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. 2015 Jun 19;27(1):133–148. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2015.1053948
1 ABI 4: I've got a worse temper.
  Interviewer: More of a temper?
  ABI 4: Well I used to have a bad temper before but I'd go all day long before I'd lose it—but now it's five minutes and it's gone, you know.
2 ABI 2: I know I'm a bit crazy, paranoid about things like that. If you only knew the paranoia I go through in case like people stole my keys and put cameras in my workshop and things.
3 Interviewer: Yeah, what else changed that you weren't aware of?
  ABI 5: That I wasn't aware of? Er … I suppose that … er … . … .[long pause] … how disinhibited I was.
4 ABI 3: I get irritated quicker. Like “Oh, come on, let's go”, you know? I'm like that, which isn't good.
  Interviewer: Yeah. And that's following the subarachnoid haemorrhage?
  ABI 3: Yeah. I never used to be like that. I've got such a short temper.