[252338133]

Good article on MLC

http://www.drbelove.com/2011/06/affairs-that-initiate-a-midlife-crisis-what%E2%80%99s-going-on-why-they-work-and-why-eventually-they-usually-don%E2%80%99t-work/

[Anjae]

Come across this article: http://www.businessinsider.com/lasting-relationships-rely-on-2-traits-2014-11 - Science Says Lasting Relationships come down to 2 basic traits - kindness and generosity

from the article "The couples who were still together after six years had “turn-toward bids” 87 percent of the time. Nine times out of ten, they were meeting their partner’s emotional needs."

Since most of us here have been married/partnered for decades, what happened to our spouses kindness and generosity? How did it erode? Yes, yes, MLC. 

[forthetrees]

This article is very interesting: http://www.bu.edu/cte/files/2012/01/McKee_Chronic-Traumatic-Encephalopathy_2009.pdf

30% of the folks had mood/personality changes.

The damage continues to accrue for DECADES after the initial injury.
Even sub concussive hits can cause problems over time.

The only way to know is over time if they get worse and worse.

For me, the lesson is that football is not worth it. Sorry fellas.

[OceanLady]

FTT, I can't read this article due to some sort of security settings. If it is about football players get hit or getting a concussion, my xH did play FB in high school and broke his collar bone twice.  Not sure how badly he got hit and what other injuries he had but he did get worse to be with over time...many more years than pre-MLC takes I believe.  It is becoming more well known how these injuries have affected these players in recent years and it is not good news for them.

[Savoir Faire]

Off the concussion subject but I was reading an article on depression and the study found that people who suffered from depression, depending on duration of symptoms, were more likely to suffer from alzheimer's or other forms of dementia due to the altered chemicals in the brain.

Altered for too long = dementia. Not good news for the MLCer?

[forthetrees]

Ocean Lady, try googling the words at the end of the link.

[Thunder]

I know my X's father was a window washer, fell off the scaffling landing on a car.  He was never the same.  Turned ugly and very violent and ended up in prison.

[superdog]

Don't know if this is similar, but my BIL was a gardener/ play area handyman and he was up on scaffolding fixing some swings and fell through it. He eventually lost his job due to other factors but a couple of years later, having suffered major depression he had a seizure, then it was established that he had MS which had lain dormant from birth.

My BIL has behaved in the exact same way as my h has. His wife is now in the process of leaving him and he was absolutely terrible to her steaming back to just after his accident. She too was blamed for everything over the course of some 7 years now and my BIL has never relented, yet stays in the same house. Prior to this she was his everything.

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[Thundarr]

Savoir,  I don't doubt a bit that there is a link between depression and dementia/ Alzheimer's.  I attended a training by a brain expert a couple years ago that covered that very topic and showed brain scans from both and how they're similar along with showing degradation of the brain throughout years of depression.  I had a Discussion thread about it at the time.

As for concussions I think it would depend on which part of the brain is affected.  I've been knocked out once from a head butt but not during football.  Despite all the advances in protective gear and rule changes concussions remain a real risk.  Look up the wrestler Chris Benoit for an example of a worst-case scenario with concussions.

[forthetrees]

The article correlates the clinical symptoms with the area of the brain affected for each case study. They had MRI information for each case.