I was reading this story about these people who suffered from brain injuries, and then their behavior changed kind of drastically afterward, and I just said to myself, 'There's no way that that can possibly be true.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's worth knowing more about the complicated environmental and genetic factors that could explain why traumatic brain injuries lead to long-term disabilities in some people and not in others.
For somebody who has injured their brain, every single thing they say and think will be the subject of their own questioning.
The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.
In common with many who have a brain injury, I initially lost my confidence and felt very vulnerable, as if a protective layer of skin had been stripped away.
In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.
As many know, brain injury comes in many forms. The two most prevalent brain injuries - stroke and trauma - affect more than 2.2 million Americans, and these numbers are expected to grow.
The more studies that come out that talk about concussions and so forth, it makes me wonder. I wonder, more importantly than the stroke, the impact that concussions have had on my life, particularly as I get older.
I know from my own clinical work that when people are beaten and hurt, they numb out so that they can't feel anymore.
All the NFL players I have examined pathologically, I have not seen one that did not have changes in their brain system with brain damage.
Yes, the concept that blunt-force trauma of the head causes brain damage is a generally accepted principle of medicine. That is why I was so appalled by the NFL doctors who were denying my work.