Odd dreams and unclear memories are coming up. Two in particular have me concerned as I believe these to be actual occurrences.

The first, I'm a youngster, more like a toddler riding in the front seat of the family car. We're driving down the alley heading home, toward our house. I'm leaning up against the passenger door. My dad is driving. I vaguely remember feeling like I'm falling. The next thing I know I'm waking up in bed with a big bump on the back of my head. My parents look concerned, but are happy that I'm awake. As it turned out, I had fallen out of the moving car. They won't tell me if I was actually knocked out. They really don't like talking about it. That must have been about 54 years ago.

The second, years later. I'm at the beach across the street from my childhood home. I'm under water, holding my breath, playing. It's a normal activity as best I remember. I'm maybe 5 or 6 years old. I come to the surface, and in the shallow water I abruptly stand up. I vividly recall a sharp blow to my face and everything going black. The next thing I know my friends grandmother is pulling me from the water. Again, I can't get anyone to confirm whether or not I was knocked out, I do remember being told I was accidentally hit in the face with a oar (a rowboat was coming to shore and didn't see me under water). That would have been about 51 or 52 years ago.

I didn't see a doctor for either accident.

It's no wonder I'm having problems. That's two concussions before I was in the second grade and another one almost 36 years later. I'm pretty sure I was out for a few seconds, maybe up to a couple of minutes in each case.