They address a variety of issues and welcome new members. Many such organizations are listed in the Directory of Associations available in your local library. Support groups attract brain injury survivors and their families who are seeking others with similar problems. Such groups periodically invite family members, and professionals to discuss and exchange feelings, experiences, and strategies for coping with the effects of traumatic brain injury. The awareness that you share a common experience with others can provide essential reassurance and comfort.
Support groups provide an opportunity to discuss similar problems and work out effective solutions.
Support groups have proven to be very important adjuncts to successful self-management of brain injury impairments. And Friends Your efforts toward self-management of the impairments caused by your head injury will be greatly aided by recruiting a support network of family and friends. The individuals on your support team should understand your problem, trust you to look after yourself, and stand ready to help you when, and if, the need arises. Likewise, you must be sensitive to their needs and problems too and help out where you can. It is absolutely essential to the success of your efforts, to have a support network made up of people who share your belief in what you are doing.