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Upon several conversations with my network of TBI friends I realize this topic needs to be unpacked. We all have family and therefore all deal with some level of family stress. Adding a TBI on top of this can make it more complicated to cope with. This led me to hypothesize why this is the case. Three main hypotheses came to mind. First, as I mentioned in my previous blog, limbic dysregulation can lead to lower levels of emotional processing power.
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