TBI or CTE: What the Hell Is Wrong with Me?
Former fighter and Ivy League football player Mark Tullius confronts the brain-injury symptoms that changed his behavior, relationships, memory, and sense of self.
For years, Mark Tullius ignored the warning signs. A former Brown University football player, boxer, and mixed martial artist, he had learned to treat pain, punishment, and repeated blows to the head as proof that he was tough enough to continue. Then the symptoms became impossible to dismiss. Memory, focus, mood, behavior, relationships, and his sense of self began to change. TBI or CTE: What the Hell Is Wrong with Me? follows Mark’s search for answers about traumatic brain injury, the possibility of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the long process of rebuilding a life affected by invisible damage. Candid, personal, and hopeful, the book explores what brain injury can do to an athlete and the people who love him, the treatments and practices Mark pursued, and the importance of recognizing symptoms before denial causes more harm. This is a memoir and awareness resource—not a substitute for medical diagnosis or care.