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		<description>I would like to know if anyone elses personality and likes and dislikes and memory and cognitive functioning and creativity has changed sinc...</description>
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			<title>Comment by petitep</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I totally understand... people do not understand and you are not doing it intentionally, thats what happens when you are brain injured... your brain controls everything.. and what you are explaining are sections of the parts that got injured. It's the new you... If you haven't been referred yet, you...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:28:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by skar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[my sence of <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Laughter" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Laughter')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Humor">humor</a> is gone i take everything very seriously...i feel like everyone is dissrespecting me...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:42:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by jedoispartir</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have fallen into deep clinical depression and have lost all interst in thing I used to love doing. My anger is uncontrolable not and I find nothing funny. Anytime some gets mad, I feel as though it is my fault. So yes, my mentality has done a 180.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:28:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sherryfoltz</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I can also totally relate.  I have a degree in history and political science and I no longer am interested in them.  I am not interested in anything any more.  I used to ride motorcylcles and now you can not get me to <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Leave">leave</a> the house for anything.  I do not know who I am any more either.  I am told ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:35:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Nizhoni</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[petitep said exactly what I was going to.  Yes there are small changes and sometimes large personality changes.  A good Neuro-Psych Doctor and <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Speech_Therapy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Speech_Therapy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Speech Therapy">Speech therapy</a> is a must.  It is unbeleivable what I have been able to get back.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:53:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by daz2007</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[same as all above i too have lost friends cant comunicate like i did before my injury , My anger makes me snap at almost anyone speacially males. 
 i cant tollerate stress and still dont have the thought process to not let fools get me down. 
 i have almost no interest in the things i used to have int...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:54:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by janie9027</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanx for your alls input on brain injury and personality change It was really insightful I need to do my neuro pycsh testing like my neurologist suggests and ask about a speech therapist I also used to be the perfect speller of words won spelling bees all thru <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Education" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Education')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about School">school</a> now I cant spell very good at a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:51:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by bratcatII</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey,  I don't know if my whole personality changed;(unfortunatly, I do have to rely on others for that)  but some of it did.  My morals are still the same (so 'they' say so) but part of my memory about one person is gone.  I had a TBI and I didn't come to the realization that anything change about m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:30:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by beva11</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow, I could totally relate to everything everyone has written to this post. Yhis is something I have been struggling with for years. I have found that over time I have sort of become the person I am now, but I also feel like there are a lot of holes in my self, my personality. I am really hopeful t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:31:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by 79pounds</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i totally understand.  i had brain injuries as a kid and then again over ten years ago.  i'm not exactly as i was.  what you do is adjust to the new you and people can take it or <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Leave">leave</a> it.  besides, people do change as they get older anyway and maybe the medical things our bodies go through IS a lot...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:59:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Pnltybox</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I still wonder how much of my son's father's personality will be back.  You still see glimpses of him, but not a lot.  I think because he is so confused still.  I know he talks NOTHING like he used to.  Like the words he uses to describes things. 
 I just look forward to making new memories with him ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:48:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by happykoala</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My husband has the same thing. He use to  be the most mellow person and now the slitest little thing sets him off. He gets so frustrated. He also has times when he has a really bad moment (dizzy,double vision, small headache, balance problem)this bad moment doesnt last very long but after one of the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:50:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hmyers512</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I absolutely agree and understand the symptoms you describe. I'm a musician and was a top-dog computer programmer specifically because of my <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Art" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Art')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Creativity">creativity</a>. Its still there but I can't tap into it. I have a real hard time <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Research" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Research')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Learning">learning</a> new songs and used to write more.  
  
 I have a great deal of perspective ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:07:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by PemaDeva</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you for <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> about this, Janie. Yes, me too I can totally relate to what all of you described as changes in your perception of the world in general. 
  
 Well, me too I had changes which were not physical, but yes, psychological and spiritual. Me too have changes in my sense of humour and gen...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:31:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by PemaDeva</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Please, take a look at the therapies I have been using to let this whole episode 'go on the river fo life, for it has to go, it cannot stay any longer.' 
  
 Love, 
  
 PD]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:34:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by cupcake4</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i changed unlike most of you on here i still have a sense of humour, if you could call it that i find everthing funny.people being seriously hury i laugh,children,old people i ant help it i laugh.. i cant relate to others feelings.. this includes my own children..i cant spell to save myself..i forge...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:27:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by PemaDeva</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello mates, 
  
 Guess my <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Writing" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Writing')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Writing">writing</a> in my last posts was not very inspired. What I asked you to bear in mind is that all this hell we have been through, this too shall pass. Believe it, because it shall. 
  
 Lots of love and blessings for all of you, 
  
 Pema Deva]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:12:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Awan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My husband feels like everyone close to him is the same way, that they are all out to get him. He feels especially that way toward me at times. I try to see it from that perspective, but most of the time when he acts "normal", it makes it difficult to remember that he has had a brain injury at all, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:57:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by MadJack33</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Brain_Injury/forum/2109704-personality-change-after-acquired-brain/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[yes.  My pseronality changed, as did my likes, desires, etc.  It all changes, and sometimes you DO have to re-invent who you are.  Or take the time to let yourself be comfortable with who you are NOW and grow from there.  Take time.  Dont get frustrated.  Go Slowly.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:12:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Willem</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I didn't lose my interest in many things and I am still able to enjoy my life. I like to cook, listen to <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Music_Listening_to_Music" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Music_Listening_to_Music')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Music">music</a>, dance, read, attend movies, theatre etc. After being released from the hospital I couldn't read. I had been able to read prior to my accident but when I tried <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Reading">reading</a> again I could read th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 16:58:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hmyers512</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[most definately. I was deep in that same reality, but am much better now.  
  
 I am working to retrieve <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Art" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Art')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Creativity">creativity</a>. My sense of humour is even coming back. Of course, my local 'support system' has at times been pretty suppressive and that too can dim your sense of humour. I read somewhere, I think Sc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:56:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by 0000overcome</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yes my personality change I suffer depression, I have to lean on people to tell me what to do.  I don’t know what makes me happy.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 13:20:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by kellyrenee35</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi Jane, 
 I had closed head injury too! My personality totally changed too. My sense of <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Laughter" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Laughter')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Humor">humor</a> is totally gone. When people tell me jokes, if I even get it, I don't find them funny. Of course, out of politeness I fake a laugh. I'm extremely moody. My mood can change at the drop of a hat. And over the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:48:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Meagan21</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I'm still funny and enjoy sarcasm, I think, after my TBI like 2 and 1/2 years. Also, for the better, I used to hang out and drink in a bar every night, but after my TBI, no more cravings.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:42:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by kellyrenee35</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi. Since you don't go to bars and drink a lot anymore maybe it was a blessing in disguise! you do have to work on the brain; its like any other organ, it has to be exercised; and like anyother muscle, the more you <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Physical_Exercise" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Physical_Exercise')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Exercise">exercise</a> it the stronger it gets. 
 Kelly]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 19:30:15 +0100</pubDate>
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