The wide variety of TBI causes

Many people know or have heard of Traumatic Brain Injuries but not many know the wide variety of causes and effects of TBI.  Braintrauma.org lists the three types of TBI’s as Mild, Moderate, and Severe.  Mild TBI’s are also called concussions and a person may lose consciousness for a few seconds to a few minutes, or perhaps not at all.  The next level is Moderate TBI’s, where a person may lose consciousness between 20 minutes and 6 hours. He/she may experience some brain swelling or bleeding, causing sleepiness. Severe TBI’s is when a person is in a coma like state for more than 6 hours.  The highest percentage of TBI are falls with 35.2%, and second to falls are motor vehicle traffic accidents with a percentage of  17.3% of T.B.I.’s and incidents of assault counts for 10%.  There are several other traumatic brain injury causes and there are many more success stories of TBI survivors.  We, as TBI survivors cannot give up because “In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength, but through persistence.”