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Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Concussion Syndrome For traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post concussion syndrome (PCS). |
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to people who actually understand. Well, I hope at least one person here gets me.
I fell down a flight of stairs and hit my head 7 months ago. I have PCS. I had posted here a couple times but decided to just deal with things on my own. I wasn't wanting to believe that I'd never get back my whole self. I'm at a low point at this moment. My family has been so supportive and great. I have made lots of great strides and have been improving so I think maybe they see me as more normal than I am. I'm trying to be positive and sunny all the time but I've been having lots of problems with my memory and processing. I feel like I've consistently shared this with them and have laughed at myself when I can't remember something. I'm finding that my husband and son have started this thing, though, where they play this semantics game with me and attack me on every little detail when they know, full well, what I'm talking about. When people talk to me, I hear the first part of what they say and while I'm processing that, I miss the rest of what they say. I have a hard time remembering new names and dates, etc also. I'm feeling really hurt and ridiculed right now. I tried to just express myself while they argued and talked over me about how I was wrong in all the details and then my son got up and left. I feel like everybody is going to get sick of this shell of a person that I am. I can't work. I'm still not driving. My whole life is whatever happens in my house. I'm afraid that I've become boring and a nuisance. More trouble than I'm worth. I'm tired of people telling me that I look "good" or "fine". As though because I look normal, I shouldn't be having any issues in my brain. I'm tired of having exactly zero people in my life that truly understand what it's like to be like this or know how lonely and frustrating and sad this is for me. It's almost like grieving your own death. I don't know why this little exchange crushed me like it did. I know I need to suck it up and move on but I'm struggling. I don't like feeling so vulnerable. I'm hoping that by just typing my feelings, it'll help me move on. Thanks for listening. |
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