J0HN_TIT0R
15-07-18, 22:22
Hey all,
So I've always had health anxiety, and throughout the years it's taken different forms. However, about 2 years ago I became fixated on concussions after I bumped my head and got worried about possible resultant brain damage. This anxiety really impacted my life, and I became worried to do many things because I was scared I'd somehow hit my head. However, over time I overcame the worry and basically forgot about it until about three weeks ago I was hit in the head.
Three weeks ago I was at the barber, and while the barber was cutting my hair he was talking to someone behind him. I'm not sure what happened next because it happened behind me, but I believe that while turning back from his conversation to continue my haircut, he elbowed me in the back of the head. I don't remember it being painful, but I remember instantly feeling the past anxiety about concussion come back. I tried to immediately look for symptoms that would hint that I had a concussion, but I didn't realize any. When getting up from the haircut a few minutes after I felt a bit light-headed, but that was it as far as immediate symptoms.
However, over the next two weeks I experienced a number of other symptoms that I know are associated with concussions, such as light-headedness, difficulty concentrating, and slight nausea when eating. I've been depressed thinking that I actually received a concussion, however, after asking at some other places what to do to best treat my concussion, a number of posters have said that a hit like that shouldn't be able to cause a concussion, and now I'm wondering if all of these symptoms could be due to my anxiety mimicing what I know to be concussion symptoms.
Does this sound like anxiety could be the main cause of all this?
So I've always had health anxiety, and throughout the years it's taken different forms. However, about 2 years ago I became fixated on concussions after I bumped my head and got worried about possible resultant brain damage. This anxiety really impacted my life, and I became worried to do many things because I was scared I'd somehow hit my head. However, over time I overcame the worry and basically forgot about it until about three weeks ago I was hit in the head.
Three weeks ago I was at the barber, and while the barber was cutting my hair he was talking to someone behind him. I'm not sure what happened next because it happened behind me, but I believe that while turning back from his conversation to continue my haircut, he elbowed me in the back of the head. I don't remember it being painful, but I remember instantly feeling the past anxiety about concussion come back. I tried to immediately look for symptoms that would hint that I had a concussion, but I didn't realize any. When getting up from the haircut a few minutes after I felt a bit light-headed, but that was it as far as immediate symptoms.
However, over the next two weeks I experienced a number of other symptoms that I know are associated with concussions, such as light-headedness, difficulty concentrating, and slight nausea when eating. I've been depressed thinking that I actually received a concussion, however, after asking at some other places what to do to best treat my concussion, a number of posters have said that a hit like that shouldn't be able to cause a concussion, and now I'm wondering if all of these symptoms could be due to my anxiety mimicing what I know to be concussion symptoms.
Does this sound like anxiety could be the main cause of all this?