The brain composes thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is very much like a soggy computer where the complex connections (fiber tracts) rival a very sophisticated AI processor, but the components are composed of soft tissue. Disturbance of brain function can occur due to physical trauma (TBI, concussion, blast injury with one blast equating to 100 concussions, direct wounds, surgical intervention, etc.), toxic exposure (burn pits, fire exposure, chemical exposure, medications, substance overuse, etc.), infection, and inflammation caused by psychological trauma due to cortisol (HPA Axis and the Thyroxin Axis). Any of these factors or a combination of them may cause disturbances in function and are common sources of injury resulting in Diffuse Axonal Injury Neurobehaviors further affecting an individual’s mental health.

What is your brain versus your mind? Your brain is a physical organ made

up of nerve cells, astrocytes, blood vessels with a blood-brain barrier, and

unique metabolic environments Your mind is the complex set of mental

processes that allows you to think, feel, perceive remember, and imagine: it

includes both conscious and unconscious processes.