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Excerpt: A Short Reprieve
“The high I had originally felt after being discharged from the hospital dissipated once I’d been home for a couple of days. Being home was a reprieve from the emotional hell that I had experienced in the hospital, but a new kind of hell was returning in full force. Now, even in my own home, my emotions were screaming out of control. It was as if I had only two gears, and my moods alternated between depression and rage.
My entire family was feeling the stress and strain from my brain injury. I frequently got very upset at someone for no apparent reason. After days of walking on eggshells around me, my brothers started to avoid me.”