SO, WHADDYA THINK? . . . . About Faulty Filters After Brain Injury
by
Donna O’Donnell Figurski
After a brain injury, many survivors may experience an extreme behavioral, emotional, or personality change. This can be a real problem with keeping friendships. For example, a person who was once the life of the party and can no longer party for any number of reasons—overstimulation, for one—is not that fun to be around. Lack of filters can be another problem.
We all use filters to control what comes from our brains and out of our mouths, and we don’t always say exactly what is on our minds for fear of offending someone. However, some survivors have diminished control over their filters and blurt out whatever they are thinking, possibly offending their friends, who then keep their distance. So essentially, the survivor is pushing away friends without really meaning to.
Sometimes anger and resentment, and perhaps perseveration about the injury—nonstop talk about the injury, can alienate friends because the friends just don’t get it. Because brain injury has damaged parts of their brains, brain-injured survivors are usually not the same person they were before their injury. After all, they’ve looked death in the face and pushed it aside.
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Comments on: "SO, WHADDYA THINK? . . . . About Faulty Filters After Brain Injury" (1)
I think you hit the nail on the head with this article. Thank you so much for sharing this!
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