--- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snippage>
> ...I guess I will go ahead and
> ask if you have considered the possibility of a
> medical problem that has
> made it harder for you to control your anger in
> recent months? A brain
> tumor can cause a change in personality as it grows
> and puts pressure on
> certain portions of the brain, as can other, perhaps
> not so serious medical
> conditions. You might consider whether a checkup is
> in order. I say this
> not to criticize, but hopefully as a friend to help.
A less ominous but equally "efficacious" cause is
closed head injury (also called Traumatic Brain
Injury); even one significant concussion/CHI (that
lands the person in the ER, frex) can result in
degradation of higher ('executive') functions, as can
repeated head blows even if they don't cause
black-outs (look at Mike Tyson!).
People who functioned at a high level before the
injury are usually able to re-train the brain,
although it might take months-to-years; this
re-conditioning may be temporarily overcome by
significant stressors such as death in the immediate
family, any head/brain trauma (whiplash, frex),
significant infection (pneumonia, frex, not a cold),
etc. etc.
Debbi
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