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Changes in behavior can be frustrating, challenging and confusing for survivors, families and caregivers. These brain injury blogs explain the connection between an injury to the brain and changes in behavior and suggest coping strategies and accommodations.
December 3rd, 2019 |
Categories: Anxiety, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Caregivers, Encouragement, Families, Fatigue, Hope, Survivors |
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Making the most of the Holidays can be a tall order for TBI Survivors, but this post is meant to encourage! With a few tips that may be helpful for survivors, family and friends – we hope you can find some great takeaway from it. Happy Holidays!
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September 17th, 2019 |
Categories: Anxiety, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Caregivers, Encouragement, Families, Fatigue, Grief and Loss, Hope, Journaling, Living and Relationships, Sense of Self, Social Skills, Stress, Survivors |
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After a traumatic brain injury (TBI) there are plenty of things to learn, relearn, and experience before progress can be measured. This article covers 5 positive steps toward making progress as a TBI survivor. There are also some links to product that directly relate to the article – of different prices, and dealing with similar issues.
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August 7th, 2018 |
Categories: Anxiety, Attention, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Caregivers, Communication, Compassion Fatigue, Depression, Families, Fatigue, Mild Brain Injury, Stress |
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There’s always hope… Encouragement after TBI By Bill Herrin My dad would often tell me not to get discouraged, and as a young man, I didn’t understand why…sometimes it made me frustrated. What he knew (that I didn’t at the time) was that he was preparing me for discouraging times in my life. […]
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June 14th, 2018 |
Categories: Anger, Anxiety, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Depression, Social Skills |
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You Did That on Purpose! Misinterpretations and Anger after Brain Injury By Dawn Neumann, Ph.D., FACRM Imagine that you are waiting in line at the store and someone cuts in front of you. A) Do you think the person cut in front of you on purpose or was trying to be mean? B) […]
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April 6th, 2018 |
Categories: Adjustment, Anxiety, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Journaling |
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The huge task of bringing yourself down from the “mountain” of anxiety after TBI is a unchartered trek, since every brain injury is different. This blog post points to some ways to make the journey easier, with some considerable suggestions to help find your way.
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August 14th, 2017 |
Categories: Behavior, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Care and Treatment |
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An injury to the brain, especially the frontal lobes behind the forehead, can directly affect behavior. This is the area that controls what are called the “executive skills.” They affect how a person thinks and learns. Cognitive changes in memory, and/or, information processing and/or problem solving can be related factors. Even physical things like loud noises, bright lights, or crowded spaces, can affect behaviors. The bottom line: behavior changes for a reason – an injury to the brain.
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August 3rd, 2017 |
Categories: Anger, Anxiety, Behavior, Books by Survivors and Families, Brain Injury Voices, Depression, Fatigue, News Releases, Sense of Self, Social Skills, Stress, Survivors |
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Lash & Associates Publishing (www.lapublishing.com) proudly presents a new publication for survivors, caregivers, and professionals working with survivors: MY BRAIN AND I By Jennifer Callaghan Jennifer shares the triumphs and gains she’s experienced over a 16-year period after sustaining severe traumatic brain injury. In poignant detail, she writes of her struggles, the many obstacles, and […]
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June 7th, 2017 |
Categories: Attention, Behavior, Brain Injury Journey Bulletin, Brain Injury Symptoms, Brain Injury Voices, Care and Treatment, FAQs - Adults, Survivors, Traumatic Brain Injury FAQs |
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The brain, when it is functioning at optimum capacity, works in a unified way allowing us to take in information, process it, and act in a purposeful fashion. Purposeful behavior allows us to live safely in our environment, accomplish goals, and succeed to the best of our ability. Although the brain works in a unified way, the control mechanisms are complex systems. One system is executive functions. When they are compromised, there is a failure to organize and prioritize actions and behaviors.
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January 24th, 2017 |
Categories: Behavior, Blogs by Author, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Voices, Caregivers, Families |
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Inside the Brain: Changes in Behaviors and Emotions After Brain Injury by Donna O’Donnell Figurski Every brain injury is different. When injury occurs to any part of the brain, there is going to be a change. The part of the brain damaged determines the kind of symptoms experienced. Because the brain is a complex organ, some damage […]
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June 17th, 2015 |
Categories: Anger, Behavior, Brain Injury Blog Postings, Brain Injury Symptoms, Memory |
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Changes in behavior after a brain injury are common and particularly stressful for families and caregivers. “Why does he act that way? What can we do? She’s like a different person.” These are just a few comments repeatedly heard by clinicians when talking with families and caregivers. It’s not only the person with the brain injury who has changed. Family members now find they have to change their expectations and about the survivor’s behavior. They also learn to change how they respond to these new and often frustrating and challenging behaviors that they see at home and out in the community.
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