Living with a Traumatic Brain Injury

I feel for Brian god bless him I had a tbi in 2021 but mine was a car accident god bless

I who have a tbi say take whatever marijuana products I can get cuz cbs work sooo good better then the pills

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My squad what’s good it’s tbi Benny y’aall know wats going down

I'm VERY thankful to be alive after my motorcycle accident but having a T.B.I. definatly is causing me to experance a whole new life, a very challenging one! The largest and most obvious symptom from my bain injury is my complete loss of balance, loss of the ability to WALK! I'm thinking that now that I'm able to is to start learning about T.B.I.s I'll learn about diffent healing tatics and how to retrain our big badly bruised bloody brains! I'm hoping to be a positive influence and offer support to people that are showingtheir love and support to their loved one who's got a B.I.! It's a whole new life for me, it's given me the excuse to work on carring through with my life-long dream, helping others live a more fullfilling life! I'll start by learning about other brain injured peoples dreams (present and future)! I've had to redevelop my beliefs, opinions and my atitude towards eveything! To cut my new religion short I now realize and fully belive in the power of LOVE, CARE and UNDERSTANDING! I like feeling good and I've noticed how others pick-up on ones vibe and it effects the way that things happen so it's my goal to always feel good and be supportive, intrested and curious about others ideas! Of course I won't be supportive of ALL ideas especially ones that cause other life harm but I'm supportive of ALL ideas that show support for the less privaledged people! With my new belief system I'm hoping to be an example of how you're able to carry-on living and how positivity is the key to fining happiness no matter how injured, life-stye change limitations your injuries have on you! LOVE, HEALTH and UNDERSTANDING are what my new self is focussing on!

I got jumped by 5 guys. It it was in 2012 I was knocked out from a punch behind my ear then had my head stomped so hard I had 7 Basel skull fractures i woke up to a man sitting on my chest holding me up by my shirt and repeatedly punching my face. I suffer headaches and constant tinnitus,I received a broken nose and eye socket. My c spine is now crooked and causes me all sorts of nerve issues. I was only unconscious for 1 minute, so it is deemed a mild tbi. I had no follow-up on leaving the hospital, and the insurance company says I'm fine, so they're not paying. Not long after that, I had a major back surgery with multiple fusions. This has left me with chronic nerve pain and a lack of mobility that has severely affected my perceptions of strength and safety and i am now unable to do the things that gave me joy. I feel constantly vulnerable to another assault, I'm convinced another blow to the head would kill me. This has left me unable to provide for my family and with a feeling that I can't protect them either. This leaves me feeling weak and pathetic, useless just a burden. I suffer from PTSD and all the other associated disorders like depression anxiety and chronic pain. social anxiety is debilitating and I'm never at ease . Frustration, anger, and hopelessness are my companions now. Since my head injury, I have pulled away from my family and friends and isolated myself. My partner of ten years, ten years of support and love, the only person who gave me a reason has just left me and taken my kids, my home and any safety I felt I had. She can no longer accept my constant anger, frustration and the physical abuse. I lash out and relive my trauma at any slightly aroused emotion. I'm alone and scared it hardly seems worth it anymore. I hurt the ones I love and have no control over my life or myself.
My life has no joy left and I wish it had of killed me sometimes.

I’ll tell u this life just will feel different u get a new one if u get lucky but for me it was good and u can just say wen u get pulled over oh I have a tbi imma say some dumb shit ahem excuse me officer it may seem like I’m saying some shit like I’m drunk but I think it needed to happen like I needed to get off the Xanax I desperately looked for and fentanyl sooooo now I’m tbi benny

I often wish that I died from the brain injury accident I had 22 years ago. You turn into a different person. Parts of my brain are gone but the doctor will not tell me that. The friend I had then was at the scene and told me he saw my brains. Doesn't matter how good you are ALWAYS wear a helmet especially when you're drinking booze and riding.

There's someone in my head but it's not me

Real warriors, for real

Try having a Traumatic head injury in the UK......
They don't GAF. No scan, x-ray aftercare ...F all.
Struggled with after effects for 20 years. I know it affected me greatly but none of my friends acknowledge how I feel.
Very lonely place to be.

I dont know if I have had a tbi l, I don't rmeber geting hit on the head. But I do have symptoms that are similar to what they described, supposedly from Lymes disease. And hearing this made me cry. Because unlike people with tbi who can have diagnosis and support and medication under insurance etc, I don't have all the things I need and have been barely surviving. The support part especially made me cry. My mom sent me this because she recently is going through this. And I bet she was thinking I needed to understand what it's like, for empathy, but instead I cried because I know all too well what going through so many of those symptoms are like and worse I had no help for it and am still going through them. While it's gotten better it isn't better by much and I feel quite alone in this. And it's pointless to explain to my family because they never hear me when I try to explain. They jsut don't understand. It's not liek I have any proof about how similar it is. She thinks "it's worse, and you have no idea how worse etc" but she has no idea what it's been like for me the last 10 years. And she never will no matter how much I try to explain. I gave up. So I cried. And prayed it will get better one day and I'll have the support I deserve from someone better than my family one day. 💔

brian is a legend

I have TBI as I got hit by a car on 1st September 2022 I was in a coma and on life support one my left rib broke my nose broke

"It doesn't take much pressure to make my mind go blank" hits really close to home for me, though it doesn't fall under specifically tbi, I do have a brain injury because of getting encephaliti as a child, after around 10 years I'm finally starting to accept it and the long term effects of it, these videos help me a lot

You can start to accept your new self but others don't,even your close family that's a real bummer

I had a TBI when i was 18 months old and I had a hard childhood from it. Never connected with my parents much or friends growing up because of my chaotic behavior. I never understood why i did the things i did as a kid. No rhyme or reason to being such an angry and crazy kid. I am 19 now and things are getting better but sometimes i wonder what my life would be like if i hadn’t had my fall. I get so angry :( and i always regret it.

I was shot in the head. I have TBI and I'm blind in my left eye. I struggle every single day and if you don't know you'll look at me and think nothing is wrong. I'm trying to do better but every day is an intense struggle. I don't want this for anyone but knowing there are other people out there that can relate helps. To everyone. God is there for us.

but why Am i still smart

I can relate to being hard on yourself... before and after my TBI..

I'm basically at least half retarded now cuz of head injuries. Easily influenced manipulated and exploited...it's a nightmare...

Seven years denial of severe tbi axonal shearing six months complete amnesia every head bone boken, multiple brain bleeds, intensive care unit 'several days", then personal nurse who slipped me a long love letter, but i have no memory if her. I live on tge worlds last english missionary private prison island whose prisons for immorality were closed cos they killed people so the missionary took control by owning the health centre, then the shops. 7 years later an an american mexican, muy bonito mujer, who bicycled around the world, git made my health coach, cos id chsnged from this hilly island's only person dependant on a bicycle for transort, to shuffling from bed to coach abd totally dependant on food powder in creek water cos i cant swllow or speek well. Or think or know hat dsy i t us ir month ircyesrcir season, abd my injury us denied ti exist. Intense suicudal ideation for 7 years apart from the six months uncincious and almost two years inlovd with a health admin woman who git chased away by a jealous psuedo christian who'd done a million dollar fraud of a suicudal from escaping a christian cult old man entering denentia. Many killed and maimed by this missionary. I hope thus aztec mujer who escspsped cstholicism and cycled the world to find her roots, saves my life.

I also think TBI being such an invisible disability makes it more difficult to get SSDI and or public assistance because it is,suck an invisible disability.... After 10 years of unsuccessfully pursuing careers after my TBI it took me 15 years ...through 4 appeals... And 3 attorneys to FINALLY get approved for SSDI!!

I've had to live with Traumatic Brain Injury-(TBI) for 25 years .. The frustrations are still overwhelming....

Someone let me know how to find a new outlet that's inexpensive lol

Severe Penetrating TBI
Diffuse Axonal Injury
Subdural Hematoma

Looking at me you would be hard pressed to see any of these things having happened to me, but every day life and depression are so much harder. I’ve been trying to find a way to feel useful again, but it’s been hard

I want to give him the biggest healing hug. I know how he feels.

Brian, you are Superman, very lovable sweet, too.
Bless you.

Living with TBI is a nightmare.

I can't even whatch this.. these poor victims
I would would know why....its hell on earth
And so many people have clue....multiple rear end car accidents within weeks
Struggle everyday

What a differences day makes brain injury is a long haul. I was told that it's 15 years still huge struggles. Seizures. 5 more concussions. Cut off from my pip claim over half the time since my accident. I think punitive damages should be paid . Spinal cord injuries. I try to find a diamond inevery day.that is my service dog. I have been called brain damaged from a friend off friend who is a RN.that hurt.. so rvery one in the group chalked me that. I wanted to just die. Somestimes I still do. The pain mentally an physical, no friends, I used to have many. The anger will not go away. Mine was axil . I failed so much. I still start fires because I forget I am cooking. I worry I will catch on fire. I need attendant care. Denied by lying ime doctor my they rot in hell!!!!

Good for you, Brian!! Earning that diploma! Go go Brian!

This is for youDad! I love you!

I agree it is best for us TBIers to take things one day at a time....

I agree the worst aspect of TBI is that it is such an invisible disability...

I can relate with the feeling you wish you were dead.. but if I was dead I would miss out on the things I do that help my TBI issues improve such as model car building and playing Scrabble on my phone...

I've had incidents at former employers that show how how my executive functioning is affected by my TBI...

I have found support groups helpful because they "get it" more than family,friends and employers....

I can relate to a lot of this since I've had two TBIs-( 1 from childhood traumas and 1 from a bad motor vehicle accident..)

I suffered a serious TBI in 2015 and was told repeatedly that I needed to "accept" it. I refused and it took me a few years to finally accept it. However now I have move passed acceptance to embracing the new me. I firmly believe you must fight through your injury until you have reached the point of acceptance but its just as important to move pass that to "embracing" the new you....prayers to all TBI suffers and their families.

When she says "I cant trust myself to remember" thats my situation.

Also if you forget anything I tell myself it's not worth remembering giving up isn't a option keep going keep positive hidden disability people don't see that I tell myself they have the problem not you we are survivors sent back for a purpose live for today all amazing x

I describe my brain injury as just bit lost at moment finding my way after all I died 26minutes hypoxia spent weeks months in coma rehab hospital learning talk walk again secret is never give up on yourself many will never yourselves never doctors said I will never talk walk again been a recovery massive discovery never ever give up sending love from headway Nottingham UK takecare xxx

Stay strong keep going doing amazing things bravo well done stay safe stay positive its time all in good time you got this sending love from headway Nottingham UK we are survivors fighters sending you all luck love good luck were the winners xxx

I think the man was sick 😷 the 🧠 brain

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