[EsthersDoll]

I don't know if you guys have heard about this or not... BUT I saw my therapist yesterday and she referred to the case because this guy's spoken testimony sounds similar to the way I currently speak. I call it "halting" she calls it "clipped speech". It's not smooth at all. It's a struggle to speak and it doesn't sound normal... abnormal pauses between syllables in words and a weird rhythm or speech pattern. It's similar to that guy who made the concussion videos on youtube that many of you reference. (Personally, I learned nothing when I watched those videos, because I had already read that information and so much more online from reputable sources before seeing it, but it was so oddly comforting to know that other people out there speak in the same unnatural and messed up way that I do. It made me feel a lot less alone.)

Anyway, I looked up John Goodman's testimony and he does sound like he sustained a head injury. It's so sad.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/polo-tycoon...2#.T29Ix2KXQjg

I know he's super wealthy, but I wonder if they talked about PCS and concussions and all that stuff at the trial.

Before my therapist told me that, the articles I read had just spoken so poorly about how he left the scene and that it took him and hour to call 911 and basically ridiculed him. But now that I know he suffered a head injury from the accident it makes total sense to me.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/polo-...trial-15974556

And see, in that video that I posted above, the editor includes all the drinking he had done that day, like that was the reason he had trouble... I can totally believe that someone who just suffered a bad concussion could walk away from an accident and not realize where the car had gone that they had run into, found a bottle of booze and drank it to alleviate physical pain. (They say his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit, but that he did that drinking AFTER the accident to help with a broken wrist and other injuries that were caused by the accident.)

A lot of witnesses testified that he left the function he was at before this accident very sober.

This is so sad.