Please please read my response to someone in the thread started by aland723 . That might help you and I don't want to have to repeat myself . Also please think about doing what is called Super Brain yoga but it's not like regular yoga you're just doing sets of squats a specific way . It has been done for thousands of years and is very good for the brain and and the whole neurology . If you can do a set of repetitions in the morning maybe you can do more again later in the day because doing sets of reps is where you see results . It helps with all kinds of neurological problems and the best video about it is pretty old for maybe about 11 years ago or more and it was 4:18 minutes long and is a clip from a newscast so please look for it and watch that
ive had a frontal lobe brain injury from 1 years old i don’t know anything else, im impulsive i do drugs, im messy and unorganised and terrible with women, but i am able to lead a pretty normal life, for anyone out there with similar issues, frontal lobe injury dosent make it inpossible for you to have relationships and be a tidy clean person, it just makes it 10x harder, so be proud every time your make a small step towards these goals
@@innotafanofanyofjlbjlbissd6777True. It isn’t impossible but it certainly is a lot more grueling. Flat affect scares people away quickly. Have no choice but to have a psycho stare
Thank you so much for this video , iv lived with this my whole life currently 26, and this puts what’s in my head into , perfect words . Glad there people out there like yourself who are willing to give people like myself a chance
Stay strong bro there’s always love to be found I had a horrible brain injury at 6 yo and to this day I have no friends, lack of empathy and a dead stare people think I’m a psychopath but I still hold onto hope don’t lose faith
@@raquelbrown1759 Chances are if you have damage to your frontal lobe, your family is probably suffering more than you are. Especially if it's damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
ToxicWorld that’s a pretty big accusation to make but I understand where the good intentions comes from. I personally do not like to compare peoples trauma and say one persons pain is greater than someone else’s. I had a brain tumor and a good portion of my right frontal lobe removed. I stayed in school, kept my job and unfortunately you’d be surprised how often I self reflected and ensured that I would not become irrational, angry, or be cautious to think before I speak so much and how many family members and friends told me I was imagining symptoms and making excuses for things. My family and especially “friends” were totally nonchalant about it and expected me to just get over it. Some even took advantage to manipulate me which caused me to overcompensate even more on being overly kind. I’m not telling you this to rant. I understand it can be hard on family. I was always very careful to keep my emotions in check and always think if my emotions were warranted especially with my husband. It was a terrifying time. Fortunately my husband educated himself and was very loving and helpful and we communicated often. The same can not be said for pretty much everyone else in my life. That’s why videos like this are so important. It’s to inform which is why I thanked her. I’m sorry if you’ve been having a rough time with someone in your life who has been affected by a frontal lobe trauma. Maybe instead of trying to compare and make ones trauma greater than another’s you try communicating with them and having an open discussion. I’m sure they would appreciate it and It will help you get your feelings out as well and maybe help them self reflect if needed.
@@toxicworld7211 i suffer from prefrontal cortex dorsolateral damage. Is this resolve? My doctor doesn't answer any question so i came here to understand anything.
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This is helpful. I had I had ruptured right frontal lobe aneurysm and a tia in the same place this is very relatable. Everything you say is spot on and how i feel. Sadly I didn't get any rehabilitation after my injury but I did get some and always learning about myself.
Since my brain injury occurred, I have experienced ALL of the symptoms and/or changes that you mentioned. In addition to many others, my vision was drastically affected as well. I believe that experiencing an injury to your brain is the deepest Insult one can possibly have. To be fine one moment... and drastically changed the next... You use your brain for EVERYTHING! If only you could just kiss the "boo boo", and make it go away. Sadly...No.😥
At the age of 2 I was run over by a car which caused major brain damage. On the brink of death, i somehow survived and managed to overcome physical/cognitive issues with the help of an amazing medical team. At the moment im curdently 23 years old, but really struggling with the effects of the brain damage and it's really impacting many areas of my life. Its so hard to talk about as well because most people dont seem to understand the struggle just because i seem 'fine' on the outside :( anyone else feel the same?
Feel the exact same buddie i too have had a car accident when i was 1 and suffered on the emotional and cognitive level, but keep your chin up every small step is a good one dont give up on your dreams !
I had a fist sized brain tumor removed 4 years ago and I struggle lots especially with emotional things and even though my life is actually very good I'm very depressed always and can get angry very easily compared to my old self.
Unfortunately it’s too late for someone such as a close family member to take an alternate approach. This is a great video and will expand the minds of many who are unaware of this simple yet life altering affliction. Much gratitude for this work and it’s providers 🙏
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Wow this helps a lot. You have just described what i am going through. Had a traumatic head injury about 13 years ago. And about a couple years back I have been feeling like I am just not the same person. Also i hear this a lot too. So i picked up a book and i am convinced that the head injury is to blame.
Personality is in the brain. The PFC may not encapsulate the personality but it can seriously disrupt conscious efforts to be a better person. I'm a self diagnosed sufferer myself. My life has already been effectively ruined by me, through actions that weren't my conscious choices but I accept and own them. Be prepared to struggle and keep struggling. I have a big head 8.25", 99th % on my ASVABs long ago, and have made the dumbest mistakes at critical points along the way. Critical decision skills and impulsivity experience corruption and consequences. Mom called me son of the devil.
Yessss! The only man I ever loved told me that he never knew anyone who had no talent. It shook me to my core. I felt afraid and left, it was better for him. Life today is impossible. My family thinks this is a “made up “ illness. Now with all these different languages everywhere, I feel like I’m in the Tower of Babel! This only exasperates this disease
It is an invisible injury for sure. I have damage to my left frontal lobe as the result of an accident. Most days are a real struggle. I can honestly relate to you.
It is very hard for me to explain this to my husbands sisters. They see him as the same old quiet brother. I feel I am speaking Bad about him when I’m not doing well myself. After our doctor appt, I may try to speak to his sisters again. I don’t think they will be very helpful. It’s been a year since they spoke to me personally. I know it is not made up. My husband would never choose to be so apathetic. I have to learn a positive way to accept this and enjoy life with him before he is not here. God bless you. Godspeed
Yes, it is definitely a disease and needs to be treated as such. I really hope DSM can update it to a Frontal Lobe Disorder and provide treatment options. A TBI destroyed my PFC brain at 6 yo and to this day I am emotionally vacant and spiritless I became a ghost that day. 19 yo and I feel like I’m going through dementia.
My biggest problem is that i have no filter and ruin every relationship i have except for the ppl that really care for me. I dont want to sound vein but im actually a very nice person. Its when ppl attack me i go full tilt. A lot of times i feel like ppl are plotting against me and i have to lash out. It may be total paranoia but i shouldn’t even think like that. Idk. I dont know what to know. Thank you for this video you’ve helped immediately.
It is the lower part of the frontal lobe that does more damage to a person than the frontal lobe. The lower part of the frontal lobe is common in people like serial killers.
Hello .... I've been in an accident with 75% of myself being damaged the doctors told my family I might not make it but I did and now I suffer from this frontal lobe disorder it the worst thing to deal with because if I'm angry with someone I literally be angry entirely with them an I dont see further than what I was upset about it's a really fucked up situation because I do random stuff because I don't think before I do it and my girlfriend broke up with me because of the random shit i do but thanks for the advice in this video ....
kevin gaspard Try to see if you can get hyperbaric oxygen therapy! I wish I could afford it or get Medicaid to pay for it. I know I suffer from social and general anxiety but I’m afraid to get diagnosed for fear of being put on worse poisons than the Ritalin I put on as a child which I believe caused all this in the first place.
I possibly have a case of frontal lobe damage from taking a few too many hits to the head, this video is very informative and I'm thinking I may schedule a trip to a hospital soon to confirm
The damage is minimal, and not life threatening, but it won't heal, so I'm trying to atleast get on SSRI's to stabilize my mood swings and making more conscious decisions to regain my impulse control. All in all I'm doing okay, thanks for asking ☺️
I got thrown into a metal railing when I was younger (massive cut on forehead, had to have it stitched glued etc, chipped my skull) and I’ve never thought or looked into how much damage it actually would have done but since I’ve been looking back my personality and how I act did change when I had the injury (got it at a young age 8-9) and I am 99% sure it’s worth getting checked now
I am addicted to watching porn and masturbation since about 8-9 years and now i have been researching about this and have found out that watching excessive and extreme porn over longer period causes frontal lobe disinhibition. My behavioural changes like irritability, rage, overtalkativeness, narcissistic personality, heightened risk taking ability, excessive guilt and shame towards people have made me socially isolated, depressed, guilty, and unmotivated. I fear if i keep watching it may destroy my remaining life (yes i do feel suicidal and lonely). Hope anyone reading this learn from my mistake
Sustained left fronto temporal injury 30 yrs back.Lost perception,speech slurred, disoriented ,apathetic, lost sense of place, time,just went in my shell,crying& cursing why me.But being A Medical student, just crossed my mind of lobar dominance.I tried to do everything from right side of brain, slowly perception, vision ,speech improved. Now leading a normal life,treating patients. Medical private practitioner.
That is sooo cool!. Thank you for sharing. If you want to do a short video on yourself, I will post it. We have set up a non-profit called Brainstorm for Brain Injury to help brain injury survivors find help and hope. We will start doing some short videos for Tik Tok. Your story is amazing.
I had a traumatic brain injury at the age of one year old (57 years ago) and it damaged my Olfactory nerve which caused me to permanently lose my sense of smell. I've always struggled to fit in with everyone else during my childhood and my adult life. I've always been treated like a second class member of my family and everybody that knows me thinks that I'm 'crazy', and most of them treat me as such. I've just recently gave up all hope of ever finding a wife to grow old with as I am now 58 years old. 😢 I now (finally) understand that I will continue to be all alone for the rest of my life. It's a miserable depressing existence watching life pass me by, while others take what they have for granted. Anyway, enough of my 'pity party'. I've accepted Christ as my savior, so one day I'll be in Heaven with a brand new body, and sound mind... AND I'll be able to smell! 🙂
Am so sorry for the strife you have had. I worry about the same for my 32 yo son. I am here because he had a TBi at 20, 12 years ago. Yesterday, the anniversary of the accident, he had to be removed from my home for violent outbursts. He struggles with short term memory since the accident. Five years ago, after a breakup from his girlfriend since high school he started to self medicate with alcohol and who knows what else. His frontal lobe damage has caused personality changes but only when he drinks. He is his usual loving and helpful person when he's sober. We had to have him hospitalized yesterday after he attack his teenage little brother unprovoked who has never seen this side of him. He has much paranoia and even accused me of sleeping with his uncle because someone that knew his uncle growing up, said he looked like him. He looks like the family and it took me a long time and other people saying how impossible it was. Before his death I despised the man. It would never had happened. He dies have a problem with thinking others judge him and will get agitated and loud when that happens. Most of the time its over nothing and no one takes notice until he is so animated about it. Its a struggle for the patient and the family. Its heart wrenching to watch my son go through this but we are at the point I can't help any more. I have to keep the rest of the family safe. I won't turn my back on him. I am struggling because there is not much mental health help in our rural area unless its a dire situation like yesterday. I hope we all can find answers in the near future. I see how its is for my son and he has a loving family. I am so sorry for those of you navigating this without moral support. Hang in there always.
Best way to help your frontal lobe get enough blood supply and to function better is to prostrate as many times and as long as possible. I mean get down on your knees and touch the ground with your forehead. Stay like that for a minute or so. This way, the gravity causes a flow of an extra amount of blood hence oxygen to the frontal lobe. It also helps with reducing panic attack. This is not proven science but based on my personal experience. Aa a Muslim we have to prostrate many times in a day so that's how I discovered the difference 🙂. May Allah SWT helps all the ones who suffer any problems. Ameen!
@@hopeyouhaveagoodday3900 jokes aside, you should really try prostration and feel the difference. It's 7am and I just performed my morning prayer. You know according to the prophet peace be upon him, one is the closest to Allah SWT, our Creator, when one does prostration. The door of Islam is always open to all humans until their death so whenever your heart feels to connect with God, ask Him to guide you and He'll do so. After all the subscription is free 😉
I fell from the roof it was about 17 f high hit a big rock than blacked out when I was 4 years old now i know why I'm having this problems. Thank you for the information 😇
When I was around 9or 10 , was involed in a car crash, flew forward and my head met with the windshield. Windshield was cracked. Parent never took me to the doctore. Started having headaches, putting "a" on the end of every word. Guestion is this...was it a frontal lobe injury? Have had problems all my life. The thing she said I can relate to.
I have had the same situation when I was that age, and now in 53 of age after recognizing some difficulties I made my CT and there was a zone 7.5 mm frontal cortex. Symptoms that I have are related to loss of short term memory, dissipation of attention, and sometimes although I know the answer very well I say something less relevant to the subject of conversation.
I'm 35, had astrocytoma removed 3 years ago after severe seizure. Must say that I really struggle with motivation and relationships since I was 16, damn these things are hard...
They are soooo hard. There are a few more videos on the Utah Neuro Rehabilitation RU-vid channel on executive functioning difficulties: what it is and how to help. They are on the Brain Injury Playlist. These might help.
my older cousin was playing golf with his friends and his golf cart flipped over and he cracked the front of his skull damaging his frontal lobe and caused him to fall into a coma. We all thought he was going to die but fortunately that wasn’t the case. He woke up but he was confused and became very angry and now he’s starting to throw things in the hospital. His wife, mom and dad sometimes can’t get anywhere near him because of the violent outbursts. Doctor said it could take 3-12 months before recovery but we’re all worried he will never be the same again.
The anger is usually worst early after the injury. Sometimes medications can help in this phase. People can improve for a long time after brain injury.
The Best thing about living without a full frontal lobe is the ability to empower yourself not to GAF about what people say. I now have very few friends and I kinda like it
Agreed, in exact same space not much support at all, 0 friends, alost 0 family, lost everything, shuffled around for last 4 years in 3 diff states, finally have found peace with nothing but myself, unable to work or drive but still Peace is priceless. Excellent short explanation, yes all time i get, well you sure look fine?
I’m so sad, I suffer a lot of head injuries as a child due to my incompetence mom and well other accident. The amount damage to head, I believe if someone took as much damage to the head as I did as a child, they would of been brain dead, it’s miracle I wasn’t brain dead. My major is early child hood education the more I learn about the more my mom didn’t do a good job with me, you have to make sure the child is safe and secure in a environment which my mom fail to do. It affected my learning, speaking, memories, listening. Sometime I can’t even get my thought out when I’m trying to say something. This definitely killed alot of my opportunity in life which makes me sad. I try to do things by increasing my neuroplasticity by doing new things and working out. I feel like my brain is at limit by improving my brain cognition. It doesn’t help when someone ask me what to do and I fail to do it the first time which makes me look dumb. I hate making myself look dumb which makes me have anxiety and anxious which def doesn’t help when someone is telling you to do something.
I am sorry to hear about your struggles. Thank you for sharing. Could you see a cognitive therapist for help? Usually they are speech therapists trained in brain injury rehabilitation.
I had an accident when I was a kid. I dived toward a bed and I hit my forehead on the metal frame. The force was so blunt that it opened a hole in my head. I never thought anything of it until 42 years later when I've been trying to analyze why nothing right has happened in my life. I've always been comfortable by myself. I just thought other kids had their issues and I didn't want to be part of that. I now realize that maybe something wasn't right and I've never developed friendships growing up. I've always been quiet. I've been wondering if having a hard time staying to schedules is a symptom of frontal lobe damage. Teachers and other adults seem to have such an easy time of remembering to do a task on a certain day monthly. For instance, every first Monday of the month they remember to do a certain task. Even if I wrote it down, I would have a hard time remembering that I even wrote it down.
That's me when I was 5 my sister was doubling me on her bike , my foot got stuck in the wheel we landed on the road on my head. just realising now at 33 how much of a detrimental effect it has had.
That's horrible, even concussions can have much bigger effects om our life than we think, why it's so important t be careful with tur brain. I Sometimes wonder too it I have had a smaller brain injury as a kid (or born with) because I have such a difficulty dealing with emotions and sometimes understanding people and finding words when I speak. But I don't know or remember any time when I would have hit my head.
I appreciate the video. This sounds alot like CTE. How prevelant are lesions in frontal lobe injuries? At 44 years old I've literally been to the school of hard knocks and exhibited many of these symptoms since my first concusion at 11 years old. In June of this year I was in an atv accident. I was thrown off at 45 mph and went flying and hit the back of my head on the road. I don't remember if I lost consciousness but I was dizzy for several minutes afterwards, waited 4 days to go to ER (yes I know, dumb mistake #2, #1 was no helmet). CT scan was normal. I had constant severe vertigo for 3 weeks. I'm doing better now and even though I've had the symptoms most of my life I'm just not the same after the last accident. The lack of motivation and my memory is so much worse. Recent MRI shows a lesion in the left frontal lobe and I'm just waiting for my follow up. Anyhow thanks again for the video.
Hit my head specifically in the front a few times luckily I’m not too bad but this explains some issues that I work through this was pretty interesting
I have childhood trauma. I've also had a concussion. Both are related to the frontal lobe, I believe. The speech and cognitive therapy didn't help me. The therapists were still using cassette tapes. I felt like a child. I mostly did well. If they were up-to-date, maybe I'd be somewhat better by now. I still have a lot of issues like you mentioned, with confusion and forgetfulness as well. My providers almost always tell me to do word searches, crossword puzzles, puzzles, etc. I can do them as easily as I had been before the concussion, so their advice isn't helpful to me. TY for the information, though.
My husband has an old stroke- now frontal lobe encephalomalacia and he has 3 completely blocked arteries in the neck. He is so apathetic toward me, very unappreciative, disinhibited also. He cannot identify with my emotions at all. We don’t have conversations. I see him getting worse. The doctors did not warn me of these symptoms. I see in his reports about the frontal lobe ‘old stroke.’ She described my husband well and he is hard to live with. I’ve have not had a date since last July, I don’t know when he got me a flower last, and he is getting more edgy. He cannot make a plan and carry it through. He has outbursts that are illogical. This has been several Years now and I do feel I disrespected and unappreciated. My mom is going down as is my sister. Life is difficult. We have an appt with neurologist very soon. Reading his Cat scan and mri reports were enlightening. I have to know if this is further aggressive. I tried to tell his sisters, but don’t think they got it or see a problem. I have a huge lack of support for having to care for many around me. I don’t want pity, but understanding and emotional support like many of you all say. I just thought I would share a wife’s point of view. God bless you all.
Thank you for sharing. As much as you can, try not to take his behavior personally. These are common frontal lobe difficulties. We have started a non-profit called Brainstorm for Brain Injury to try to improve understanding of these issues. We have a website, facebook page and instagram page. Two of the founders have family members who had a brain injury.
I had a car accident at 4 years old and suffered a very severe head injury on the right front side of my head and on top. I do say things at times that are impulsive and say what I think out loud. I have expected something wrong all my life and when I say these things I think other people will find it funny but it’s not always appropriate but not so awful at the same time . But I understand other peoples emotions and have an affinity love for animals to the point I’m very sensitive. It’s strange.
I have been abusing ADHD medication in large doses for over 4 years. I'm over a year clean now but I still feel like my personality and original thinking have all but dissipated. Could it be frontal lobe injury?
@@2017-p4l how would that help? I'm generally curious. I got psychosis from abusing ritalin and alcohol. My brain has never been the same since and i was a heavy cannabis user
man idk makes the frontal lobe more useable without overstressing itself and maintaining a constant level of brain activity while bringing you into a state of neurogenesis. Higher cbd strains will do the same but with everyday things like walking the dog, concentrating on work, etc. when you want to rebuild brain cells with no distractions at all(similar to how we were created in our pre adolescent stage) just keep picking up a pipe or joint until you literally feel like you cannot see.
That is a common theme unfortunately. We have started a non-profit called Brainstorm for Brain Injury to try to improve the situation. There are brain injury facilities in S. California. Have you tried Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center south of LA?
There is not nearly enough attention or treatment for this. I am sorry you have had to go through this hell. We have started an organization called Brainstorm for Brain Injury to try to get more help.
@@UtahNeuroRehabilitation ty for that, I'm in a neighboring state. I'm looking for help. I believe I have vagus nerve damage, certainly cervical instability. I can travel if you might be able to help.
I'm not the same person I used to be mine is on the right frontal and my personality is much different more promiscuous, inhibited, depressed, impulsive, isolated..etc I'm just learning this may be why
Cognitive therapy sent me in a tail spin. I wish I could say it helped. I did it one time without a real explanation of what I was getting into and it was bad to say the least.
Brilliant. I had a fractured skull to the front section of my head at 7 years of ager. I relate to all of this. No MRI's in the 1970's so no concrete evidence. My parents expect me to behave like an able-bodied person...
hi , thank you so very much for this informative video ! i'v had a front head injury when i was young and yes , i had problems as you mentioned , but what i want to say aswell i feel like it wasa blessing since it made me a human with super powers thinking techniques , id like to discuss this with you if you'd be available !
Dear Dr. Judy Gooch i hoped to find a professional around where i live !!! unfortunately none... i had this front head injury when i was a young boy but all i did was some basic Therapy on skin level ... i tought it was just something i could ignore and move on , few years later i start to notice the change in my behavior and character , yet i was fooled by my own ideas ! i tought it was somthing about growing up in age and life should be as it seemed back than !! i was down ! my social circle got smaller and i felt lonely ! and those emotion drove me to use soft drugs as marijuana it was good but i just !couldn't focus on anything except music and art , with short words" the breaking pointe" so after a while i decided to defeat this situation and find a way it's one life right ? i went outside and had absolutly nothing , like a fool can't spell a correct sentence ! it was wierd , i started to learn from young childen since they where the only people i could trust ..so technically i was a grown man acting like a kid ... lol just for a short period of time !! lately im more focused as i was befor but it's hard for real ! i keep my mind busy all time!!! i don't want to experience the same state again ! it's scary for real ... thank you in advance for your time Dr. Judy Gooch and if there's anything you can suggest for me as treatment or practice i would gladly want to hear your oppinion or advice my email : zabou681@gmail.com . zakaria
I got hit in the frontal lobe several years ago. It caused swelling , bruises , sensitive to sounds, light, touch, depression and anxiety increased, brain fog, decision making worse, chronic migraines and headaches . Sadly , x rays was taken , but just seen frontal lobe bigger from birth. Doctors said I was normal. I was also walking embalance to. My former work place had a drug test done on me. They found nothing . My doctor at the time said I could work. I end up getting a choice to stay until I was fired, or quite. Sense the doctor had no x rays to prove I was sick , I just quite. I ended up sleeping on friends couches and in my car for months , then I moved in with a friend. Later, he became my roommate. Now my fiance. Sadly, I can not get married, because I am on disability benefits. Point is, head injury caused fibromyalgia and the stress getting help caused other disease. Seven years I fought for my disability. I got it from have Pundenal Neuralgia. I suffered from that five years before my head injuries. Doctors later diagnosed me with PN , but before it was IC ( interstitial Cystitis). It's bulge disk of s1 and s2 causing it. Just say, you don't have to get old to get disabled and judged for being sick. I feel 80 , but age 40. If I had understanding medical community and employers on my side, I would have not gotten so sick. Karma get them all back.
My wife had surgery for an AVM of the right frontal lobe in 1991. She has all of the symptoms mentioned in this video and sees a therapist weekly but nothing changes. She seems to be getting worse as time goes on and is extremely difficult to live with especially with the rage and lack of any filter. Our marriage is suffering and I don’t envision things getting any better. I just don’t know what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
With frontal lobe injury, often the most helpful thing is to keep life as structured as possible and to avoid overstimulation. There are several videos on this on the Utah Utah Neuro Rehabilitation channel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ptUuoMAWYIk.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ChaL6eMp1F4.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EyklH_wgaEg.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yeLyw5YvXPk.html Also, use the Zones of Regulation. This can help a lot. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zI5GGEIH3js.html Also, some form of daily exercise can be very calming. A cognitive therapist (experienced in working with people with brain injury) can also help.
I had a right frontal lobe injury, and a few days later was arrested form my actions on the phone and the internet. Convicted for malicious communication ; implied suicide threat, depsite having a brain bleed and nearly dying. It was a 20 second phone call, asking for help. Seems bizarre and inappropropriate of police
Frontal lobe injury is profoundly misunderstood. I wish the mental health and criminal justice systems had better understanding. We have started a non-profit called Brainstorm for Brain Injury (website, instagram and Facebook) to try to help educate about this.
I didn’t get a trauma but I was born with something wrong with my frontal lobe. Or it was my seizures but I find it really hard to get motivated and I have a hard time remembering stuff. How can we require our brains or exercise the brain?
There are a couple more videos on the Utah Neuro Rehabilitation youtube channel on improving executive functioning deficits. They may offer some suggestions.
My boyfriend suffers from this. Hes currently in a mental health facility and homeless. He got me evicted and i now live with my dad who wants me to leave him. What do i do? Where do i turn to? If i leave him, thats it hes going to unalive himself. Someone please help me
My friend got an accident when she was young and the car hit her right temple. Miraculously, she survived. Is the right temple a part of frontal lobe or temporal lobe of the brain?
It is closest to the temporal lobe. But when you have a hard hit on the head, all of the brain can be injured. The brain tends to get shaken around in the skull and any area can be injured.
O.K. So as a person with Right front lobe damage (dead 3X) I can tell you, short term memory= NFG, Smell = none, personality= sketchy,, I'm not the same person I was before. ..Losing my smell was minor compared to the rest of the daily things that I used to take for granted.. LUCKILY ..I have a girlfriend (21+ years) that understands my disaster. I get by everyday, because of her. : )
I had KD when i was 4 months old in 1994, sadly i received brain damage too my frontal lobe i had to receive a Hemogloben in the top of my head, as my veins were too small for the doctor's also being born with ADHD my symptoms can seem extremely Autistic/Asperger's, but i have never gotten diagnosed with autism or Asperger's Being in Western Australia, back in 1994, my case was extremely rare , and my mother really has no idea how i got it, i have never met a single person whom has gotten brain damage due to KD while also being born with ADHD, growing up, life was tough and i was constantly bullied due to my learning disorders, which has caused multiple mental health issued combined with everything else, i take things day by day, but even at 28, i struggle with alot
I have this and i did it to myself… i was in martial arts as a kid and i was breaking boards w my forehead. At school i was head butting lockers to dent them. I have all these issues. Im so sorry to my family that im not exactly ‘right’ anymore and have been diagnosed bipolar and put in meds. That might not be right at all because i still have episodes.
I have been looking after someone with a frontal lobe seizure problem for well over 10 years. ANY advice and help I can get would be great. She is getting to the point where it is and has damaged my possibilities to date, meet someone, have company and basically have a life. I used to be her counselor at an adult facility and I figured I could do better than they were doing. Yes, I made what I consider "Breakthroughs," but a lot of it was her manipulating me into thinking she was going through something when in fact she was making it all up for attention. She has stolen money from the jobs she had worked at, the police won't do anything about it because they said, "Until someone comes to us about it and wants to file charges, sorry! We can't do anything about it." Even though I gave them all needed information!!! She has kicked-in my car, keyed it just because I said I didn't want to drive her somewhere one day and has physically attacked me when I said she needs to to her chores! I'd Love to have input!!!!
@@UtahNeuroRehabilitation Hi there! At first, she was on phenobarbital (Spelling???) and Carbamazepine for her frontal lobe seizures and was residing in a behavior facility. I was her counselor. I thought it wasn't right the way they were treating her because she wasn't in my mind able to control MOST of her behaviors. So, I took her in on my own. I have had her see many psychiatric professionals but I wanted HER to be honest with them and tell them herself, as part of her rehabilitation into a normal life, what she suffered from. They now want her to see another neurologist, but she has to get her insurance changed to open panel so she can choose who to see nearest to her since she doesn't drive and I do. I have had her with me now for over 10 years. I work so hard on getting her as independent as possible.
It sounds like far more than brain damage, especially knowing that she just makes up history for attention. She sounds personality disordered. Have you worked on why you thought you knew more than the mental health professionals who oversaw her care? In any case, you need to separate yourself from this person and work on healing your life.
@@lonewolfartisan661 my friend’s son fell head first on the floor. He’s 4. He had a MASSIVE ball on his forehead. His mom did not take him to doctor. The swelling spread and his head now 4 months down the line looks like an alien head from the front. The forehead is like HUGE now. Usually we have a flat forehead. But he has a curved forehead, like from the side view, it comes over the eye lashes. I really don’t know what wrong? I researched and it could Potts puffy tumor. Drainage was NOT done for that. It was allowed to heal by itself. But now his forehead is huge!
You can grow your prefrontal and frontal cortex with breath meditation, the only thing in the world to date that MRI scans have shown only six weeks and new brain is there, you do however need to continue meditating or the brain will return to it's previous state.
I'm crying because I had a hemioragic stroke and it damaged my frontal lobe. I've gone from doctor to doctor begging for an explanation because I wasn't me. I'm frustrated, melt down over loosing keys, memory loss. It's so fucking hard to complete a task and I don't know why.
You take a history to see if the person had an injury. You look for frontal lobe symptoms. You can do an MRI. Also, there are some types of MRI's that get more detailed information than a regular MRI. But these can be hard to find and expensive.
When I was 11 I fell off my bike at a fast 20mph hitting the back of my head on the curb. I remember standing up and passing out. When I came to there were several peoplestanding over me. A lady said is his skull cracked? I lost it! I never really cursed as a kid before this accident but hearing skull cracked I started cursing in the worst way. It felt like I was possessed. I had no control over what I was saying. I ended up with 40 stitches in my head. I was an average student before this but after I failed the last couple of years of grade school and made straight F’s in high school dropping out. I was not the same person after this accident. My personality went from outgoing to an introvert. I have trouble since the accident remembering names. I’m 55 now, never got married, never had a career. I was an artist before hitting my head. Won every art contest in school. After I never drew another picture again. Well I can go on and on but you get the idea. The brain is very fragile. Doesn’t take much to have an injury or bruise..
Yes, the brain is so fragile and brain injuries are SO UNDER TREATED. You are not alone!! We have started a website called brainstorm for brain injury. Our goal is to educate about this issue so that more people can get better treatment. We also have instagram and facebook pages. If you are willing, will you contact TyAnne on of these sites and tell her your story?
i got my injury after falling 22 feet at work had two hospitals fail to even look for head injury instead it was chronic pain they told me and i was sent to lifetree pain clinic and given lots of mental health and opiod pills never was treated or checked for head injury and lost my job my relationship and quality of life and o recieved no money been homeless and broke and everyone thinks im just lazy my life was ruined in salt lake city and i lost everything nobody was held accountable for ruining my life i got no treatment nothing it was in 2004 i been homeless ever since but before i fell i had a life a good job now i got hurt lost everything and dont know what to do
You would not believe how often I hear that story. Check out Brainstorm for Brain Injury Facebook, Instagram or website. We have started a non-profit to try to help this problem.
Thank you very much ma'am. I'm really suffering and I don't understand why I'm so stagnant in life and this has helped me alot but if you want your cheeks clapped just hit me up. Lol
I have surgery as my brain damage constantly getting worse . I have no friends not one lol because I can't control my self I just sit in a spot and thats it i don't leave my house and when I do anxiety within minutes ruined the day
That is so difficult. You are not alone. Others have similar struggles. Have you had any professional help. A neuropsychologist might be able to help. Also, we have a couple more videos on the Utah Neuro Rehabilitation channel that might help. Check out the brain injury playlist. There are several videos on Executive functioning. Also, you can go the Brainstorm for Brain Injury website, Facebook page or Instagram page. We are trying to help brain injury survivors there.
@@UtahNeuroRehabilitation I have a specialized appointment mri and nuro test due to aside injury I have epilepsy, were thinking surgery will be done close to end of the year but could be sooner due to swelling im now in a blood thinner to help plus I have so many other issues that one effect the other , so even long road ,
@@UtahNeuroRehabilitation thats awsome I never k ee about any of this, I will most definitely check this out , whats most hardest is my memories and anger specially having 3 young one 6 and under . They understand best they can but its so hd for them , so time I dont even know who I am or birthrate ect
I’d like to know if these personality disorder/ behavioral changes in a person after brain inury to the frontal lobe are permanent or temporary? Like does it get better with time?
It often does get better with time. It helps to use strategies to improve: like not doing too much, taking frequent breaks, trying to be aware of how you feel and what triggers you, and avoiding triggers.
I get very very tired after playing few games of chess or playing guitar or video game. My brain does not work. By brain gets foggy. I can't think or make decisions. I don't want to talk. I just want to sleep all day. How can i cure this? I get similar type of sensation in my frontal lobe when i get tension headache after physical workout. What is happening?
It can be helpful to see a cognitive therapist (usually a speech therapist or neuropsychologist who specializes in brain injury). Taking frequent brain breaks can help. There are several videos on the Utah Neuro Rehabilitation RU-vid site that gives some other ideas.
In first grade I was out on the playground by the fence near the woods and I was just there staring at a old shack and out of no where I was sturck on the top of the head by a wooden post that was lieing on a pile. Some kid either intentionally threw it or was trying to throw it over the fence. Blacked out I remember walking to the nurses office with my teacher blood dripping everywhere. Ever since that day I swear something was just not the same like I'm still me but not. I was a all A student and could speak proper and everything. Next thing you know I got held back in school and I could never focus in classes. I was put in a class during and after school sometimes for help in English and speech. Sad my whole life I feared rejection and scared to go to school cause I didn't want people to know I was slow at certain things. Jobs are hard to get and keep. I've been with out a job for over a year now and I'm trying to find one ergently but scared to get a good job cause I'm slow to pick up on new things. People get frustrated and then I seem to always give up. Only way I can get motivated is if I got other people motivating me. Lol sad I can keep going but ima stop here 😅
@@LienoGenesis say something off the wall with no regret or remorse because without the ability to connect emotions to words it can make it real easy to say something without thought. Listening and focusing is harder and anxiety is higher. So if your talking to someone its hard to level with them about subjects. It’s hard to connect with them. I’m 26 too and my mental age feels like 21 or 22. So I date girls that are 20-22. It’s not my fault because it takes extra energy when there’s 20 different things my brain wants to process and take in. Even if I’m trying my best to focus on the person talking in front of me. Not only that but reality is more trippy. Colors are brighter, sounds are heightened, touch is intense, and shapes of objects are more prominent as though they are outlined. It’s close to taking a small hit of weed. So some of us disassociate. Here’s an example to help: If I’m talking to someone about about animals, I’ll tell them some logical information I know on animals rather then asking “oh what’s your cat’s name?”. I wouldn’t have a clue where to go with the convo because my reality is so screwed that idk how a person would normally have that conversation on animals. Make sense? If you have a TBI at a young age, you grow up slower because you learn slower in every aspect including socializing. This is why I’ve spent 8 years constantly socializing; even during covid and the winter. Im seeing friends, trying to date, talkin to my peeps at work, family, parties and bars while sober, all while making a joke out of all of it to hold onto my sanity and create a fake realm of low anxiety. 8 years straight everyday I’m doing something extra to help learn and grow. All while tripping out, like I’m on acid. Trying to act like normal people arent simple, mindless monkeys (leveling with them during conversation). Trying my best to not be manic, unbalanced, emotionless, disassociated, sad, to much or to little. Constantly trying to be normal and myself at the same time when myself isn’t even close to normal.
I have small vessel disease in my frontal lobe so its not permanent damage entirely. In fact sometimes my symptoms lift a bit and I feel 100 times better. Mood, cognition, memory, ability to socialize , all improve and then worsen. Thats the case with small vessel disease at times symptoms are better and at other times symptoms are terrible.
well because of injury in forehead in childhood, i have now increase in csf in frontal lobe area. which cause pressor on brain, and effect frontal lobe function. make sezures and yeah........ i have all these problems
I have problem understanding tasks in school and work sometimes. Many people have said that I have a slow work ethic. I dont say thing i shouldnt say though. Could it still be my Frontal Lobe?
In a car crash at 14 yrs old I slammed my forehead on the windshield twice before the car flipped onto its back. I now know why my life has been a living hell.
That is certainly enough impact to have a brain injury. We will soon have a website called Brainstorm for Brain Injury. It will be out in about a month. It is meant to help people with brain injury get help.
@@UtahNeuroRehabilitation My right front lobe swole out a whole 1 inch!. People called me a Klingon from star track. Thus began all the bullying and abuse I went through. I was surrounded by uncaring guardians so, my life was pretty horrendous. It was 1993. The hospital in my small country town was still primitive and had no idea as to what to do so they sent me home with a bandaid. I do realize now the slipping of my brain and thinking and emotions, I'd get stuck and hinged on thoughts. Very strange things I've pushed through.
I feel your pain. I was born with NLD, but not diagnosed until age 39. I’ve been shamed more ways than you can imagine by everyone. I’m afraid if people. We just gotta pray to God for extra strength. We need it!
, Utah Neuro Rehabilitation .. Hey am not a tbi patient.. But my brother is. He had brain injury about 8years ago.. He has impulsive behaviour.. He drinks too... He abuse and yell at parents all the time..and so much more... There is no peace at home... How do I get rid of this situation?
Ok so I have a tumor in front lobe pls tell me I can have this removed I've been miserable for 2 years dizziness, can't communicate right I'm forgetting stuff just miserable muscle tightness numb face...
my brother hit me on top of my head, not sure if its my frontal lobe or not, but i feel dizzy and have a crazy headache when i stand up and/or move my head, please answer me it would help me alot!
I deal with physical trauma and that is what I am talking about. Emotional and mental trauma can also have negative impacts on the brain, but that is not my area of experience.
@@UtahNeuroRehabilitation hi. I was in a vehicle accident and hit the right side of my fourhead. Swelled up bad. The results of a frontal lobe injury describes my behaviour after my injury. Been looking for ways to help with my brain damage. Thank you also for the video
We look at symptoms to see if they are consistent with a brain injury. Neuropsychological testing can help to see if the difficulties are consistent with a brain injury. Brain injury is often misdiagnosed.
I had bike accident 6 years ago. Scan report showed little harmmorhage in my brain and everything was normal during that time. And i recovered from that. Then after 6 years started headache . Now , MRI shows frontal lobe atrophy. Will it cure?
My ex husband and I were on a path of reconciliation in June of 2018. He was a union laborer and was working on a job building a high school. A carpenter fell 16 foot along with a piece of the form (wall) on top of my husband. He took the hit of being hit by the guy and then he also hit the ground so hard that his hard hat flu across the ground. On top of sustaining serious injuries to his hip but I'm back I believe that there is serious brain injuries as well from the hit taken. He has presented with signs of irritation along with memory loss and narcissistic traits that have never presented before. I have no idea how to help him or how to get a doctor to listen because of Detroit's he is now presenting with. The dishonesty and maybe that has something to do with denial, however have no idea how to get him help because he doesn't see the problem as I do as well as being surrounded by people who her and denial possibly or just a bunch of Yes Men. I know that he is suffering and I don't know how to help. See you in this video is validating in the fact that I know something happened with his brain and that he is not alone and I'm not alone either. That in itself, is half of that all I feel
From what you are describing, it absolutely sounds like he had a brain injury. What you are dealing with is much more common that most people realize. On 1/25/22 I will be posting a video on the Utah Neuro Rehabilitation channel: Brain injury, mental health difficulties and finding hope and help. It talks a lot about this issue. Three of us have started a non-profit called Brainstorm for Brain Injury because this is such a big problem. The other two founders have family members who have brain injuries. Check out the video. Where do you live? If you could find a brain injury physiatrist (physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor) or cognitive therapist, they may be able to help. Also, I have a cognitive therapist you could talk to for guidance. She can be reached at: nancy@wasatchapd.com. You are definitely not alone!
@@UtahNeuroRehabilitation thank you so much for your reply! It makes a HUGE difference knowing that I am not alone! How awesome that you and your colleagues have started a not for profit targeting this issue! We are in Missouri, about 2 hours from STL and 2 from KCMO. (I just noticed that my comment was totally butchered. I apologize.smh) I am going to email the person that you suggested to me! I have been dealing with a house full of COVID so I am a bit behind. This is so important to me. I am so grateful and again thank you so much!
I feel like this is the same thing with my husband and I never put two and two together until today when a friend of mine mentioned his head injury he sustained in his late teen years where a log chain hit him in the head leaving a hole where he had to have a metal plate put in. He has gone through many behavioral changes over the years. We are going through a divorce currently, he has given up. Blames me for everything. I assumed, like you, that he had been suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, but now after listening to my friend and researching and especially after listening to this video, I'm convinced this has more to do with his traumatic brain injury.
I took hallucinogenic mushrooms one time in 1999 when I was 28 with friends on vacation in California and felt paranoid for several hours but even the next day I just didn't feel right.. I expected as with drinking alcohol or Marijuana etc when altering your natural state you sleep and when you wake you feel normal again. Nobody can tell anything is wrong but from that day my thoughts aren't as organized and I just don't feel right in the front upper left quarter of my brain I feel a constant mild pressure. A few months after using those mushrooms I had a sudden debilitating vertigo where I couldn't leave the chair for several days and finally subsided but I still felt the pressure and tried to simply ride a bike which I was a terror on in my teens doing tricks, jumps etc but I made it about 10 yards and flipped over the handlebars because I felt I was spinning and jersey the steering to the left. I've learned to live with it but I'm absolutely athletically & mentally deficient a fair amount since that day. If I can see something while walking I can lose balance. My memory with word use has deteriorated like remembering the right word. I feel like something in my brain is constricted or has thick pressure. I am aware of my brain like I shake my head I can feel my brain which I could never feel anything before. I use to be incredibly athletic but since that day I never ran again.. My mood is just kind of flat always. When I would drink alcohol I use to get talkative and playful now there's no change like that. I got addicted to pain pills because it made me feel happy & playful when nothing else helped me but I am now over that 2 years. I feel if someone did some kind of brain scan they would see something wrong with my front upper left brain like a vein is blocked or something. Lol!!! I know it's not so easy but I feel that area is where the issue is. Any advice on the best to help return me to normal??????
@@UtahNeuroRehabilitation I did a couple times right after it happened but they didn't know ANYTHING. One of them just searched known cases on WebMD right in front of me. I think I just found very new young Doctors and at that time in my life I was of the mind all doctors knew all cutting edge science but I now KNOW doctors have a good grip on major common issues but are still learning a lot about the smaller fine senses and feelings of the body. I gave up until now. Have you ever heard anything like what I am experiencing related to some type of brain area damage? It's weird that the high frontal area feel clogged maybe and I have started to forget words, names etc. But I can clearly see the thing or persons face in my mind. Do you know where I could go for help? I live in Minnesota and have state insurance but I could buy insurance for a while. This is horrible and I worry about losing my memory getting older. Thank you for your response.
