Depression & Anger Issues

People can easily understand that there are chances of memory getting affected after a traumatic brain injury. But what they do not realize is that such injuries can also affect your emotions. Emotions are not something that float in the air and conveniently and occasionally plants itself in your head. They reside within the head, as do many things.

Two common changes that impact a person after a head injury are increased levels and sudden bursts of anger and depression. The affected person gets angry fast and the intensity of his anger can reach dangerous proportions bringing harm to those around him. Post-head injury anger is different in a way that it triggers as fast as it subsides. You tend to get angry with the smallest provocation and even when the situation has turned to normal, you continue to remain in a ‘bad mood’ for the rest of the day. It is also not uncommon to find people after a head injury bursting into tears for trivial reasons.

The unfortunate part of the story is that when a person suffers such emotional changes, many friends and families do not understand that this is the result of a physical injury to the brain.  They often do not realize that this was caused by damage to the brain and not just being overly emotional. Quite often the brain injury patient is incredibly frustrated by the inability to do things and live independently like before the accident and feelings of helplessness further foster these emotional changes.

For these reasons, it is often necessary for the patient to not only treat with a psychologist but to be involved in group counseling to share  and discuss their issues with other victims.  Many times, it is even helpful for the brain injury victim to attend therapy and counseling sessions with family members so they can better understand what has happened and how to deal with anger and depression issues.

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