PBA

[2stroke]

PBA can affect those with neurological conditions or injuries such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, or Alzheimer's disease.

Andy Tyerman, consultant clinical neuropsychologist of brain injury charity Headway, says: "The term refers to uncontrolled expression of emotion that is disproportionate or inappropriate to the social context and may be inconsistent with what the person is actually feeling.

"A person might also appear very distressed about something that would previously have been only slightly upsetting."

[sca2013]

And just who makes the scale to determine what exactly is the appropriate response in any given situation? Seems a bit impossible to make that kind of a determination for every single circumstance there is in life for every single person on the planet. Wow! That has got to be exhausting for the genius who came up with this theory. It sounds quite ridiculous to me. Or maybe my response is inappropriate for this situation. Sarcasm intended.

[leakeadea]

2stroke,

thank you so much for posting this, it's not something I've even heard of and yet I recognise many things that have affected me both post stroke and TIA.

I am going to make sure my mothers GP checks her for clotting abnormalities, as I have sticky blood. I've been thinking for sometime that my mother is experiencing TIAs and having read up a little on PBA, I'm more convinced than ever that my mother needs testing for clotting abnormalities.

[2stroke in reply to leakeadea]

Hope you have a good result.

best wishes.

happy christmas.

[leakeadea in reply to 2stroke]

Thank you, Happy Christmas to you too, I hope your spirits have lifted a little now😊

[2stroke]

leakeadea.

sorry to say,no.

been shedding tears all day,over the wife's photo.

cant seem to get it under control.

thank you for your kindness.

[spider555 in reply to 2stroke]

🌷

[leakeadea in reply to 2stroke]

I'm so sorry to hear you're still feeling so low but I really do understand how difficult it is to be without the person you love above all others. Please try reaching out for some help, perhaps if you could talk to someone about how you feel, you will eventually find you are able to share stories about your lovely wife and remember her with a smile, rather than with tears.

Christmas is a very difficult time when you have lost the one person you used to share the holiday celebrations with but I know your wife wouldnt want you to be so low. Could you perhaps go out to a nursery or garden centre and buy her a plant for the garden, or indoor plant if you dont have a garden, something that she would love and that will remind you of her. I know how much it must mean to you to look at her photograph I am surrounded by pictures of my lost loved one but doing something physical like buying a plant for them can be so meaningful.

I now have a whole area of my garden dedicated to him, and I purchase a new plant every year to mark the day of his passing and a garden ornament to mark his birthday each year. It makes me feel so close to him to have this part of my garden dedicated just to him, I know that he is with me always but I love spending time seated beside his special place in my garden. I

Please find someone who you can share the memories of your wife with. Thinking of you, Claire