her best efforts has proven to be too cognitively..
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Insight After Brain Injury: Part Eighteen of Angela’s Story Angela’s Insight after brain injury of herself has dramatically changed: Insight after brain injury changes but not how you might expect.  I once heard a neuropsychologist say that the tragedy of a mild brain injury was that the survivor had such..
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Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury: Part Nineteen of Angela’s Story Angela explains her depression after traumatic brain injury: I didn’t know what depression was and I do know what depression is now.  Because depression is not what people think when they say, you know, your dog died and you’re sad,..
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