| kiwidan BRAIN INJURY SITE |
| Emotions |
| Emotions play a huge part in a brain injury,In
my case I had Damage to the left front lobe,in this area theirs a part
of the brain called EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS.This is like the control centre
for managing my REASONING, THINKING, PLANNING, ORGANIZING, PROBLEM SOLVING,
BEHAVIORAL CONTROL, PERSONALITY.For me this area had/had a good wack when
my head hit the rock and I had reduced lost control of these functions.In
fact I have found that I needed to relearn all of those functions (still
am as at dec 2000 3 years 8 months after my fall), its like they were knocked
out or just stopped working like they should,so when one or all of those
function came under stress or overloaded,my emotions were affected and
intern the whole of my brain functions was thrown into disarray and confusion
which ofcause lead to personality changes.
Now to understand why these Emotions started flowing as they do,I needed to relearn how they happened and how they should work.Why was ANGER, FRUSTRATION, ANXIETY, STRESS, suddenly a major problem to cope with.Why had I become SELF CENTERED.Why did I spend so long in DENIAL and why did I have such a EMOTIONAL RELEASE which lead to feelings of GUILT, GRIEVING for ones self,Why did CHILDHOOD PROBLEMS appear after so long,with terrorizing FLASHBACKS.Why was I so FATIGUE all the time,Why had WRITING anything become so hard to and get right.Why was doing MATH'S now beyond me.Why does my brain OVERLOAD so much.Why do I have such poor ATTENTION, Why does NOISE affect me,Why at times do I get so down and feel DEPRESSION,Why cant I now not follow more than one CONVERSATION, How can I keep a positive ATTITUDE, How can I stay MOTIVATED, Why are ROUTINES now so important, Accepting ROLE CHANGES is hard to cope with, relearning LOST LOVE,What about DRIVING a car am I still save to drive one,how do I deal with INSURERS, How to get the best MEDICAL HELP and what are my needs their,what do I need to do about FINANCES, Why are HOBBIES ,COMPUTER and my DOGS now so important in my REHAB. To understand emotions,I must first learn all the above functions as each and everyone effects my emotions,how I behave to myself and others,How it effects my ability to RELEARN things.Hopefully in time all those in capital print will have their on page, which will cover the affects and some strategies I have learned to help me cope with my new life as a brain injured person.Also one must look at the affects on my FAMILY and my wife as my CAREGIVER .Emotions are overlooked by Doctors anti-depressants only mask the problems not fix them ,but it is necessary to take DRUGS when needed.To understand my new self and move forward I must regain control of my emotions.The only way is hard work on the above topic`s and ENCODING and MEMORY are now a problem. Also linked to emotions are medical problems that happened pre-TBI like BACK-INJURY and there were hidden injuries from my fall which has taken time to find and work out like ,BRAIN STEM PAIN, NECK, VISION, SLEEP APNEA, TEMPLE PAIN, GALLBLADDER, and what help should I expect from my FAMILY DOCTOR, NEUROLOGIST, NEURO-PSYCHOLOGIST, ABUSE COUNSELOR, EYE DOCTOR, SOCIAL WORKER,OCCUPATIONAL-THERAPIST, CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGIST, CASE-MANAGER, HOSPITAL, RESPIRATORY DOCTOR, SLEEP CLINIC. Well as you can see from the above I believe
next to PHYSICAL HEALING of my injuries,that emotions are the biggest factors
and most difficult part of a HEAD INJURY to come to terms with.Just look
above at all those words in capitals , everyone of them has a effect on
my emotions in one way or another, intern that effects how well my brain
functions.AWARENESS , UNDERSTANDING, of all those topic`s has allows
me to have ACCEPTANCE that I have a serious brain injury and now need to
relearn new ways to cope with my life.
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