Brain Injury – the Micro Picture
Brain injury is damage to brain cells. And we have an estimated 100 billion brain cells, that’s: 100,000,000,000 cells. How can we possibly understand anything with this many pieces? And how do we know its 100 million cells – I don’t know the answer to this, except to say it seems a pretty common estimate. It is an odd picture imagining someone counting all those cells! Remembering that there are millions of cells, helps explain why brain injury is so complex, so hard to understand, and why no two people will have exactly the same brain injury – 100,000,000,000 allows for a LOT of possibilities. It also explains why we are always learning more about the brain – all those cells responsible for different things and many, many, different combinations. To understand a bit about the brain, can help you understand what is happening for the person you are supporting. Once you start learning you will find it’s a fascinating,…