Flooding - Becoming Overwhelmed After Brain Injury
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2014
- Welcome to the Northern Brain Injury Association's webcast on 'flooding', created to help you assist survivors of brain injury who are experiencing flooding by teaching them to identify their triggers, control their exposure and manage their anxiety. For more webcasts on issues faced by survivors of brain injury, visit www.nbia.ca
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The way you are treated afterwards is worse than the injury itself at times...
100%. As soon as the visible wounds heal others will begin to lose patience and shift from empathy to pity then eventual disgust.
You got that right!!
After almost 6 years worth of doctors, this 9 minute UA-cam video has given me more insight into my TBI than anything else. This video validates so much I have questioned about myself and even gives this symptom a name... Flooding! Putting a name to a symptom is a powerful thing.
Thank you for giving me the reassurance to be more confident in myself!
Thank you for validating the last 3.5 years of how my life has felt. I cried through the whole thing. MOST friends and family abandon the new "filterless" you, and in the midst of it all, it's so scary and confusing. No one sees your new invisible, disabled brain. Thank you for this EXCELLENT video!
I am crying from this video too.
I agree. I've lived in an isolated world for 7 years. I've become more comfortable in a crowd of complete strangers than in a room with a family member or "friend". It's a world that no one understands or tries to reason with. Alcoholics have meetings, I wish I could find one for tbi's.
Yes! Totally agree! I'm 3.5yrs out ant cried watching this video as it's so accurate in the way it describes what we go through. I've lost most of the people in my life prior to all of this but have 4 people who have stuck by me and learned that's all I need. The sensory overload thing is so real and people don't understand til they go through it.
@@mariposavioleta9007 I wrote a song/video in the midst of my concussion to help "explain" ourselves. Feel free to share. Wishing you peace, hope, and strength on your healing journey! ua-cam.com/video/yKLVx5em_fo/v-deo.html
@@veraquijano9220 thanks I will. I also battle with orthostatic intolerance now since all of this and experience many passing out episodes. For me I recently found another song that helps describe my experience with this very similar.
ua-cam.com/video/3-J4IW8xu0c/v-deo.html
It has been 15yrs and I'm afraid to explain this to my family, I look fine so they think I am fine. I still experience flooding.
+no one (chickenbird) Your injury is not something to be ashamed of, or hidden. Just because it is invisible does not mean it is imaginary. Perhaps if you were honest with your family about what you go through, they might be honest too, and mention the things they have been secretly been concerned about: too-)
i get it, im 3 years in and thinking i need to have a sit down with my family. but its scary, they think im normal so im afraid they will see it as a cop out, but the struggle is so real it sscary. i hope you find some peace in all of thie no one
@@lostways8196 I hope you are able to. I think the more information in black and white you share with your family the understanding they might have. It’s not a crutch it’s a horrible reality that because you look fine people assume you are. Hidden illness.
I've watched this five times after my recent brain aneurysm. Thanks for putting it into words since I can't.
severe tbi April 21 2015 from motor vehicle accident and I feel like I've been left to coach everyone on what I can or can't handle. I wish I knew this a yr ago
Its been 30 years. Most people don't understand.
Can I quote you for an article? I'm sorry you're suffering, and as someone with tbi I want to help others.
@@aliontas yes
@@adamaant4159 Can you share a short description of who you are/your experience of the injury?
Tell me about it!!
A really helpful video. It would be even better if it could be presented in the first person. By doing it in 2nd person ("teach them", "assist them...") it gives the impression that it is not worthwhile to address the injured person and only addresses the carer: "Does he take sugar?" Injured people will want to watch this video, almost every comment here is from an injured person. Addressing people directly makes them feel more respected and empowered, less like they are viewed as helpless or dependent. Society makes the mistake too often of treating sufferers as subordinate and it is good for supporting organisations to lead by example. A first person voice would speak just as clearly those who want to assist a person affected by this issue, it may even increase empathy in the listener. Thanks for making a wealth of advice freely available though!
this is so perfectly expkained
Fantastic video. I live in Colorado and am a survivor of TBI (decades ago) and had a concussion a couple of years ago. Life was so hard to manage, then the second concussion has made life all but unbearable. This video says it all. I will share to those who care to understand what "we" are experiencing. Thank you! Thank you! Please make more videos that can help me to explain what I live each and every day!! Even specialists need to see this as they do not understand what a BRAIN INJURY does to our minds, our bodies, our emotions and our spirit to live.
I hope you're better... it's been 4 more since your post. I'm coming up on my 3rd anniversary from my twin TBIs and am experiencing flooding. Flooding! I like that term better than overstimulation.
This is the first time I have seen a proper description of how it feels. When I try to explain it to medical professionals they always imply that it's anxiety. IT'S NOT. Thank you. I agree with other comments that say this should be directed to the survivor. When I have flooding I have to cover my eyes and rest for 15 minutes. I try to rest periodically BEFORE I get flooded, because once I am ill, it can take four hours to recover.
I have been advised by a hearing therapist NOT to use earplugs as it can make you more sensitive to noise.
I’m currently 1 year with PCS and this has been an amazing watch. Best description of flooding I’ve seen so far. Will be sending this on to my medical team for review. Thank you a for posting
What’s PCS ?
post concussive syndrome
@@Ihateporn2023 PCS is post concussion syndrome.
Bless us all we are survivors sending love luck from headway Nottingham UK keep going giving up isn't a option x
I've never heard of the term "flooding" for mental overload, but this is precisely what I deal with multiple times a day when I warn the people around me that I am near my mental fatigue limit. I used to have nearly a half hour from the time I started noticing the mental shutdown until it made me unable to handle simple tasks, but that time has shortened considerably. Now I often feel the shut-down symptoms only moments before I "crash," which means if I'm driving a car, it's time to pull over, regardless of traffic or other considerations. If I can beat the "crash," and get some rest before it overtakes me, I can be "good" again in ten minutes; but once I crash, it can take hours to recuperate.
People who have observed my shutdowns have told me my lips turn blue, and I will sometimes have momentary muscle spasms that will cause my left arm or left leg to jerk once or twice. While I am experiencing it, I usually see flashing lights, or during lighter episodes, I see a flickering of background light as if it is passing through a ceiling fan. Yet I have been tested multiple times for seizures, and no seizures have been recorded (yet). (My brain injury was to the left side above the ear, and slightly behind the ear. bicyclecrash.blogspot.com)
I don't understand why this sometimes happens. Obviously when I'm tired, but other times no. It does seem to be getting bettet
@@debrakelley9811 I agree. The post concussion symptoms, including flooding, can be debilitating at times. I "seem" fine at other times. The invisibility of brain injury ( no cast, crutches, etc) and the inconsistency of symptoms have left me almost completely alone. I can not explain any more, not again, to people who supposedly love me, my life now. Coping with very real physical, mental emotional challenges they are willfully blind and ignorant about. Books & videos directed to caregivers or family of TBI folks feel like a kick in my gut. Lucky are those who have people watching this! Most comments are from us- the TBI tribe. Notice how often we speak of being "alone" and "not understood". Comments like yours help me lots. Thx.
OMG, me too. I just thought mine was narcolepsy but I've had trouble staying awake since my TBI and i was also forced to believe it was emotional problems. I "fall asleep" if someone gets me upset where most people argue, I can't. It makes me so angry. Hearing 2 different sources of sounds drives me crazy and I have to leave the room. I can't watch movies or TV anymore bc I can't filter that it's not TV and though I know it's fake, I flip out like it's real and it's all too intense for me. But I've came a long way. Directly after, I could only think in colors and shapes, I'd vomit it people talked with their hands, etc. where do I start to get help?
This is an amazing video. This is a must see for anyone who has difficulty from a brain injury. "FLOODING" is something I have experienced every day since I regained consciousness.
I called my situation TOO MANY WORDS. When I had to listen to a lot of information, I would `hit a wall`. After that I could not process any more. I would have to go take s nap. Over time, it has gotten better and doesn't happen anymore.
"Too many mind" ua-cam.com/video/NbecIBvR3mE/v-deo.html
I myself love your concept of Identifying Our Triggers! That is something I myself taught myself years ago, 1 trigger at a time. I recognized it, wrote it in a journal, thought about it, exposed myself to it and even "embraced" it over time. Then began on the next I could recognize. My severe anxiety disorder went from being a constant 10 to a 2-3 unless startled by an unknown or scared most of the time now. "severe" TBI Survivor/Warrior since 2007
It’s been 26 years I got some physical therapy some occupational therapy and that was it I was 16 at the time of the accident and my family did nothing, I get “you look so good” never any real deep concern, my wife is my biggest advocate the kids don’t understand and I struggle daily with TBI
I have tbi....my family would not agree with the changes....they refused to give in ,and help me....so I lived on the street for about 22 years.....now I'm looking after them because they are somewhat rich and need help in their old age.....because of them all of my insurance money was stolen....now I am as I said looking after them on their beautiful horse farm...they are such assholes,but I will not treat them like they treated me....I will not get them looked up in a home.....what a trip.....there a lot more to the story,like they refused to agree with the meds. That were good for me....the media herd my story 20 years after it happened and embarrassed them over social media,including my two rich brothers...yes I went from shelter to shelter,for 20some years,and my family just let it happen....I got lied about 3 times to the police and was charged three times for things I did not do....payback is going to be something else...! I don't like this human life.....people are nasty....I like animals....love Steve...
Thank you. I suffered a TBI 43 years ago from a severe BFT to my head & in a factory where I worked. My faith has brought me through thus far. I am currently experiencing what I have only recently learned is "Flooding". Information is power. Especially for those of us who are suffering TBI. God Bless all who suffer this and God bless those who help us understand
Amen
I was hit in the head twice in two months. It's nice to know I'm not alone and others feel the same as I do. This is awful and I just want it to go away.
Thank you so much for posting this. I suffered a TBI in 2000 after being struck by a vehicle on my Bicycle. I notice not more than ever signs on this but but when I stop and think back to my life post TBI it makes more sense now. My biggest problem is noise if I’m trying to listen to someone or something and someone else try’s to cut in I can’t handle it and that “overwhelmed/flooded” feeling happens and snd I get very frustrated. At the same time I feel like I interrupt people all the time:(
Great video! I used this to help my husband understand what I go through when my brain becomes overloaded and I literally have to run from a situation. He now feels that he understands me more and has become more compassionate towards my situation.
this has explained so much I have felt for years yet afraid to share because I was told by "loved ones" I was crazy, and crazy was a bad thing... I had to care for my children there was no time for me, no help to watch my children, so I could get the help I needed. I was young and afraid. I made one poor choice after another on impulse bc I had a hard time sorting out the facts, and my emotions to make a proper choice. finally 30 yrs later I saw I needed help... I asked a family member but was turned away, I ended up in a shelter. I wanna go back home but no one wants me around. they only remember me right after brain injury not all the work I did to get myself to a calm place. it's just sad no one loves me enough to know or read about my on going trama... so I'm left very much alone.
Lisa, I am amazed at how many of us have experienced similar situations. I was homeless for 2 years because my family and friends told me to "get over it", yet offered no help, no encouragement. 30 yrs after my car wreck I am still struggling to survive. People don't want to help me because they think I am lazy. I am very different from whom I was before my TBI and I don't like who I am, either. I had a severe concussion a few years ago. It seems I am back to square one, and still no on wants to know about "my on going trauma...".
Lisa Monopoli i understand what you are saying. a couple year ago my mother told me i fell off the roof of my grandmother home. i believe i was around 6 or 7 when it happened. problem was my mom died very soon after she told me. i know i have issues and have been fixing some of the issues. i hear you. ive done the same thing an been called the same. im 44 now. an its hard with no help or support.
So sad chinookvalley stay strong.
This struggle is very hard. Sending comforting thoughts to all who are suffering from this horrible type of injury. ♥️
@@bmauvi4176 I’m so glad you have the help and support you need. I wish the best.
I HAVE RECEIVED A T.B.I. OVER 5 YEARS AGO. AN EXCESSIVE HIGH SPEED CRANIAL COLLISION. REMOVED MY EAR. NEUROLOGICAL DR.'S DRILLED THE HOLE IN MY SKULL FOR THE EXPANSION TANK. RECEIVED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL SCARRING AMONG MY MIND. HORRIBLE. THE DIFFICULTIES HAVE PROVIDED STRENGTH. DO NOT ALLOW NEGATIVITY TO WIN.
I have epilepsy caused by an AVM that has been treated and obliterated by Gamma-knife. I still have a small aneurysm. Sometimes I have trouble making very basic decisions eg "tuna in oil or spring water?" or similar. Feels like if I concentrate and try to force a decision I'll have a seizure. It's weird and I usually deal by just doing the first thing I thought. don't send me to buy wine!
I guess that's a form of flooding. To relax I like to do cryptic crosswords and it never affects me then. Everyone is different, good to have a video that helps explain - thank you.
I'd just point out if you do have a TBI or seizures, a warm bath with candles is not a good idea alone!!
I suffer from brain aneurysms and this piece explains everything. The video is Life. I shared it with my Facebook group. Thank You!
thank you so much, you just described my world.
panic in stores. is huge
ABSOLUTELY the best video and compilation of information I've seen. Finally a way I can help others understand what we experience AND more importantly the steps we (and others) can take to minimize flooding - and improve our tolerance for sensory overwhelming experiences.
Thank-you for sharing this it explains so much how I've felt like since 2007 when I had mine
Scott Engel 7
I suffered a brain injury aged 10 but it went undiagnosed until my early 30s. My life was hell. Flooding is a big problem for me. I now have a new undiagnosed brain condition, it's affecting my cerebellum. But noise flooding is a big probelem. Particularly around cars/ traffic, it's terrifying because every car feels like it's going to run into me, its like my brain hears every noise the same level and i freak out.
conversations are hell, i feel 'done in' after a few sentences. i get agitated and angry.
Totally can relate.
COLD temps really bother me,so does alot of noise,light and smells.
Chock full of very good and important information describing TBI and PCS issues and ways to adapt to them or heal them.. So much information is given to you at such a fast pace, though, that one with a TBI will need to consciously relax before watching it and take it in chunks or listen quietly just let it percolate in and repeat gently another day. you can either close your eye and just listen or lower the volume greatly and read the handy written visuals. Because, my only negative at this point is that the voice is a bit sharp for my TBI ears to listen to most days and it comes on fast. (interesting negative for a TBI PCS video!) This video is useful for patients, doctor, therapists, friends and family of those affected by TBI and PCS.
Thank you. It's very difficult to know how to pace the videos, as it is too fast for some, too slow for others. I think you've found the right solution, and that is absorbing it 'a piece at a time', because the last thing a video about flooding should do, is cause flooding:-)
Agreed that this is valuable information! I'm three years out from a massive subdural hematoma caused by a fall. Came here looking for something to help relatives understand what flooding is, that the complexities of travel are overwhelming, and that I need time to assimilate new information and changes. This video will help, I think. That said...
I also have great difficulty with fast-paced videos, videos with certain kinds of voices, and anything with music in the background. Finally someone pointed out the little gear icon in the corner of the screen that allows you to slow down the video. This is a fantastic feature! Doesn't help with background music though...there oughta be a law ;).
Thank you for validating what I go through every day.
Going on one year since my TBI and this is a very good description of what I experience
Thank you. This is my reality. I have become an actor and must ensure my boundaries are not crossed. As a survivor of a TBI plus workplace injury, I still have many issues. WorkSafe provided a useless program that increased harm through outdated therapies. This is more helpful but each individual has unique requirements. Some recommendations here are impossible in the workplace because of employers' negative bias. So, keep on educating. Appreciate this. Day by day, healing and strenghtening.😊
I really needed this a lot. I'm 7 months since my TIA Stroke,; I'm really focusing on a healthy balance. I must be patient with myself...
Thanks do muc..
Thank you for this video on Flooding - Becoming Overwhelmed After Brain Injury. - Charles Thomas Wild
You're very welcome:-)
Had Brain injury more than 12 years ago. Had massive episodes of Overload and Flooding in particular. I get rarely now but when I do I feel Im drowing with the weight of every little detail about everything literally sitting on top of my head and brusing it, then start vomitting have to go to quiet place, keep people away, no stimuli. It goes over a few days
One of the least understood aspects of ABI I know what my triggers are and for example Ive been engaged in a legal battle to get the house I paid for whilst contesting my siblings claim to nearly all of Mum's estate and the realator insisted on comming to do an inspection as Im renting. Had repeatedly asked her not to come citing flooding and overload but but she brushes 'Flooding' aside. I know what my triggers are, I know how to manage but its others that complicate things unneccessarily
Often flooding & anxiety go hand in hand
This is very helpful and validating. Now if I can just remember this stuff.
I received my rehabilitation only because my mom was alive. I was in better shape at that time. Through a head injury support group I was finally admitted to cognitive remediation classes in the Rusk Institute. My injury was finally brought to my attention at the time. I have adapted a calendar program. My rehabilitative sponsorship refused to get me a computer to keep my memory together. I have been living with it today. I have retrograded since then. Flooding is a symptom never mentioned. What I am hearing about flooding I had NEVER, EVER heard from anyone. It seems to be the proper assistance...but where do you get this assistance. I am now on permanent disability and have an aide coming to assist me...There is still no awareness out there.
@John Barrella
Maybe you should start a Go Fund Me account with someone you can trust in assisting you with it, or ask a large computer company like Microsoft, Intel, Facebook, if they have a program to assist you in getting a computer or perhaps a non-profit organization like United Way, Red-Cross can help, just some suggestions. I pray you can get some help in this, stay positive. Blessing to you.
Thank you for naming what I have been experiencing since my second coma in 2013 and maybe to a lesser extent since the first coma in 2009. It has been impossible to explain my inner experience to my family in a way they, and even that I can understand but you have done it here, I am so thankful!
stage 3 concussion from little league baseball at age 9 (1994, a month before my 10th birthday) just above my left eye near the temple is where the baseball hit, I cannot stand the sound of people chewing loudly, snorting snot, cracking knuckles and neck and other parts, clipping nails... I cannot block it out like most people seem to
basically misophonia, others think I am nuts, idk, I am just glad I have my motor skills and balance quite well, but have a hard time reading books on subjects I am not interested in, it literally hurts my head (right where the baseball hit me no less) and makes me angry, its not the same as doing a mundane chore which is just ordinary boredom, its quite disturbing to others and they get angry at me for it but it is what it is.
however, I can drive quite well, good at skateboarding, quite aware of my surroundings, more aware than most, very good driver from years of skating in the streets and learning how to not get run over, driving in traffic is much easier by comparison, yet I take it as seriously as skating down hills in the streets with people trying to hit you because people hated skaters years back...
but the way loud chewing and those things as well as getting literally angry reading books from school led to a lot of troubles in my family, and my dad is a surgeon and would just treat me like I was an idiot, he couldnt understand I had a head injury, my sister too, my mom was understanding but shes gone now, so I dont talk to my family, and my friends just think I am weird.
oddly I can memorize racetracks and twisty mountain roads and the maximum corner speeds as well as when the latest I can brake quite easily, but there are a lot of things I am just way below average at that make people think I cant do and shouldnt do anything like driving or skating just because they cant, its bullshit but thats life.
in closing, head injuries are a misunderstood thing, it doesnt make us completely braindead, but the simple minds of others cannot understand that one section of your brain is damaged while the rest works just fine
You are amazing !
This is fantastic. His explanations are on point.
NBIA BC Thanks for your response, at the time of my comments I was feeling very little support and being overwhelmed my abilites were mentally slipping.
The information in your video and other sources of information plus with personal and patience is allowing healing.
Thanks for your work, or closer to my feelings thankyouthankyou!!
Great advice 🎉 the tips all work . From TBI survivor (open & closed head injuries & coma).
Do what you can & be easy about it .
its been three years for my son and i have never heard of flooding very well done thank you so much I plan on passing this on to so many people.
Omg... you have just described my PNES (Psycogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures). I had brain hemorrhage for a decade before finally finding a doctor brave enough to perform brain surgery in 2013. Then I developed PNES in 2016. Unfortunately most incompetent ER doctors see these symptoms as psuedo seizures (attention seeking). Thank you for this informative video.
This is possibly the ver best information I have been able to find in 4 years
Well worth hearing and to repeat.
Great information for autoimmune encephalitis patients and caregivers. This is exactly what happens when the disease is active and also in recovery phase. This video offers words and understanding for situations and feelings otherwise hard to explain.
Fantastic. Thanks so much
CAN`T TELL ANYONE NOBODY UNDERSTANDS AND I`M NOT SURE I DO BUT TRYING TO LEARN MAYBE
I have a very toxic Family. Instead of support, I feel that they go out to their ways to cause flooding. They have been told multiple times by me and others to stop it, but they continue...
Wow so sorry you have been through that. Very cruel and hurtful. Hugs ❤️
Thank you!
It is interesting that you talk about survivors, but not to them. this is very helpful for family and supportive friends. Do you have resources that talk TO the survivors?
This video is outstanding, describing me after Encephalitis, explaining what i can't, many times i tried to explain how i feel, hope this video will be helpful to my family as well as any people who have experienced brain injury and their families. I only wish someone could explain this to me 4 years ago when i got ill, since i got discharged from hospital, no neurologist could (as there was almost no help) then Covid and no appointments for two years. First video i found that describes my issues so accurately. Thank you.
thanks great video. I'm a survivor of a ruptured brain aneurysm. 1988
I'm a survivor of a ruptured Bain aneurysm as well-2001. My deficits have gotten way worse just this past year .. How are u doing now after all these years?
Thank you so much. I survived a haemorrhagic stroke during lockdown and didn't understand why I was feeling so bad on certain days. Now I do. Thank you
Great information!
Thank you 😊
Thank you so much for this. I had no idea, just thought I wasn't coping well 2 years after a SAH brain anuerysm thingy. I wept while watching this but now I have a little more understanding and forgiveness to myself.
it will be 5 years next month since my stroke....I thought I had no right to complain because I am able to talk & Walk & I Look Normal.....but inside I was going crazy and I felt like I didn't have a right to complain because their are so many Stroke Survivors who have it worse than I do! Inside my mind I think my life is over & I am so scared to tell anyone because I don't know what they would think of me....or the words " Don't Be Silly " will come out
Thank you.
Thank you! Great explanation of my life and why I shut down
Like, even though their brains are hosed, you give them hope. Way to go, babes!
Great video! This is so effective, thorough, & helpful. Thank you so much for helping to provide survivors and their families a friendly format for education; it is so crucial and makes such a difference in the lives of many.
Thank you Lucy, we are happy to be able to help:-)
Thank you - having had 5 TBIs - I find that waking up early - lighting candles, mediation, reading, green walks, meditation classical and jazz music, researching the natural therapies that compliment healing without big Pharma interventions, and most importantly ditching toxic associates and seeking out kindred spirits.
it's the same whit long term concussion. I had these symptoms for 1 years and 8 months. What helped me was going to a eye doctor - optometrist. my eyes coordination was affected by the head injury. Eyetraining really helped. the only thing I feel now is my neck - whiplash. it is probably a conical condition.. but I manage. because now I can have a "normal life" :)
Great video... Well explained... I can relate with all ... I have been a latin and ballroom social dancer for many years before my accident... I feel dancing even at a now lower level is my best therapy ...... More video's please.....
Great video thank you~~|!
Well Done!
I have experienced this many times after having my 4th concussion about 6 yrs ago. It's nice to see there is an actual temr for it and an explanation. I agree with most of this video except for the part of doing something relaxing like go work on a computer etc...most TBI's concussion/PCS patients have increased symptoms from staring at computers phones etc it exacerbates symptoms.
Hi Michelle, you're absolutely correct. People experiencing flooding should NOT try to relax by working on a computer (even just streaming video) or watching TV. Both provide far too much stimulus to an already overstimulated brain. There are several recovery mechanisms we provide successfully in brain injury coaching and counselling programs.
Most of this works for CPTSD also. No doubt, also for other trauma-related damage. Thanks.
You're ever so welcome:-)
If you liked this video, check out my similar video ua-cam.com/video/h2slILlyCI0/v-deo.html
This explains a lot of my head issues since being thrown by a bus moving 20-30kmph as per police report ... Landing on head :( 9 staples & told just whiplash by MPIC Case Manager Manitoba No Fault insurance ... Corruption Thx I try some of these to cope. Homeless now but at least quiet in car. Thankful
😢 Sending love. ♥️
Sending you positive vibes. Keep hope alive.
Thank you. Keep hope alive!
Thank you for an ellaborative account on flooding for brain injury patients.
Does brain injury covers procedures for removal of tumour s?
Fell 4 feet on the back if my head 4 years ago never have felt the same and I hate myself now
You can't help how you feel. Just try to be compassionate towards yourself. Best of health to you!
Hello I am wondering about flooding after domestic violence . After an assault or D.V, I was expected to go and get a restraining order hours of mental overload at court office, going to doctors, going to mental health, speaking to police, getting all these things done in the first few days I can say Is not good because I felt that I needed a break, some rest, but still after I did all of the things needed , I was told I didn't do enough in the first weeks of the injury to secure a case .
People in the fields like law enforcement , courts, therapists , doctors, need to be aware of this and figure that it's too much to ask of a survivor
58 years old and have had 1/2 a dozen knocked out concussions and seen stars more times than can remember.
Wish to research lifelong history of concussions. Thanks for your work.
Thank you:-)
+NBIA BC, thanks for your step towards a conversation, i invite your additional response that you are able to engage a specfic conversation.
Hi Daniel, we're pretty busy, but what would like to talk about?
Good stuff
I met that wall many times. Im just gonna start decorating it.
What happens if your flooding all the time?
Had to pause several times to get through it, but thanks for making the vid.
here's the thoughts I had while watching (in case you are open to feedback for creating a new/improved version)
I was enjoying this vid until the 6 Rs. that is some irony, a vid about flooding about overwhelming the survivor brain (a brain which processes slowly) with a lot at once ,,, and the first strategy involves SIX strategies. yikes. paused and will watch the rest after I recover from the irony of that
ugh.. liking this vid less and less. recognize and reduce are the same thing. reduce is just listing possible triggers that were already talked about in recognize. had to pause again... hope it gets better again soon
ugh.. worse again. retreat includes both stop/walk away AND redirect. seriously, this lesson, if taught the way they are describing it WILL BE a trigger of flooding. deep breath.. ok going back to try to watch more.
LOL .... "something mindless, like reading" lol ... aw come on. really? dang, it started out so promising. like the creators understood, like they knew what it is like to live with a brain injury, but gees, if they give reading as an example of something mindless, it is a red flag that they have limited knowledge. but alas... I will go back for the rest and try to be hopeful it gets better by the end.
it's getting better. not sure "rethink" is really the best term to use and the first sentence in "rethink" is cumbersome. but all the coping strategies for dealing with potentially triggering situations… for being able to get through them without becoming flooded... I think those are useful tips they are giving. maybe they mean re-plan or regroup or "go about it in another way" but they think sticking with an "r" word will be helpful so they picked "rethink"
ok, so overall, I think this vid is worthwhile to watch and share
Identifying triggers can be depressing because the list can get really long. Otherwise I like the beginning of this vid, and I think it gets very useful again in the "rethink" section (although I'm not sure "rethink" is the word that best matches the advice)
Finally , so many lives will be saved now it took 20 24 years but hey it's here now
Thanks to Jesus I feel almost none of these symptoms after I acquired an ABI in a fatal car accident I was involved in a while ago now; I lost the ability to cry altogether actually...
How long would it take to ho over
Have severe brain injury...I had 4 strokes 2007.. 6 years later I got meningitis brain swel
Brain swelled and 103 Temps for 12 days
Then got back to back rear automobile accidents...brain injuries are hell on earth
People have no clue...thank God there are Dr's who learn about this and know and understand
Very interesting
and don't make them feel inept and worrhless ie it never happened because denial doesn't help us, ever or evpecrimg old you despite new you.
It sounds exactly like benzo injury to me. I also have a TBI and the benzos have made it that much worse.
This happens to me too.
There a way out of this?
I rather have died than to be doing this. I just lost my wife and best friend. My friends don't understand what to do. And I'm just trying to piece myself together. All I wanted was to be in control like I was before the accidents. And now everything is an actual struggle
thank you, I just had a stroke, in l. frontal lobe. I can see those things, 6 Rs apply much to me...
I also had my 3rd stroke yet with different challenges this time. All the stroke videos aren't very helpful. This is
This question might seem dumb, but would this apply to someone that just had a brain tumor removal?
ElusvOptmst1 yes, it definitely could.
Thank you.
@Zach Smith
Also I notice recently the person that had and still recuperating from brain surgery, has a tendency to interrupt people in mid-sentence, or in the middle of a conversation. I pointed this out to her. Is this another side-effect of major surgery?
Again, yes it very likely is... any surgery on the brain like the removal of a mass or circumventing an aneurysm is going to have some cognitive and/or sensory impact. The tendency to interrupt isn't necessarily the person being rude. They may have a memory impairment and need to get the information out into words before they lose track of it while you finish your thought. They may also be less privy to social cues and dynamics. Giving the person honest but kind feedback and slowing the pace of conversation are all good bets.
This valuable information will help me to adjust with the changes as well. Zach Smith, thanks again!:)
Getting Upset, Yelling & Screaming
Getting Upset, Screaming & Getting Hysterical, Freaked me out, especially when a Person is a Christian, a person just don't do those things, but my Filter to my Brain was Also Damaged when I was Assulted!!!
A Person's Personality Changes so much!!!
It's hard when one's Processing Speed Slows Down & a Person can't answer questions, Think quickly as one used to be able to do!!!
I have TBI. The first one occurred when I was 7 y/o. I had trouble during youth all along and felt 'different' but didn't attribute it to brain injury until the last few years. This video is PERFECT to explain to me and others what I have experienced severely since a fall (with yet another TBI) in 2005.
The ONLY points I disagree: Saying this flooding will last 'hours or even days'. And, later the word 'VICTIM' made me cringe; cringe so much in fact I don't know what else they were talking about! LOL - flooding.
+Suzie Cue Flooding lasts for hours and/or days for me. The only way to cut that time short is to take a small dose of Valium. 1 - 2.5mg. I'll be right side up again in about 30 minutes and there may be little to not lasting effects other than some forgetting - which may not be such a horrible thing. And if I make a point of not doing anything that needs to be remembered for the rest of the day, there's no loss.
Before I had access to Valium, this problem kept me in a constant state of Trauma and Horror. Now I have more up time than down time. Unfortunately, my current "Health Care Robots" don't think this is okay and won't prescribe it for me any longer.
+Suzie Cue I thought they meant recovering from the flooding could take hours or days. However, if a survivor goes from one overstimulating environment to the next, flooding absolutely can last for hours and hours and day after day.
My flooding is due to family who after 19 years still don't understand I'll always have a BI. They think I am lazy.
I know what that is like