Useful Australian Brain Injury website - validating and helpful
 

http://synapse.org.au/get-the-facts/...act-sheet.aspx

I came upon this while trying to get some insight into lack of initiative and motivation. The new me....sadly.

Hang in there everybody.
M

Mokey,
Thank you for posting that.

Rarely do I read anything that really makes me think that anyone GETS it. This did.

This really sums up where I'm at and why I'm feeling ... stuck is how I keep describing it.

The only difference is the article talks about people that saw quite a bit of progress and then leveled off... whereas I have a bit different problem where I feel cheated that after almost 2.5 years, I've seen almost no progress and probably won't.

I wonder why I bothered working so hard at rehab for almost no results. Certainly feeling the slump.

Really appreciate you posting that. :hug:
Starr

The author presents a narrow view of the lack of motivation and such. He calls is psychological. That may be the case with some but for many, I believe the cause is of a psychiatric nature, meaning it is organic. Depression is a common symptom of PCS. Depression can rob a person of motivation and any sense of a future. The author alludes to depression when he considered suicide.

We all need to try to be very truthful with ourselves and seek professional help with depression, especially when times get tough. We need to have people we trust to reach out to. It can be a miserable existence without help.