Living with Traumatic Brain Injury

Living with Traumatic Brain Injury

by: Jean Luc Miralda

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               It is sad to see a person suffer as they try really hard to come pone there sickness. This is the effect of the brain. “Almost a quarter of a million Americans are hospitalized every year with brain injuries.” (Research Channel; video, YouTube) The effect that this damages in the patient’s brain, not only affects them, but also their families, jobs, friends, and most of all their anemic status. People who suffer of brain injuries may lose many parts or senses of their body that are strictly necessary. Such as the sense of touch, hearing, and speaking. In the video that was presented on class we could see four different cases. The loss of memory was one of the most intriguing, which was said to be one of the most common too. Why is this so bad? Well, I believe it’s bad because the person doesn’t remember who he is, and who is their family, and what do they do, and they forget most of their life; and talking with personal experience, family members who has lived this it makes to suffer a lot. Viewing your uncle, father, friend or anyone who forget who you are, makes the person suffer. But mental damage also affects them self, which in my point of you, you can see that they suffer, back.