Category Archives: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

hypervigilance is starting to wear me out

This constant state of awareness is starting to wear me down. Having to always be on, and aware of David’s position/location in the house is wearing on everyone. tonight I caught him hiding a couple of combination padlocks in the couch.  He claimed to have found them on the floor.  He said that Cinnamon  must have put them there. Cinnamon is our 18 month old cat.  She doesn’t have opposable thumbs… moving forward, it is time for the night watch.  I think that I will try to do some web development stuff tonight.  The hard part is keeping quiet and still being able to both stay awake, and keep an ear/eye out for David. Related articles What do you mean? (whynotfathers.com) psych team visit today (whynotfathers.com) My Dad Says (whynotfathers.com) 20 Euros and a mp3 Player (whynotfathers.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

it’s 4pm, have you had your tantrum yet today?

David will be home from school in 15 minutes. Last night we discovered him upstairs.  In that section of the house that he is not allowed to be in.  Today, we discovered that big sister’s iPod is missing again. David will need to take off his clothes and put on pajamas right away when he comes in the door.  Pajamas don’t have pockets.  After that, his clothes will be searched. After that, the tantrum will begin because he will be accused of taking the iPod, and everyone in the house knows that if he gets caught stealing, there will be a 4 and 5 hour tantrum. Hopefully the bed will open up on Thursday at the residential facility that he is supposed to go to.  They have to file a certificate of need in order to get authorization for him to be there. Related articles Master of Deception (whynotfathers.com) its

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You are like night staff

David told me last night that I was like “night staff”. He told me this after I explained why I stay up all night with him. You see, David tried to convince me that he would sleep through the night and not cause trouble. Yeah, pardon me buddy, I don’t believe that for a second. As much as he frustrates me some days, I have to admire his intelligence.  He is pretty creative in how he puts things together. His perception of reality, at times, seems skewed though.  He thinks that everything that happens is a personal attack on him. He also claims that other people are out to frame him when he is accused of stealing an item from another family member. At safe bed he blamed the boy across the hall from him.  At home he blames his next oldest brother. Today is the first day in two

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