There's a quote from a movie that I always keep coming back to.

It's from a 1985 film called Return of the Living Dead.

Brains.

Brains.

Brains.

Brains.

That is so true.

It's Depression Mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here. The zombies have a point. It's all about the brain. Let's say you stub your toe. What happens?

Well, you have a burst of intense pain. Maybe you swear for a while. You get mad at, I don't know,

God, life, something. That reaction isn't happening in your toe. It's your brain, receiving the signal from the nerve endings

and then sending out instructions, including, somewhat strangely, get really mad. When you're

tired or hungry, that's the brain receiving stimulus and sending out instructions once again.

When an injury happens to the brain itself, things can get bananas, because

that processing ability gets ferociously messed up. I'm talking about a traumatic brain injury

here, or TMI, which can affect how you think, feel, how you perceive reality, and sure,

of course, your mental health.

In terms of cognitive and mental symptoms, TMI can lead to profound confusion, agitation and

combativeness, risky behavior, verbal or physical outbursts, it can mean depression, anxiety,

lack of empathy for others. and that's just part of the

list. It's a very long list. Often, someone with a TMI will seem like a different person than they

were before it happened. And that's brain health, but it's mental health too. It's likely coming from physical trauma,

not emotional trauma, but at some point, who cares? Pain is pain, health is health. And the more

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