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Bob

I think that when I was closer to my TBI, (1987), this might have been the case, but time has a way of working things out, and that is a good thiing.

37 months ago

Angela

My voice used to get higher pitched.  It was obvious.  But not any more.

37 months ago

Pete

I lose my voice... it cracks really bad. I almost speak in a whisper sometimes. Sometimes it feels as though my jaw wants to lock up. I sound drunk.

37 months ago

Josh(ua

Of course. Much of the improvement I have made in my recovery process requires some amount of focus to maintain. A focus that can be disrupted by strong emotions. Non-brain injured people could/would also have this problem.

ex. A non-brain injured person loses a relative to cancer or gets dumped by their bofriend/girlfriend, and subsequently have a hard time focusing on the tasks they normally complete with ease. Or even having a "normal" conversation or whatever may become difficult for them in some cases.

*Its just normally worse for a brain injured person because they (We) are already stretched to capacity to make our brains perform up to par, and so one little "emotional storm", so to speak, may be all it takes to cause interference in those delicate cognitive processes and cause our metaphorical boat to sink.

35 months ago

Bonnie

    Yes i think it does and has gotten worse as time has passed. I have a short fuse ( totally opposite of the old me ).  it doesn't take much to set me off sometimes. A smart remark about brain injury stuff will definitly set me off. As i get more and more upset I get more and more confused.  And the madder I get the worse it gets. I can also be convinced of practly anything. If someone tells me something happened a certain way how can I argue the point If I think they are remembering wrong? After all I am the one with the memory problem. All I know is if someone says something that sets me off I can go from zero to Biotch in a split second. I am trying to get that undercontrol as best I can.

   How do you explain to someone that the filters in your brain are short circuted and no longer function properly?

34 months ago

jamie4536

I suffer from tremurs,I sometimes shake,similar to parkinsons

33 months ago

jamie4536

my tremors seem worce when Im upset

33 months ago

Dylan

33 months ago

Dylan

33 months ago

Dylan

33 months ago