Dr. Samantha Backhaus talks about emotional triggers after brain injury

Dr. Samantha Backhaus talks about situations that might be emotional triggers for people with brain injury.

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[ValouQc]

Thank you so much, since I’ve been hit by a car and had brain bleed and skull fracture, only my youngest kid who lives with me is understanding but other people judge me.

[jnkmamma]

Thank you for sharing this. Had a TBI in 2014 and this still applies.

[John-gjdb]

I went through exactly this after my tbi. I wish I had someone to tell me this at that time. Fatigue and mood swings were a real problem. Thank you for sharing this.❤

[Coywolfie]

I lost allot of people to my TBI and it sucks they dont understand and I get so sick of telling new people how it is for me but I cant show them what its like there is no comparasion

[kellyrosegreene]

i am so happy someone is addessing this. the triggers are many.

[RaneBane]

Filtering sucks. I used to sit on my porch and talk woth friends. After my tbi I would be sitting there, not wanting to speak or know how to start conversation or when to say my piece and out of nowhere just start dry heaving with the worst naseau.
Pressure in my head makes it so I'm feeling like I'm already on max overload and it doesn't matter what you say, I'm pissed off and I'm gonna react negatively.

Imagine staying up all night studying for the biggest exam of your life, crushing that shit, catching your second wind and go back out to get shitfaced at the bar on later that night. On your way home, picking up a bag of bomb coke and chopping lines the size of Indiana jones' whip until the sun comes up...
That feeling before you get to sleep is the kind of overload someone with a tbi feels every day. It never goes away.

[scottlangan]

Being in crowd is my hangup feels like they’re choking me. I’m very sensitive to lights.

[JDqs-kgsp]

Well said. As a person who has a TBI I can relate with this.

[mcjs]

I had terrible sensory overload. One aspect has improved since I got the help of a hearing therapist who specialises in brain injury. She helped me to retrain my brain using a hearing ball. I learned how to become better at tolerating background noise. I get less agitated and cope a lot better.

[KyleDavid]

I became epileptic from a TBI in my youth. I am learning that my emotional and mental obstacles are common in persons with head injuries. For a long time, I felt alone because nobody understood my challenges--particularly my parents--because they had no association to my condition.

[Emptinesscreation]

Now I understand all these years why I can’t keep a job for a longer period or unable to socially function well in big crowds. I was thrown off a galloping horse when I was a child back in the mountains. I lost my grip on my father’s back. In my early 20s I tumbled down a hill down to the village due to some stupidity 😂 thanks for the information. It’s very helpful. Finally I know now why I can’t function in a normal society 😭

[DeborahAnnsuperversatile]

Everything in this video explained me after my tbi, perfectly.

[Fiawordweaver]

Finally I have my story. 2018 was my craniotomy. I have not been emotionally or physically the same since.

[davidsoto]

I have trouble with crowds and loud noises.

[SlumpRick]

I basically just isolated myself for a decade and for the last three years been living in my car

[mindrunfree]

This is so helpful and comforting for me to hear. I feel like I’ve lost my mind.

[DishonestTrack]

This is me whenever I'm around my brother. Everytime I'm near him I'm instantly on edge. He is well aware of my TBI but always tries starting problems even when I'm apologizing for something I did wrong. Then next thing I know I am fuming with anger. But if someone else makes me mad I'm quite calm about it. It's just my brother gives off this vibe I don't like. Well he's done a lot of things nobody would like which is probably why this vibe from him is there for me so often.

[mgray]

I stay at home. I do get to the store, but I've stopped all others I only see my family once a week and used to see them everyday if not every other day. I've basically lost my partner as well. It's just come to me yesterday about all this. I had I thought was a the best friend ever now does not return my text. Yesterday I heard the song"I Lost A Friend' and I realized I had lost me.

[ramongutierrez]

I have trouble with crowds and certain people

[marknichols]

Had serious poly trauma and serious brain trauma 3yrs 8months after cycling and van drove straight into me 70mph.

I live alone couldn't take family life, I struggle with fatigue and try to follow routine and not see people. I have a manageable life big issues, noise vision, information overload cant take info in well. just keep going but short sessions and if tired, sleep. I looses days when I cant get going but it does come back