“Early in March 2001, my psychologist sat me down to tell me gently that my brain had plateaued. This is my life.” Receiving a diagnosis of concussion doesn’t prepare you for how much your life will change. Not just your own life, but the lives of the people around you as they grapple with the…
Series: Psychology Today - Concussion Types
My posts on Psychology Today about types of concussion and brain injury, from CTE to a woman’s concussion.
The Ugly Truth of a Woman’s Concussion
Concussion is ugly. The truth of it affects women in a distressing way, one that statistics, sports articles, and inspirational recovery stories don’t talk about. Let’s talk how skin care, makeup routines, facial beauty change for women after brain injury. Older family physicians have a unique way of assessing recovery from a car crash —…
CTE: Mysterious Syndrome or Untreated Brain Injury?
Instead of studying CTE as a mystery syndrome divorced from untreated brain injury, let’s challenge assumptions that seeming recovery from concussion is real recovery. The brain is the final frontier. Although much scientific research has been done toward trying to understand it, research funds haven’t kept up with basic research needs, and we have only…