Yeah, I try do the same thing as Mark as much as I can. (It bothers people that I happen to be beating at a board game though. )

It was embarrassing at first, but I'm so much better than I am now... I feel like I don't need to tell people that much anymore.

But I was taught in PT when I was learning how to gain the strength to walk again, that I don't ever have to apologize for having a disability. That if someone expects that then it's them who need to apologize.

So maybe that's what it is, you feel apologetic or embarrassed that you don't function the same way that you did before your injury?

What if you had "popped out" the way you are? You wouldn't be apologizing then. The person you are dealing with has no idea who you were beforehand.

Or maybe you feel like you aren't behaving in a way that people can understand why? Then maybe you should tell them why so they at least have the opportunity to understand and accommodate you. (I've learned that some people are either not compassionate enough to be able to understand or they are not smart enough to understand... but they are really far apart and few between.)

Experts also say that those people who are best able to openly accept and communicate with others that they are tbi survivors are the ones who recover the best from them. I think it's even in the tbiguide that's floating around written by that neuropsychologist...

It's ok not to have a label to explain what your issues are or may be, just letting someone know you have trouble due to tbi should be enough IMO.