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Originally Posted by lynnschreiber
Does anyone with TBI or who has a relative with TBI have a difficult time getting other people to understand your situation? It is very hard to make people understand what we go through with our son since he "appears" to be perfectly normal, is high functioning and in college, has a job, etc. Very few of our relatives have seen him when he suddenly flies into a rage, or when he's hallucinating, etc. Nobody understands the toll it takes on us (parents) or his girlfriend who have to be prepared to drop everything and go when he's having some kind of an episode. Recently we all went to brunch and relatives commented that he seemed just fine. Because a brain injury isn't something you can "see" it is difficult to justify to others.
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I have a awful time making my mom understand she's one of thosestrong southern women so to her it's like ''Get Over It'' also the other wrestlers joke around and say stuff b/c they don't understand no one gets it except for my Grandmother,wife,and father,there were times where if my dad wouldn't have talked to me I think as disturbing as this sounds ''Suicide had crossed my mind several times'' that was when it was real bad those days are now long over and i can function pretty good im 60% better 40% PCS,i do understand what your saying the only way some people understoddd what i was saying like my brother who never got it until he watched the youtube clip where they guy explains it PERFECTLY he was doing a documentary and explained it to a T.........peace