TBI can happen at any point in life by many things. This is what my family has learn since 2014. In a flash your whole life, life goals & dreams is changed. I'm not saying everything is gloom & doom. I am saying after a TBI life will be changed.
It changes not just the life of the person who received the injury but it changes the lives of every person in the family. TBI severe or mild it is lives will not be the same. Before I depress you any more, there is hope.
Life with a TBI is not easy & skips through fields of flowers. Not being able to function as you once did in a flash is a hard adjustment for a person to go through. It is also difficult to be a family member of the one who was injured. I'm not ragging on the one who was injured. Just talking about what it looks like.
The person who has received injury can no longer do everything they use to do. They may gain back some of their abilities, but it is not to the level before the injury to the brain. Now the family will do their best to help & not hinder the person with the injury on their road to "recovery". We will not get into the battles with insurance companies or doctors. That is all to depressing & exhausting to get in to. If any who are going through it and feel they need to talk about, email me.
When your life changes in a flash, how do you pick up the pieces ( and which ones do you pick up to move forward with? Some pieces you might not want to pick.) It has helped us by going to TBI support group. You need a group that comes together to help each other overcome the bumps, rough spots & who else is having this happen problems. A group that wants to see each other move forward in their lives is a group worth going to.
Moving forward? I have used that term a bit already. Yeah, with a TBI you get the chance to do that a lot. Sometimes you can have set backs. Then you might get the fun of starting over or just take a few steps back. You get to learn how to live again. It will not look like the way before the injury.
One hard lesson is to stop comparing yourself or what your life looked like before the injury. Easier said than done. That lesson can take months if not a year or two. Each injury is different to the brain but everyone has common areas that they struggle with.
This post may have a part Two coming in the future.
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