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When brain injury exacerbates existing mental health conditions

My wife's personality disorder got worse after her head injury and I love her but I don't recognize who she is anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Neurological trauma that amplifies pre-existing psychological patterns forces loved ones to grieve the person who was while caring for who they've become.

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