# What Brain Injury Survivors Want You to Know
Author: Loris M

"**I need a lot more rest than I used to. I’m not being lazy. **I get physical fatigue as well as a “brain fatigue.” It is very difficult and tiring for my brain to think, process, and organize. [Fatigue](http://www.brainline.org/content/2009/06/fatigue-and-brain-injury.html)makes it even harder to think /.../

 **If there is more than one person talking, I may seem uninterested in the[conversation](http://www.brainline.org/landing_pages/categories/speech.html). **That is because I have trouble following all the different “lines” of discussion. It is exhausting to keep trying to piece it all together. I’m not dumb or rude; my brain is getting overloaded! /.../ 

**If we are talking and I tell you that I need to stop, I need to stop NOW! **And it is not because I’m avoiding the subject, it’s just that I need time to process our discussion and “take a break” from all the thinking. Later I will be able to rejoin the conversation and really be present for the subject and for you.

**Please [listen](http://www.brainline.org/content/multimedia.php?id=4822) to me with patience. **Try not to interrupt. Allow me to find my words and follow my thoughts. It will help me rebuild my language skills.

**Please don’t be condescending or talk to me like I am a child. **I’m not stupid, my brain is injured and it doesn’t work as well as it used to. Try to think of me as if my brain were in a cast."  

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## Comment 1
Author: Magi-cat

#0 Så bra! Tack för länken och för att du tar upp det här viktiga ämnet!🌺

## Comment 2
Author: Magi-cat

🎈