Taking a blow to the head can cause damage to your brain and result in serious, life-altering changes to your quality of life. Generally, North Carolina residents think of paralysis or loss of physical mobility as a long term consequence of a brain injury, and while this is true for many accident victims, there are other ways a traumatic brain injury can upend your life, even in ways you may not notice at first.
Brainline explains that brain injuries may result in cognitive problems. A person with cognitive issues has problems thinking or processing information. After an accident, you might experience difficulty with memory. When someone talks to you, you could have problems paying attention, or you are distracted easily. It becomes hard to make plans, do things that are appropriate, or keep yourself from actions that you know are wrong or harmful.
Damage to the brain also disrupts the senses in some people. You might not feel how truly hot or cold it is around you. Small objects, such as pennies or dimes, become hard to distinguish. Telling the difference between pressure and simple touch sensations also becomes a problem. Brain injury victims may, in general, have problems comprehending what their environment is like through their five major senses.
Sustaining a brain injury may even affect how you talk. Some people cannot speak clearly and sound slurred to other people. Injury victims may not notice it, but they start speaking very fast or, conversely, speak much more slowly than usual. There are also injury victims who suffer from aphasia, which is a condition that makes it hard to express ideas or understand spoken words.
In the aftermath of a serious accident, even if there is no apparent physical impact, injury victims can feel emotionally unbalanced. A person can be overly aggressive and act uninhibited, or conversely, an accident victim may become unmotivated and shy away from activities the person once enjoyed. It is also not unheard of for people who experience these emotional problems to deny they are occurring or generally be unaware of how they are truly feeling.
Recovery from a serious personal injury is not easy, and it may take serious adjustments to help you restore as much quality of life as possible. Because personal injury victims have different needs, do not read this article as legal advice; it is only intended as general information on the topic of personal injury.
