Family member with A.B.I

[ShannonLZ]

My dad suffered an A.B.I just before Christmas and it’s been incredibly difficult to deal with. Me and my younger sister are in our early 20’s and would love to be able to speak to/connect with others that have gone through a similar experience!

[cat3]

OK Shannon, why not start off by telling us a bit more about the nature of your dad's brain injury and what issues it's left him with. The commonest after-effects are fatigue, headaches, mobility problems, memory deficits and emotional lability.

Is your dad still hospitalised or discharged now ? Hope we hear from you again soon. Best wishes, Cat x

[TBI_Survivor]

Without knowing what your specific questions are, my general guidance for you would be to learn as much as you can about what brain injury survivors go through to help you understand the behaviors you're seeing. There are some really great places to go, this is one of them. There are blogs, you'll find an amazing brain injury survivor and advocate community on Twitter that will help you find great resources (that's how I found this resource). Earlier this year, I started my own blog talking about my personal experience as a TBI survivor (mytbiblog.com/category/tbi-....

Understanding more of what he's actually going through may be easier by reading what other survivors are sharing.

If you post your questions here, this community will respond from the various perspectives of survivors, family members or friends, and from caregivers.