The Most Helpful Thing Someone Has Done for Me Since My Brain Injury Is...

I haven't found one person that accepted me as to being the same as I was before.  I have no friends.

I can't find anyone that accepts me like before it happened.  I'm still waiting.

I hope I find someone soon, I'm running out of time, it hurts to be alone in a crowd!!

Odd the little warning below is as compassionate as it gets.

I found out last year that I suffer from tbi my of 6 yrs has sealed with my mood swings forgetfulness anxiety my inability to trust ppl etc I got hit by a car when I was 5 and now 42 it has at x made me a genius and at other times a lunatic and a isolationist I've been told by a therapist I have lived like this for so long that it would take years and years of therapy and dollars to correct this with no guarantee . I have lived this long so I just learned to work around it and have been successful some of the times .adunn1230@hotmail.com

After reading so many comments about frustration and attempted suicides. I feel like a part of this family here where we are all fighting to just exist and gee wouldn't it be great if someone understood. To my brothers and sisters out there. I have been fighting for 2 yrs and 5 mos after my second TBI which was a left brain stroke July 2012. I had an AVM bleed in '88. I'm actually grateful for short term memory loss. Doesn't give me a chance to feel sorry for myself. I wont give up, but oh how many times things just suck. I'm numb on my right side but force my body to work. I actually forced my vocal chords to work and play and sang on my guitar at church. Sometimes I just can't do it. I live alone so I just try to keep myself busy. I wish everyone here love and hope! 

Loving me even when I feel unworthy. Listening when I try to explain how I feel. Being patient during conversations when I can't think of words or remember what I was trying to say. Being encouraging, but knowing when to back off. Picking up the slack on days I'm dragging.... Brittany

It has been me, learning to take responsibility for my own life.

Let me be me and believing me in our conversations without questioning my new abilities of experiencing life in full now.

Always say I LOVE YOU before leaving a family member and friend or just any loved one

Let me be who I am.  Accept me.  Love me when I am unlovable. Didn't run away or leave my life. 

Lillian K

For being patient with my out bursts and moods. I cant help the way i am, my partner has the patience of a saint. Xx

Involved me in social settings.

My true friends love me unconditionally what s blessing

Family and friends that keep trying to learn and understand, listen to me, love me, because of or in spite of changes in me.

Don't stop asking me to go shopping with you, just because I have difficulty at times with noise and I'm a bit slower, I think family and friends think it's quicker without me and that hurts

I had a TBI due to a right frontal lobe intracranial abscess  September 2012.  I had the abscess drained, but it filled again, and developed an offspring. I had a second surgery to remove the abscess , and was treated for several weeks with  iv antibiotics. I presented as a full blown stroke, but quickly got full use of my left side with the help of aggressive physical therapy. You would never know I had ever had a problem. What doesn't show are the affects left on the inside. I have severe memory loss. I had to check in my medical files to find the year I had my TBI. I thought I was heading into my 3rd year. Timelines are a nightmare. I have such a problem trying to figure out when things happened, and I don't want to ask my husband anymore as he looses patience with me. In the last few months I have greatly diminished sense of smell and taste. I can taste the first couple of bites of things, but I  am not sure if this us just due to my memory of what they tasted like. I loose words! I will be talking and want to say a word, but can't remember it. I will describe the word to someone,and by the time they have given me the word,I have forgotten what I was talking about. I cry every day. I am so frightened that I will get worse, especially when my sense of smell and taste did not change until a year after my TBI. What else may be affected.. I want to lay down every day in the late afternoon,and could stay in bed for  the night, I don't sleep in that time in the afternoon,but often I do not sleep throughout  the night.  I used to enjoy going out for a few drinks with my husband and friends, but now all I want to do is go out to dinner,and come straight home. I used to ride my bicycle 15 miles a day and then workout for an hour. I have no urge to do either. I know I will never have the old me back, but how can I explain this to my husband! He us growing short on patience
Apr 17h, 2014 11:24am

My friend Amanda has never judged me.  Never.  She accepts the pain in the ass new version of me, and loves me as much now as before.  It is amazing.  Believe it or not, I am the THIRD person in her life that experienced a brain injury.  What are the chances of that?  When no one else can understand me, she does.  It helps more than she will ever know.

It took years for me to get to know and accept my new brother. I grieved over the before brother and then realized he still has the same personality!  I have written a couple of stories about him so far at Shutuprw.com.

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My young children helped me dress myself and learn how to do everyday things because I was not given any aftercare once released from the hospital.  (My inpatient care exceeded the million dollar lifetime limit on my health coverage.)

My loving son put up inspirational phrases around the house to remind me how important it is to take care of myself and how much I'm loved. So whenever I open the refrigerator, pantry door or a cupboard, there is a message reminding me of these things. It gets me through the difficult times.

After my TBI from a head on car accident in 2010 my family and friends have accepted and supported me. It means a lot to not have it pointed out to me when I repeat something or forget. Especially when I know I feel foggy. Love and support has made my recovery possible. #loveyourbrain

My family has been there every step of the way. They have rallied me when I don't want to work at recovery. They have hugged me, let me cry on their shoulders, cooked, cleaned, did laundry and shopping for me. Then they helped me do these things. 14 months later they drive me to appointments and take me shopping. They never batted an eye, that's unconditional love! Sheila

Allowed me to repeat myself of forgotten stuff id already said or dine without shaming