How does memory loss affect people after brain injury? | Remember Me Film
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- What is it like to live with memory loss as a result of brain injury, and how does it impact upon people's lives?
Ahead of Headway's Action for Brain Injury Week campaign, Memory Loss: A Campaign to Remember, we produced this film with brain injury survivors, family members and case managers about the experience of memory loss after brain injury.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Meet Nick
00:45 - Nick's accident
01:20 - The day to day impact of memory loss
03:46 - Issues with relationships & identity
06:02 - The hidden issue of memory loss and brain injury
07:55 - Nick's issues with identity
08:40 - Nick's new lease of life
Lovely recording. Brain injury is something most people know bugger-all about.
It's a horrible thing my son suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2018 along with a stroke he was only 33 . It's been 5 years now. How our lives have changed. He hasn't walked and now can't care for himself needs an aide and resides with his father and I. Can't do daily tasks. Was a very independent man before his accident.Will never be again. It changes everyone's lives especially his and his two children.
Your new brain I'm so very proud of you all
Love and peace from one who survived a massive stroke
I think with having a concussion you have to be patient with yourself you have to come to realize there are things that are different than before your injury and you just got to not fight it you've got to accept it and always remember that the road that you were traveling on before to a destination is just sidetracked it so you're on a different path and you'll still get to your destination but it's a little bit more effort because the road is no longer clear you have to use a machete to break through you have to clear cut the area but you'll get there it's just a struggle. I always say don't give up hope and I always say turn around and look at where you came from and I say you don't want to go back there and even though you do have this struggle it's worth the energy and the effort that you put in to working things out. There's always a light at the end of the tunnel and eventually you do see that light.
I have a tbi. Thank you.
We are survivors and you got this if I don't remember I tell myself not worth remembering stay strong stay positive hidden disability people don't get it never give up on yourself many will give up on you but never yourselves doing amazing absolutely amazing sending luck hugs love from headway Nottingham UK takecare xxx
Praise God Almighty found people like me. I can't remember the last fourteen years. It's very hard being thankful for life then the guilt from not being truly thankful That's the sad part. God bless all my fellow survivors.
Fantastic video hope it raises awareness of our situations
After my car accident 2 years ago it took me up to about 6 months ago before I said I feel like I just came out of a coma. I know that sounds crazy it sounds crazy to me but it was like for all that length of time I was somewhere else even though I know I was present with the moment my brain was somewhere else. LOL no I wasn't on drugs and no I wasn't smoking any doobie LOL I don't do those things. But coming to my senses and realizing where I am in life was a real big Awakening. It was like my mind was on a holiday somewhere else and I say to my occupational therapist I know I've been in this house I know I've walked around outside I know that I've done things everyday and I can do all that but there has been a part of me where going from point A to point B I couldn't remember. And it's like where have I been all this time. I had somebody have an impact T-Bone and when the car flipped it landed on the cement on the driver side I broke my collarbone and my head hit the cement at the same time. I remember going to the hospital I remember sitting there for hours I remember a lot of things however there are spots where I don't remember and there are areas where I feel like I've been mentally non-existent like 2 years of my life have gone by and I'm waking up and saying where have I been on this holiday somewhere?? I know this sounds crazy. I couldn't bathe myself for the first 4 months I had carrades coming into my house.
One thing I found extremely hard to deal with and thank goodness it has got better however there's still moments that I can't handle it is when somebody is talking excessively. At the beginning they didn't even have to talk excessively for my nerves to be rattled. There were times I just couldn't handle being around people and I just want to go home cuz I couldn't handle their talking. I remember my carried would talk and I tell the person to shut up that I couldn't handle the continue talking I couldn't handle hearing the individual talking and I was constantly crying and telling them to shut up telling them I can't handle the repetitive talking I just blew up a lot of times and I would say shut up shut up I can't handle you anymore. And I thought am I going insane this is terrible why am I so impatient with this person I felt so sad because I had no control over my excessive irritation if that's the best way of saying it. Has anyone ever had that happen to them? It's been almost 2 years and this has subsided greatly because who would ever want to live with me lol when just somebody talking to me would just drive me nuts. It was hell the first year and a half I thought to myself all my ever going to get through this I can't stand hearing people's voices I couldn't stand listening to anything sometimes I would feel like pushing the person and I would cover my head and say to them stop it stop it I feel so much pressure in my head. After the concussion I thought oh I'll get over this and after the 3 months it's still didn't subside in fact it seemed to get worse and I didn't realize that a concussion would affect you that bad. I said to myself oh it's just a concussion no big deal. But it is a big deal you're a different person a person that you wish you hadn't become. I did not like my quick temper.
Thank you for sharing. I deal with this too. About 6 months ago, I was on holiday and I was in the car with my 2 best friends. My one friend talks non stop. She can't bear silence. The trip was only supposed to take 30 minutes, we got lost and I was stuck in the car with non stop talking. I finally snapped and screamed LET ME OUT HERE! Needless to say, I lost my friendships. I don't go around people as much. I'm never going to get in a car with a jabbermouth again. I used to be friendly and outgoing
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Ha ha ha, I can relate. That's so funny. When you look back. But at the time, it was torture for you.
That just indicates to me that you put up with things when you shouldn't be thinking that it's okay to do so when you need to value your own mental and emotional well being.
I remember I had A friend who would talk your year off. 1 day I went away after I put my phone down. And I wanted to see how long it would Before she would stop. I came back 1/2 an hour. Lift up the phone and I swear she hadn't even taken a breath. She would have never known that I was gone.
Why's it hard to remember and believe in myself im lost and mentally exhausted
Bless sending hugs luck love from headway Nottingham UK takecare happy Christmas happy new year takecare x
I write my name on everything.
im really sorry man. this sounds like my entire life. had 2 head injuries as a kid. im sorry.
I had a concussion with amnesia and it's been 5 months since my accident and I feel like my memory is not getting better. I'm majoring in computer science, but with memory loss, I don't even know if I'll ever get hired. I forget what I say when I'm talking or can't understand other people. So I don't know what to do.
One of the weirdest things I saw on TH-cam was a couple woman who development different accent after having a concussion. LOL so can you imagine a Chinese person as an example having a Australian accent. Now that would be very strange indeed and even though it may sound funny these people are traumatized by the fact that they have a different accent and in this documentary the woman was upset and said she wanted her life back. So that would be completely different having a normal accent that you're born with and then all of a sudden you have a German accent or you have a French accent or you have an Italian accent after your concussion. LOL I wish I had a better singing voice after my concussion because I still sound like a crow.
Ya I get the same thing sometimes. It is very frustrating! Then trying to explain it to ppl is even more frustrating especially when ppl think I am faking it! I deal with a lot everyday like most ppl with TBI’s and it is never fair to judge anyone for that matter…not saying you are..I mean ppl as a whole. Most do not and will not ever understand ppl like myself bc they are too ignorant to listen and educate themselves. Sometimes I can’t even talk meaning getting words out. It is beyond frustrating but yes some ppl do have different accents from a TBI and it can come and go.
Are we supposed to put that we have a disability when we apply for a job? Or will that make them not want to hire me. I already got rejected and I think it's because I put that I have a disability.
It depends. I've learnt to not bother. Some people don't want to put extra effort in, others think you're using it as an excuse. I'm autistic (although I had a head injury 2½ years ago because I banged my head. My memory is so much worse and I can barely concentrate. I feel like I've lost the real me
But in terms of work, it's whatever you feel comfortable with. I guess what you could do is not put it on applications but mention it in interview (if you think they might notice) and make some points about how you can work around it. It might impress them if you have thought about what you do to help yourself