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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Last Active: Nov 1 10:30pm | Replies (10)

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@crawford

I had a TBI and I know what you mean about "unfiltered" language. I lost a few friends that way. Any political correctness I had went out the window and sometimes I used old fashioned words which you can't use now. It got better with time but I was always an honest, straight forward person. I must admit, outspoken as well. I have epilepsy now and truth be told, I think some of my friends stayed away because they were terrified that I might have a seizure in front of them. They are Abscence Seizures and are controled by meds. My lover of 6 years saw me have one and kicked me to the curb 2 months later. I had never been ditched before and I did not like it. I felt embarrassed and humiliated. So much for trying to be sexy.

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Hi, @crawford - that sounds challenging to have your language go unfiltered involuntarily.

You talked about having absence seizures, and just wanted to mention that you might check out the Mayo Clinic Connect Epilepsy & Seizures support group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/epilepsy-2bb359/ and some of the discussions there.

You mentioned sometimes you used old-fashioned words after your TBI. What are some examples of words you used, and how did others respond?