Thoughts on "Help Me Remember"

After listening to the podcast "Help Me Remember", I felt like I had an honest look into the lives of a family of someone that experienced a TBI. It seemed more raw and honest than a typical socially correct answer that one would give when asked about how life is after a TBI, something like "We are doing OK, just adjusting" is what I have heard. Although the things that the husband said about leaving his wife seemed intense and almost heartless at first, I cannot even imagine having someone have such a change in their personality as that, and adapting to the new life that leads to, he was just telling how he honestly felt. I feel bad for the daughters that had to listen to the things that the parents said to each other, that they had to grow up in such a short amount of time. And as I thought about those I know with a TBI that have children, I imagined what they were going through. I would have like to, for this class, know a little bit more about the specifics of Dawn's TBI, and the specific areas affected, because so much more than just her memory changed. I think that the effect of injuries on the brain is very interesting and am looking forward to learning techniques to working with individuals with such injuries.