I cant speak for everyone else, but my situation has caused the same thing to happen. Except my family lives on the opposite coast and never call and didnt care. I had a boyfriend at the time of the accident, and he was implicated by police for possibly causing my injuries (althought he didnt) and i never heard from him again because of it. I lost my BF and a lot of my friends at the time when i needed them the most. Going through something like this without much support was incredibly hard.

Only a few friends stuck around to check up on me to see how i was doing. Now 6 months later, I've lost numerous friends because they dont understand and dont want to deal with my inability to go out or my depression. I confronted some of these friends when i was angry and didnt have the ability to control my impulses and it hurt their feelings. All i could feel was the hurt and anger of them not being there. When i look back, i realize i didnt ask some of them that i needed help or didnt straight out ask what i needed of them.

Some side effects of having a brain injury (depending on area you hit) can cause you to be angry, irrational, impulsive, confrontational....when you normally wouldnt act in those ways. One of the hardest things to do is to recognize when you are getting angry or saying things you wouldnt normally say and stop and think long and hard before reacting.

So my best advice is to start journaling how you feel. Write down the feelings and animosity you are experiencing and shelve it for a few days. If you look back and realize it isnt something to lose a friendship over, then hold back and wait till your emotions are more stable to talk over something like this. Think before reacting. I guarantee we all have almost "snapped" at one point or another. Its a sure sign that you need to slow down, rest, try and focus on healing and take good care of yourself nutritionally.

When we are sidelined and injured we have all the time in the world to think about what we would do if a friend had this happen to them....but in reality we would probably be living a very busy life and only have a few chances in 2 months time to visit or do things for them. When people dont know what to do to help you, they usually do nothing. Feel blessed about the people who are there to support you and focus on that for now. Its not much, but its a start, right? Good luck and stay strong. You will get better....its just gonna take time and rest!