How To Cope with Sensory Overload after Brain Injury

Sensory overload, also known as hypersensitivity, occurs when the brain’s filters no longer work properly. Unlike a healthy brain, which can identify and filter out irrelevant or unnecessary information, an injured brain often cannot. As a result, normal, everyday stimuli can be uncomfortable, overwhelming, or unbearable. Sounds that before your injury were barely noticeable may…

Signs and symptoms of Brain Injury may include:

-Fatigue -Memory problems -Trouble problem solving -Difficulty finding words -Difficulty making decisions -Irritability -Inability to concentrate -Personality changes -Trouble organizing thoughts -Easily confused Acquired Brain Injury: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is any injury to the brain, which occurs after birth and can be caused by: Infectious diseases (encephalitis, meningitis) Metabolic disorders which may be related…

Kit Carson died of traumatic brain injury, inquest hears

A former youth football coach and scout whose car crashed into a tree on the day he was due to go on trial over historical sexual abuse charges died of a traumatic brain injury, an inquest has heard. Michael “Kit” Carson, 75, had denied 12 counts of indecent assault and one of inciting a child…

Quarter of prisoners have suffered traumatic brain injury, study suggests

Brain injuries can result in emotional and personality changes such as impulsiveness, aggression or poorer judgment of control or temper, research shows May Bulman One in four prisoners in Scotland have hospitalalised with a traumatic brain injury at some point in their lives, according to a new study. An estimated 10 per cent of inmates have also suffered…

Migrants attack German ambulance crew: Emergency doctor suffers traumatic brain injuries

by VOICE OF EUROPE   Two migrants have attacked the crew of an ambulance in Ottobrun. The emergency doctor suffered a broken jaw, brain injuries and lost several teeth, Abendzeitung reports. The emergency vehicle drove up to the nursing home on “Ottostrasse” to assist emergency responders and responders from the Ottobrunn fire brigade, who were treating a life-threatening…

PTSD study of combat veterans finds similar outcomes among common therapies

In a study among United States combat veterans, researchers found no significant difference between two of the most common treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and no benefit for combination treatment. The study results are published in the Dec. 5 online issue of JAMA. The head-to-head randomized clinical trial was conducted between 2012 and 2016 by researchers…

The Role of Mindfulness, Meditation, and Prayer After Brain Injury

Victoria Tilney McDonough, BrainLine For almost six years after her car crash in 1993, Melissa Felteau expended much of her energy wanting things to be different from what they were. She’d dream about her “old” self, only to wake up a new, confused, and confusing version of that self. Prior to her crash, when she…