Closed Head Injury

Often the family and friends of patients with closed head trauma do not understand the psychological isolation and suffering of their loved one. A Family Center patient wrote the following poem describing his constant struggle:

I'm so frustrated dare I think

That my brain has a missing link;

I'm so frustrated dare I say that

That while the tide ebbs I stay at bay;

I'm so frustrated I do beseech

That often there are thoughts I cannot reach;

I'm so frustrated I'm often in a haze

That it feels like my mind is all a maze;

I'm so frustrated I do proclaim

That most of the time I feel I am to blame;

I'm so frustrated I do profess

That my thoughts inextricably are all a mess.