What do we tell others?
 

I was wondering what you tell people you just meet?
Do you tell people right away, wait to get to know them a little, don't tell them until it becomes obvious there is something wrong, or never tell them unless they become your bosom friend?
I usually tell people pretty quickly to explain my deep concern for people getting concussions and the reason I can't do certain things.

It depends on my mood that day and how nice the person seems. I spend a lot of time alone (well, alone with my kids) these days because it's just easier.

Depends on the person... right now, I do not really meet anyone new... I do not go out and socialize because meeting new people means new names and I can not remember much.

The people that know me know either through me or my mom what my issues have been... so when people ask how I am my new standard answer is just "I'm fine" and they know that is code for " I am sick of talking about it, there is nothing new, my life still sucks"

i dont tell anyone. im lucky if i can concentrate long enough through the whole conversation. been at this new job for 7 months, met alot of the people that work there and only remember 5 or 6 names. hard enough to remember what i have to do.

I just met a guy (eeee!!) and I told him when I was explaining why I was going to bed at 10 on a Saturday night. Mostly I don't bring it up unless I'm chatting with someone at work or something and the aphasia kicks in or something. Too much of a hassle.

When something comes up that reveals my limitations, I usually say that due to a brain injury, I do not process sensory stimulation properly. I might mention that my visual and audio processing does not function correctly. Often, the subject is brought on by the fact that I do very limited driving. I may say that I do not process all the traffic around me properly.

This sounds very intellectual.

I used to say something similar to people, especially if I exhibited something that warranted an explanation, but as I've gotten better I've noticed that many people I encounter (like cashiers at the Pharmacy or servers in a restaurant or at the food counter) don't have either the intelligence or the education to understand what I'm saying... and they also don't have the attention span.

Most of the time, I just try to simplify it for the sake of expediency as I live in a city, and I say, "I'm a brain injury survivor".

I think when I say things like "Aphasia" or "Pituitary Gland" most people have no idea what I'm talking about and they don't really care...