I'm sorry that you experienced that.

I've had more frustrating experiences with Dr.'s and health care professionals who didn't know me before the injury and seemed to minimize what was happening to me than people who knew me before the injury I sustained. People who knew me before the injury could totally tell something was very wrong with me.

I do get frustrated when stuff like that happens, but like I said, it's usually with strangers so I'm sure it doesn't affect me as much as it would if it were someone I know. I usually try to talk about it with people (vent) until I'm able to let it go.

I've read about people like your cousin though. I think some people aren't really as aware as others. I also think some people try to minimize what's happened as a way of coping with it themselves. It would be great if your Aunt could explain it to your cousins since they don't seem to understand. Maybe you could send them a link in an email to the tbiguide to help them to understand what's going on with you.