This is the conclusion of my TBI series for Brain Injury Awareness Month. Thanks for reading! People do not know what life is like for TBI survivors and their loved ones. Our goal in sharing our story is to bring awareness. Empathy for others requires trying to see things from a different point of view … Continue reading Conclusion
Author: michellegunnin
Bill Chapter 12
Agitation- A state of anxiety or nervous excitement. Irritability- The state of being moody, grumpy or touchy. Egocentrism- Thinking only of oneself without regard to the feelings of others. I am a gregarious guy. I can talk to anyone, strangers, friends, whoever. I have no problem in a crowd of people joining in the group. … Continue reading Bill Chapter 12
Bill Chapter 11
Logorrhea - excessive talking or wordiness. This is a very common frontal lobe deficit that affects many traumatic brain injury survivors. I have always been a talked, even before my accident. But since then I seem to have trouble with knowing when I am talking too much. I try to be aware of talking too much. I … Continue reading Bill Chapter 11
Bill Chapter 10
Panic- sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior. Anxiety-a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks. Frustration-the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something. I used to go to the doctor for my … Continue reading Bill Chapter 10
Bill Chapter 9
Memory issues- a multitude of obstacles having to do with different types of memory. Depending on which part of the memory is affected, the difficulties can be wide in range and scope. The resulting behaviors cause frustration and can affect day to day life in jobs as well as family relationships. I spend more time … Continue reading Bill Chapter 9
Bill Chapter 8
Impaired Decision Making- the inability to regard the cognitive processes which result in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities; the inability to take into account all possible choices and come to a conclusion on a course of action. The slowing of my processing speed the doctor says … Continue reading Bill Chapter 8
Bill Chapter 7
Flooding- the inability of the brain to filter, leading all stimuli coming into the brain at one time with equal intensity which causes the inability to process each piece of information individually. The brain overloads, and either shuts down or gets agitated in its frustration. It is important to look at my deficits because I … Continue reading Bill Chapter 7
Bill Chapter 6
I am skipping around again. There is a long list of effects which Bill still deals with to this day even though it has been 35 years since his accident. The rest of his section of the book discusses how those deficits still impact his daily life. As he ages some of them are on … Continue reading Bill Chapter 6
Bill Chapter 2
"Often there are days I wake up and feel like I am standing in front of a very tall brick wall that extends across the horizon, and there is no way to scale it." – Bill Once we decided not to write my section in chronological order, we were a bit at a loss as … Continue reading Bill Chapter 2
Bill Chapter 1
The writing of Bill's section of our story has been a painstaking process. He dictated hours of random thoughts about a particular topic. I typed, trying to keep up with his racing free flow of thought. Then I tried to find the thread to follow in the midst of rabbit trails; the core of his … Continue reading Bill Chapter 1
Michelle's Mosaic 