[lynnschreiber]

Does anyone with TBI or who has a relative with TBI have a difficult time getting other people to understand your situation? It is very hard to make people understand what we go through with our son since he "appears" to be perfectly normal, is high functioning and in college, has a job, etc. Very few of our relatives have seen him when he suddenly flies into a rage, or when he's hallucinating, etc. Nobody understands the toll it takes on us (parents) or his girlfriend who have to be prepared to drop everything and go when he's having some kind of an episode. Recently we all went to brunch and relatives commented that he seemed just fine. Because a brain injury isn't something you can "see" it is difficult to justify to others.