Add to that a TBI...I’m tellin’ ya from experience...the slightest disruption/change [in my case] can throw you completely off...I think he referenced he *worked* on his emotions ....I can completely go off the handle....which is unlike the *old* me. It’s very frustrating...knowing what you were like *before* the TBI and what it’s like afterward/now.
I hear ya.
If I had a dime for every doctor’s report that included the loaded word “reactive”, I’d be rich.
Along with a patch on my vest that says “PTSD: Because not all wounds are visible” there’s another that says “Warning: Contents Under Pressure”.
I try to give people a humorous heads-up whenever possible.
The people that know me are careful not to push my buttons, bless their hearts.