Social & Contextual Awareness
Awareness is the state of having knowledge and/or understanding that something is happening or exists. Often, after a brain injury, awareness can be impaired to varying degrees. There are many levels and types of awareness.
Impaired awareness can lead to difficulties recognizing your own symptoms. Being unable to see your weaknesses can be problematic for rehabilitation and recovery from a brain injury. Without being aware that specific symptoms are present, you can't make changes to help reduce these symptoms.
A Few Include:
Anticipatory Awareness
The ability to anticipate when an impairment will affect performance and implement strategies.
Emergent Awareness
The ability to recognize when an impairment affects one's capabilities at the moment.
Intellectual Awareness
One may be aware a problem has occurred but is unable to identify it.
Sends a message to the receiver - intentionally or unintentionally. The messgage are colored by the sender's experiences, emotions, opinions, triggers, knowledge, and beliefs.
Interprets the message sent by the sender, which is filtered though the perspective they've gained from all of their life experiences, emotions, opinions, triggers, knowledge, and beliefs.