NOv 10 1968 Kead onColision with a 3800pound Car I was on a motorcycle . the issue was begining to become evident I had a poor attention span 6 month s after the accident I returned to UBC 9 months after the Accident still in Casts and on Crutches but wanting to return to learning my Life Began to disintegrate from my first Mid term Exam on . I passed Psychoogy and Physics 130 2 courses I didnt bother to show in class for. English I was So so But math And Chemistry the Subjects I chose to Honor in 10% This was a disaster From the highest marks in the Provinve the year before to the lowest in the same courses . WHAT Reading the page over and over and over when asked what I was reading My reply "What!" I had not 5 seconds later comprehended I was reading the book in my hand. This worsened as theyear continued . soon Days dissapeared weeks then years. I struggled for 12 years to find the best way to combat What was now FULL BLOWN AMNESIA! not only short term memory loss. Yet In my Work OF Research IN industrial Chemistry I wrote 28 Patents and 139 Federal Pesticide Aplication Laws for the Preservation of Lumber . I developed the Formulas of Chemicals used in Pulping that in 1973 were KInk of the class and still today 40 years latr are still unbeaten in performance or Environmental Value . In the years 10 tp 12 I began to grow out of this mentaly desdtructive state of mind . LIke You NO evidence of Brain injury only my Crushed Crash helmet.
HOw did I recover I guess God is the only person to answer that. I wrote my day down in detail and MY plans for tomorrow as I generated the next days schedule an offchute of todays work. I survived NO more .
Today I now remember all I did during those days. even the details of my Chem,ical Formulas the treating parameters for each species of wood . Its amazing .
I also remember the Psychological pain I suffered every day of my life during those years .The times it became well beyond my ability to shoulder these pains. What I did and why . i still to this day claim my actions were what should have been and I was right in choosing them and wrong in failing.
But life is cruel.
MANs Brain seeks to remember everything in his life in absolute detail. you will succeed in doing so . However the pain of this is beyond comprehension.
Post Traumatic Amnesia : What I suffered instantly after the Accident is however very different in that you will never recall those events of the incident. Please let this question Go . PTA is a Protective Form of amnesia to protect you from the horror of the incident . this is Best to leave within the darkness of your Minds Archives .and never re visited.
Your not alone and AS long as I live you never will be. I survived I am a survivor But I also learn about my issues in life. AMnesia is just one of many neurological issues man still has very little knowledge about .
IF you need Please keep in touch you can Email me for more details if you wish.
Peter
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Originally Posted by Astrid2803
Hi guys,
This is my first post. Seems strange reading some of your posts as it feels, oh shall we say, déjà vu 
I lost time during a car accident in 1997 but didn’t seem to suffer any obvious concussion. It was only some time after the accident that I really started paying attention to the fact that things were far from what they used to be. The fatigue, blurry vision, lack of concentration (previously would be completely engrossed in my work while studying – then it changed to reading the same sentence over and over, completely unable to comprehend.) I even had to try and figure out if people were actually speaking english to me and my delays in responding seemed to utterly irritate! The shortened temper of course, which being a teen at the time, didn’t really alarm my parents to anything excessively unusual. I’d even mentioned to my mother that I really did not feel well. She decided that I had a UTI, perhaps the fever was causing me to feel unwell. Eventually I took myself off to a doctor who organised a MRI for me, although it came back with no real evidence of a TBI. So according to those around me it was “all in my head” (no pun intended). Let’s just say it’s been an incredibly hard road, but still kicking and I'm really glad to have found this site! |