Comments on: Emotional Symptoms Following A Brain Injury

By: Steve Holder

Steve Holder — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:09:01 +0000

Dear Stephanie,

Thank you for your comment. It may also help you to read the stories of other people who have already traveled the road you’re on. Visit our blog at http://www.headbraininjuries.com/category/blog/ or just click on “Blog” at the very top-left of this screen.

These people can explain it to you far better than I can.

In the meantime, were wishing you the best.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:00:46 +0000

i was in a vehicle accident last june. i experienced a brain injury which affected my balance and coordination and which causes me to see double now. i know that this was fairly recent in the grand scheme of things, but i have not cried. i’m afraid that i damaged the part of my brain that helps emotions to be handled. i’m scared that because of the brain injury, i cannot cry now. i feel sadness, desperation, happiness, love, all of those things. it’s just that i can’t cry. this artlicle was another result in my search of whether brain injuries can result in not being able to cry.

By: Steve Holder

Steve Holder — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:23:33 +0000

Dear Nore,

You should ask about recovery programs in your area that can assist you in understanding and coping with the effects your injury are having on you.

It may not be possible to regain your previous self, but with professional help you may be able to learn how to live comfortably with your new self.

You may also be interested in learning how other people are adapting to their new selves here:

http://www.headbraininjuries.com/1st-carnival-of-hope

We offer you our sincerest best wishes on your journey toward acceptance, recovery, and peace.

By: N Naka

N Naka — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:56:39 +0000

I forgot to mention, my mother died and I felt nothing, my puppy is in intensive care and I still feel nothing. I fell backward on marble. I felt like I was not that bad off, no emotions, I was bubblely and happy and loved people and dancing, and I’m trying to improve, but nothing… just sore and empty… I can’t understand what’s happened to me…

By: N Naka

N Naka — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:52:07 +0000

I have no emotions after a post concussive, it’s been 2-3 yrs. I can’t calculate things correctly. I was a highly educated person and really fast, but now I’m like a slug with no motivation. just existing…it’s it like that with you….how are you fixing it..? I don’t want to stay like this, my judgements are not good.

Thanks,
Nore

By: Steve Holder

Steve Holder — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:12:48 +0000

Dear Zwelethu,

You cannot know how happy I am that this article was of comfort to you. Thank you very much for taking the time to share your feelings.

We are all wishing you a continuing and complete recovery.

By: Zwelethu Mazibuko

Zwelethu Mazibuko — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:00:48 +0000

Thank you so much. I was involved in a high speed car accident 6 months ago and was subsequently in a coma for a month. When I awoke the doctors told me that I had a frontal lobe brain injury. During the time since, I have been confused by my inability to feel emotion. It felt as though I was viewing life through a glass screen. I could see and compute, but I could not touch or feel anything, with the exception of irritation and resentment. I could not help wondering if I had in fact died and this was hell, where I was paying for my sins. Little did I know that I was to find an angel on the internet in the form of this article’s author.

Thank you so much for helping me understand what is happening to me.

God bless you and yours.

Zwelethu Mazibuko
South Africa