Flat Affect and Brain Injury

My husband died in the ICU was brought back but suffered some brain damage. It was mentioned he had a flat affect. Best way I know to describe it to people is that he never asked for his wallet, it's been 3 years.

If you are motionless does that make you socialio path or pchyopathic killer in way? Due a mixture of ptsd and bti.

I suffered a TBI from getting hit by a car while riding my bike years ago. Since then, I have experienced the aforementioned “flat affect” and it’s now impacting my relationship with my wife, e.g., she says the man she’s married to now is NOT the one she married and that she’s so lonely because I’m not as outgoing (I’m a lot more quiet) than I was before the accident. However, I am content with the new version of myself, e.g., I’m a way better dad to my kids because I’m so much more patient; is there any medication I can take to get out of this flat affect? Help - please!!

I have suffered a tramuatic brain injury and still going through the rehab process.
The flat affect comes from the brain injury. She might be in brain fog. Brain fog, fogs up your emotions. Plus you don't know you are in it. So you don't know how to act on top of it.
I use to be like this. I haven't been like this for 8 months now.

Is your sister really depressed or does she have what's called 'pseudo depression'? ie looks like depression, but is actually other things. I had the blankness and flat affect for years and still do but not as bad. I just want to say it can help a lot if you show emotion to us as in a touch, a smile or kindness. Its almost as if it has to be initiated by someone else. Dont be put off if there seems to be a low level of response. We can be quite blunted, and not realise that smile we are giving is not as big as we think, or we might be having difficulty with coordinating our facial expressions with what we say. I always had my basic emotions but not the sort where you tell yourself to feel certain things. I had feelings even though it looked as if I didnt. Sometimes they come quite a bit after the event. Its individual and things need to be teased out as the writer says. Please be kind to her, it is very odd to be feeling so blank and not be able to connect as before, it means a lot if people can hang in there for you, and perhaps say I cant imagine what this is like for you, this is what i see, but I dont really know what you are experiencing but I do care. One woman I know said to her husband I need a hug right now and to her surprise she got one. Its learning different ways sometimes.

TBI ... you only know it if you live it

I was hoping that the person with the brain injury who tried Brain State Technology could tell more info about it. My questions would be: what type of brain injury do you have, Mild TBI, Moderate or Severe? How exactly does this Brain State Technology work? and how much does it cost? I know this website is not for medical advice, but I would like to hear more about your experience with this technology. The website seamed vague and no prices were listed, which makes me skeptical. Thank you. 

I truly admire your use of these medical terms. May I suggest that though you are educated, many of the folks that do visit and have questions are NOT privy to the words you use. People that have BIs sometimes do not have the wherewithall to figure out long wordy sentences. Your language and ideas have to be simple and very easy to understand. For example; My wife suffered a TBI in 1981 and all these years later she suffers extreme emotional stress. She also cannot remember 4 sets of a number or two. Sequencing is a very big problem. Her ability to stare, read, concentrate and memorize is not there. So, finally, I appreciate your work and your presence here on the web. I will be happier if you apply what I humbly shared with you. Bye now.