When Pain Smiles

Living with Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is crippling, embarrassing and misunderstood. Its rage is extreme, unpredictable and unsafe. Learning and adopting navigation skills are essential. I am an adult child of an alcoholic who has suffered through abuse. I had a traumatic brain injury and been ignored and abandoned and reduced. --excerpt from ME Intermittent Explosive Disorder is a mental disorder often caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI), which alters the brain's capability to p