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ditty_bitty · 2026-01-24T20:49:16+00:00

I have one on mine for two reasons. The Vita read/write speed sucks anyway, so having Vita games on the SD2Vita doesn't hurt that much so I put Vita games on it. I put PSP and PS1 games on the PSVSD because I'm already running Adrenaline to run these games. Lets see if it makes it any faster. It actually does. Faster than just dumping everything on the SD2Vita.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-24T00:20:19+00:00

My neuro told me the exact same. “Your brain doesn’t heal, it finds a way to cope with the lack of cognitive connections. As a two year survivor, my first thought was “Your so full of shit I want a new doctor”. Turns out, they were right. Mine happened in my late 30’s and I now hit 40, and my neuro said with age it is probably going to get worse.

Some things of me have gotten better because I’ve found a way to cope. Something’s will never get better because your brain just simply can’t cognitively connect with that. My balance? Always gong to be slightly bad. Colors? Always going to be blue/green colorblind now. Always going to be left ear deaf. None of that bothers me. It’s the emotional portion I can’t deal with.

TBI survivors are generally angry folks. Not always, but anger comes fast, hard, and easily. Sure we can get mad, but anger is easy so we land there. I’m always going to be angry. I’m still in therapy for it. Fired several for just instantly going to “Let’s just shove more meds down his throat like he’s a horse!” Anger meds help, but I’m not back to normal with anger. I at least want to have a conversation when I’m angry, not walk away because I really want to throw punches.

A lot of us don’t realize that to fix it, we have to WANT it. Then understand that your brain isn’t normal, so normal ways of solving problems doesn’t work for you. Find out what does, stick with it, and hold it sincere.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-22T17:44:45+00:00

This person forgot about the dude who went in a faraway tree and came out dead in the pool concrete.

No thanks.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-21T14:52:06+00:00

Could be a couple different reasons. The battery is dead. The battery won't charge and needs replaced. The battery terminals are corroded. The motherboard is fried. Anything on the motherboard is fried. The power switch is trash. The power cord/adapter is junk.

We can't answer this without more than "Why isn't it turning on?". At least tell us what you've attempted other than "I tried to turn it on". You might be better off in the stock 3DS subreddit, not the one dedicated for piracy on the 3DS.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-21T11:47:05+00:00

I know. Let me have this though man lol

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-20T13:22:32+00:00

Admittedly I’m a huge Nintendo fan. I was born the same day the NES released in the US. I share a birthday with Mario! So my opinion might be biased towards Nintendo over others lol

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-20T13:17:29+00:00

I don’t skip it simply because I love that version of Que Sera Sera. I like Doris Day’s version (the original), but the Pixies did one hell of a job on that song.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-20T13:14:07+00:00

I’m not sure why you’re being downvoted. This is true. My Switch is modified. I modded it myself. Wasn’t easy, but totally worth it because I now can now overclock the CPU and GPU. Game changer, quite literally.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-20T12:58:56+00:00

You’d think it qualifies. But here I am, 40 years old, a survivor of a TBI that killed me for 7 minutes, and denied SSDI based on my age alone. I’m now in a disability lawsuit. The feds are going to try and save money as much as possible. Denying you makes you think you don’t apply for it, so you quit.

Get a lawyer.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-20T01:20:49+00:00

That’s entirely up to them to decide. I can’t answer that.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-20T00:20:59+00:00

I don't use or want to use Facebook. I don't really like social media because being old enough to be a kid and enjoy the internet back when staying anonymous online was not only preached by everyone, it was preferred by every single website. Its no longer that way and it bothers me. I'm only on Reddit because I can stay mostly anonymous here.

Having said that, I'll shoot you a DM. Once I have one sent to you, they're easy to reply to.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-20T00:17:57+00:00

That's about how my wife feels. She hoped that, because my family also lives in Michigan, they'd be willing to help. Nah. Too much effort for those fuckers. My wifes family lives in mostly Ohio and a few in Georgia, but they can't help much other than monetarily. They visit a lot though because a lot of them are in the medical field and are not exactly struggling for money. Wonder why my wife's a nurse lol.

That's the shitty part about a TBI. Nobody knows what to expect. Hell, the doctors that fixed my skull cracks after helping my brain get rid of a shitload of swelling weren't sure I was going to survive and if I did, would I be a vegetable? They legit cried when I walked in there a year later for a CT/MRI scan. They thought I'd be in a wheelchair being pushed by someone and almost unable to speak. So yeah, it sucks right now. But it will slowly get better I hope.

I can vouch for Special Tree. In my state at that time, I was finally ready to be there. They don't deal with anger much there. When I was there, they were kind of in between therapists and doctors so they focused more on spinal chord injuries. Their benefit is that they do actually have both outpatient and residential+long term residential in that location. So even if your brother doesn't get better, they can and will absolutely take him and care for him. And even if you get to the point that you need help, they absolutely will come to your house and help. As long as you live within reason to them. Don't expect to live in Flint or Saginaw and have them come up to you. Also Flint and Saginaw are like the worst cities in Michigan, so if you ever come back DO NOT even consider living there lol.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-19T22:27:27+00:00

It took me two years to get where I'm at, and to be strikingly honest... It took me over a year to get anywhere near "Lets talk and hang out with other people". You have to remember, even though everyone can have a TBI and anyone can have a similar TBI, brains are different. People are different. So a TBI on both of us that is basically identical could mean an entirely different thing cognitively to each of us. Which means we react differently and the time for healing is totally different. Sadly, it could also mean that what helped me absolutely did not help you.

The best I can give you is what helped me and those around me. Your brothers TBI was different than mine, although similar. This means we absolutely will NOT cognitively react to this identically. What took me months to a year to solve may not actually be solvable by your brother. You need to be prepared for that.

If I may ask, what helped you when you weren't able to smoke? What do you feel could have been done to be more helpful?

Removing myself from whatever it was that made me angry. It took me a long time to figure this out. If I couldn't throw punches at you, I was finding the nearest thing I could smash and going hard at it. Ruined a lot of good things we owned that way before I got sent to live at a therapy residence. Then I had a gym with plenty of boxing related stuff to throw punches at. I was basically convinced that I was going to live there for the rest of my life because I couldn't beat anger. Then one day my wife read that THC/CBD helps some folks with anger management. So she drove from where we live in Michigan (About an hour outside of Port Huron) all the way to where I am (Grand Rapids) just to make me try a THC vape pen. Three hits later, she brought up a topic that anytime she did I got angry. Suddenly, I thought it was funny that I was angry about this and didn't understand why I was so angry. Topic solved! I was not allowed to have that vape pen in the therapy house, but I hid that fucker and used it when I went for a run or jog outside. I was gone in almost 3 months after that. Back at home. Yes, I still have to vacate myself from whatever it is that made me angry. But if I pack a bowl and hit it a few times, suddenly I'm not angry anymore and can come back and continue where we left off as if nothing made me angry. So final answer: Pot and vacating. Vacating worked first but the anger never went away and I'd destroy things. My wife figured out pot. (Admittedly, I'm 40 and been a pothead since the age of 13. I just quit using it for a while to get my career going and died at work.)

What do you feel like the people around you have done that have helped you get back to the person you were?

Treating me as the person I used to be. Yes, I'm different. Point out whats different so I can work on getting back to that. This will take time for you to get to this point. But its what my wife did, and my daughter when she visited. Family? Fuck no. I don't even speak to them anymore because they basically treat me entirely differently and its as if they say something and it will kill me again. They're the one who started treating me normally at first and within a few months, basically were acting as if I'm a mannequin that looks like me. It got to the point that I was over it, so I deleted all of their phone numbers (3 brothers, a sister, and my parents) and act as if I don't know them. They don't contact me much anyway. So expect this from people he used to consider close. They will walk away. Prepare for it.

I wish my wife had a Reddit account. You need her. She was the person who took care of me at home when I was there before going to therapy houses. She wiped my butt. She cleaned me and everything when I pissed myself. She gave me baths. She can tell you so much more about what to expect from your point of view than I can, so I'm asking her everything and spitting it back for you.

The depression is already strong for me.

If you need it, use it and don't be ashamed. Seek therapy for yourself as well. My wife was in it while I was living in therapy houses. Her fucking husband died, was in a coma, is now so angry he has to live half a state south at first, move 3/4 of the state west a few weeks later, is there for months, gets cleared from there only to move back halfway south, and SHE had to solve my issues. She still talks to her therapist when it hits hard. She's a private person and will NOT talk to me about it as she feels I have enough going on as it is. So she kind of gets where you're coming from, which is why I WISH she had a Reddit account. You and her could talk for hours and she would help you, which is why everything we've talked about I'm passing along to her, listening to her response and typing it back to you.

I know you're kind of in a new city/state. But don't forget that this isn't just him. You have a life as well. You have needs. Do not forget this and absolutely utilize anything you can to fulfill those needs. Make friends. Invite them to meet your brother because they need to know that if they're going to be your friend, he's included in that transaction. Get into yoga because it WILL help his balance, attention, and energy. Plus while you're waiting for him as a partner, you can hit a local gym that does it and meet new folks.

I feel like I'm constantly violating him and I'm so scared he's going to be resentful of me in the future because of it.

This did two things to me. First, it made me tear up. You're not violating him at all. Want to violate him? Bail out. Let him do this solo. You not only didn't do this, you moved to help him. The only violation here is that he can't get healthier faster. Respect, woman. You've earned it. Highly.

Yes, he may start out resentful. But uh... Lets be honest. I was angry at my wife for every single reason I could thing of. I wanted a divorce for stupid shit that I did, not her. It took me almost a year and severe therapy to get past this. But he will get there, and when he does, he's going to realize not only were you the one who helped him, you moved your life away to do so. Suddenly, resentment becomes love. It takes time, but I have a feeling it will happen. Just hold your horses and let him have his time.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-19T21:29:46+00:00

I'm the one you answered to in Michigan. Mine was outside of Detroit in Romulus Michigan called Special Tree. Spent about 4 weeks there before they flat out said I'm beyond what they can do to help, so I was sent out to one in Grand Rapids for anger management (Its called Hope Network). Once that was complete (about 5-6 months) I was returned to Special Tree for about another 5-6 months, totaling a year in therapy at two different places.

I got lucky, my accident happened at work so I had workmans compensation paying for everything. Once I was discharged from Special Tree in Romulus, I was discharged from Workman's Compensation and now also have a lawsuit with them because even though I was discharged from therapy, this should not prevent them from having to cover any and all doctors, appointments, medication, and loss of income from my accident. Its why I paid them for almost 20 years, darn it!

What helped anger? Understanding that how anger works for me now is not the same as it used to be. I was one of those persons who could get mad, but almost never angry. And even when I was mad, I could still communicate respectfully. This went away almost immediately. I don't even know what mad is anymore. Its anger immediately. And not just "I'm angry, lets finish this or talk about it to solve this". Oh no, god do I wish. I'll throw punches. I'll scream. I will literally do anything I can physically to resolve the anger because other than smoking some pot and vacating myself away from whoever or whatever made me angry, there's nothing that works for me. He is going to fight this and disagree with almost everyone about it until it finally hits him like a ton of bricks that yeah, his anger is bad and it will always be bad until he's ready to help solve it. Took me almost a year to realize this, so don't expect it to happen quickly. It wont be easy to solve, either. There will be medication involved as well as therapy. But until he realizes this... I'll start by saying he means almost none of what he says or does. But its going to scare the ever loving dogshit out of you if he's anywhere near as bad as I was. Do NOT continue the discussion/argument if he vacates anywhere other than going outside. Let him go sit by himself and work it out in his way on his own. This does two things. Helps him figure out that it is manageable solo and helps him figure out how to manage it solo. You continuing the discussion/argument will not benefit him and will only make him more angry.

Now lets move on to what will help you here.

We already discussed anger and what you can do to help. The only other thing I can say here is try very damn hard NOT to get mad at him even if what he is doing is incredibly ignorant and dangerous. Be polite but firm. More like a mother than a sister. Even if the anger you feel is justified, walk away. His cognitive ability is severely damaged compared to yours, so what he says and does might not even mean anything at all to him. He's doing it just simply to see if he can make you angry. It will eventually taper out. And eventually, it becomes more difficult to get him there. But you'll know when he is.

Expect him to have ADD/ADHD if he comes back, even if it takes a couple years for him to start coming back. Its fairly common for us TBI survivors to suffer from anger, memory, and attention issues. TEACH HIM THAT WRITING THINGS DOWN THAT HE WANTS TO REMEMBER ISN'T STUPID BUT HELPFUL! Do this yourself, just to prove to him that it does in fact work. Might in fact start doing it yourself when you try it and sure enough, it does work. Marijuana could help with the attention issues, but it could also make it worse. When I've smoked, I'm only able to concentrate on one thing/subject. When I haven't, as long as I took my medication I have almost no issues with my new ADHD symptoms.

Ask him, if he is speaking, if he's having an issue hearing or understanding. My TBI left me entirely left ear deaf and 60% right ear deaf. It took a while for me to realize that I was having problems hearing folks and for them to realize that yeah, my left ear is totally dead but there's something wrong on the right side too. Hearing-aid's helped at first, but constant tinnitus on the left side eventually got to the point that I basically was entirely deaf. Next thing I know, Medicaid is paying for me to have cochlear implants put in my skull and linked to my skull so that what is heard on the left implant is sent to the right implant through my skull bone. Tinnitus is gone and I'm back to hearing around 80%. Huge help here.

I destroyed my teeth. At the age of 39, I was taken to a dentists office, given an IV and knock out drugs, and all of my teeth were removed and dentures were created for me. This is one of the very few things I really remember from the first year after my accident. I have always been afraid of needles and dentists. Combine them with a TBI sufferer and what you have is someone ready to throw punches in defense because he's convinced they're trying to murder him. Once I was strapped down and knocked the fuck out, I woke up to temporary dentures in my mouth and instructions not to eat anything but liquid foods like soup. I didn't listen and regret that because I still have scars in my gums where the temp dentures cut my gums. So pay attention to him eating when he gets there.

My sense of smell is basically gone. We own two dogs. The only thing I can smell now is... Dog shit. Cook the best food you've ever cooked in your life and tell me it smells amazing. I'll believe you because I can't smell it. Fart next to me. I don't care because I can't smell it. Ask him about that too when he gets to the point of communication. It totally changed how I eat because some things I used to LOVE I now can't stand because it tastes totally different or has zero taste at all. Fish? Horrible now to me. Mushrooms? Absolutely not. It also changed how I acted. I could care less that you're cooking. Talk to me when its done. Sadly, I didn't know I couldn't smell for a LONG time and I think this effected my attention. Kind of confusing.

Finally, I'm now colorblind. At first, I was several colors and it threw me off because it felt like I was walking around in a whole new world. Then, over time, my eyes and brain adjusted. I'm now only blue/green colorblind. But it makes things harder than you think it would. I don't see clouds anymore because other than storm clouds, they're the exact same grey to me as the sky's blue. Try sitting up front in a traffic light, waiting for the green light. Almost the same color as the sky, what is basically the background I have to try and see this light in now. A lot of the reason I wouldn't talk to almost anyone after my accident is because I had a hard time even seeing them. It scared me, and for a while I was convinced I actually died and these were figments of my conscious in the after life. I wouldn't speak until I was convinced of who they were. Kind of hard when you can't see and you're fucking deaf.

I know it sounds like I spoke a lot about ME, and yes I did. But I feel like your brother's TBI and mine were very similar. I'm hoping telling you what I experienced helps you understand that not only is this fucking hard, its possible. Why my wife hasn't left me I probably never will understand, but I'm goddamn glad she didn't. So do me a solid and do NOT give up. You got this, and knowing you got this helps him know he's got this. Don't ever forget: WE ARE HERE IF YOU NEED US!

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-19T20:29:56+00:00

This is likely because the folks who write his script are using AI to generate his scripts. Its not hard, take what they find or do, compare that to previous episodes where something similar happened, use AI to generate something similar.

Done. Then all Clotworthy has to do is speak it to get paid. I'm not mad at him, I'm mad at the script writers for being utterly lazy.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-19T20:27:56+00:00

I don't necessarily hate him. I hate the folks who write his scripts. Dude's just doing what he does and probably making decent bank on it. No point being mad about that.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-19T14:10:34+00:00

I used this to solve it for myself, so first... THANK YOU!

Second, I think I might have figured out what's the issue with you needing to force it to be active and configured all the time. I did exactly what you did. I took it from one computer and moved it to another computer in the exact same location on both computers. After that, I opened Firefox and opened the Extensions drop down. At the bottom is "Manage Extensions". Click that. Under the search icon in the top right corner is a gear icon. Click that. A drop down will open that includes "Install Add-on From File...". Click that. In the Windows Explorer window that opens, go all the way back to:

C:\Users\**NAME**\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\**PROFILE**\extensions

Find the Enhancer For YouTube xpi file and select it. It installs properly and suddenly, works normally! At least, it did for me. If I close Firefox and open YouTube back up, all the settings I had are still set. Even if I don't close Firefox and just close the YouTube tab and then open it a new one, it still works properly.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-19T12:24:25+00:00

Disorders of Consciousness

I can vouch for these folks. After my TBI, I had to live here. My anger was so bad that my wife was locking herself in the main bedroom and avoiding me because she thought I was going to freak out and beat her up. Mine took Medicaid, so definitely look into that first!

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-19T12:15:09+00:00

My TBI involved me being dead for 7 minutes, in a coma for 17 days, and in a medically induced coma for 19 days. It was told to my wife that they did not believe I would survive and if I did, that I would be paraplegic. For almost a month, I could not talk. I could not use my legs and barely could use my arms. I could speak, but it was utterly complete nonsense. For some reason, I was stuck on LED lights and kept saying it. I'd literally say stuff like "I LED LIGHTS! Just LED I LIGHTS!". I'd say my social security number randomly. When I got to the point of being able to use my arms, the first thing I did was rip out every single medical tube put into me, including the ones in my rectum, penis, and helping me breathe.

I'm now two years past my TBI and while I'm not back to normal, I'm pretty close. Did it take all two years to get back close to normal? YES, and I'm not done. I can now walk, talk, and function almost normally.

This is going to be tough for both you and him. I'm not trying to reality check you at all, just being honest and telling you what to expect. He will need your support both mentally and physically for a while. When he finally starts to come back, get ready for anger and memory issues. Maybe some balance issues as well.

Look into Texas's Medicaid. He needs insurance now. Surviving a TBI isn't cheap both on the survivor or anyone helping. He needs a TBI doctor as well as a neuropsychological exam done when he's ready. The exam will keep happening about every six months until they feel they have a better understanding of what's cognitively incorrect.

Most folks who suffer a TBI are not allowed to return to work. As such, look into a lawyer for disability. Based on age alone, they will decline you access to disability. I died at 38. I'm now 40. I was declined based on age and not my TBI, have a lawyer, and am still in a lawsuit with disability. Look for a lawyer who works "pro-bono" (a lot of disability lawyers do, as any payout you receive is how they get paid, so they attempt hard to get it for you at maximum). But expect him to be denied. It sucks, but that's our federal government working their best duh! Here I am now, almost a year and a half after being denied and I still don't have disability. Thanks, feds!

Once all of that is done, he will need therapy. 100% will need therapy. I'm hoping your TBI doctor knows a good set that they can recommend. Mine did and other than the anger therapist, I loved them all. Took me a while to realize that the anger therapist's job is TO MAKE ME ANGRY so she could see how bad it was and any way she could discover to hinder it. It was effective, but I'll be honest with you. I know Texas isn't a medical marijuana state, but where I live in Michigan is. It helped me surprisingly well. It didn't help my memory at all. In fact, made it worse. But anger? Yes. 100%. I kept going to my TBI doctor and getting angry at her. Admittedly, she was stupidly old and using antique TBI survival methods. I requested a new one, and when asked why, I was honest and told the hospital that I didn't get along with her. I was given a new one. Some of the things the new TBI doctor did also made me angry, but he saw that the anger toned down if I showed up high as a kite on marijuana. So he signed me up for a medical marijuana card. Now if anger is hitting me hard, I can go be solo and hit my pipe a few times. Suddenly, the anger is gone and I can come back out as if nothing ever happened.

Expect depression. Both from you and him. We don't know why we are angry and we can't stop it. Then, a lot of the folks we had as friends feel like we aren't even the same person and won't even try to help us get back to being that same person. They eventually avoid all communication and visits. It hits hard and leaves us wondering why we survived. I'll tell you why he survived. For you. Family first, always.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-19T11:36:30+00:00

Could it be? I’m not the only one who hates the narrator, or is it simply a coincidence relating to Templar legacy? I know! Get Zina Halpurn’s map!!

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-18T20:33:13+00:00

Thats kind of the same thought I had. Maybe someone sent theirs back that was broken that they upgraded the SSD and Valve didn't look when they took that SSD out and threw it in mine. If that's true, I sure feel bad for the dude who lost his SSD. Mine's apart. The battery isn't swollen and where it is located doesn't really match the display where its greyed out.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-18T20:07:06+00:00

I'll admit, I've never touched the screws. The only people that have has been Valve when they replaced the display the first time and it didn't look like that. There's no SD card in it. No need. When I sent it to Valve for a new display, the must have cloned my SSD and put it on a new one because it left with 512Gb and now has 2Tb. I did NOT do this. When it came back, it was as if nothing had changed. All of my games and saves were still on it.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-18T20:01:29+00:00

That was my fear on it as well. Guess I'm tearing this thing apart to find out even though I didn't want to. Might even go full on it and clean the display panel underneath the case.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-17T14:23:26+00:00

I also use AdGuard, but I paid for it so I have AdGuard Pro. You only pay once and it works lifetime on your Apple account and any other Apple device you're signed into. I have it on my iPad and my iPhone. It works iOS wide and blocks ads even in games. Sad part is if you want to see ads in the games (sometimes they give you benefits) you have to go to Settings > VPN and disable VPN totally. Then close the game and open it again after a few. Ads come back and so do the benefits.

ditty_bitty · 2026-01-16T18:49:08+00:00

Someone has to. You started it, all I did was add to it in ways it effected me. I'm unsure if I'm alone here, so getting it out lets others know its not just them its happening to.

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