I guess I would just rather choose not to believe that. Even if you are right, which I'm not convinced, that's still too depressing a prospect for me to believe, even if I'm lying to myself. I know a few people who had post concussion syndrome for the better part of a year, recovered and feel completely fine. These minor taps don't harm them. Maybe they are still more susceptible to another concussion with substantial hits or falls and if that's technically what you mean by never fully recovered then I guess you're right.

But I believe in a future where for all intents and purposes I will be functionally recovered. A matter of semantics maybe. No, I'm not going to ride rollercoasters or go skiing not that I like skiing anyway but I plan to get back on my bike at some point in the future, for instance. I think we risk the perils of this fine line - identifying as PCS because of a need for validation as we go through this lonely experience without even medical help or understanding from others but developing a permanent victim / sick identity also starts to no longer serve us and harm us after a while. That's just my personal opinion, and I think we all cope the best we can and in different valid ways. One person's experience doesn't write the rule book even if that's their truth. Hope no one takes this the wrong way- I'm not saying anyone is acting like a victim or anything. Just that there are risks to self identification being closely wrapped up in the idea of a chronic or hopeless injury.

Reminds me of this: Hope may not be enough to get us there, but without hope we will never get there.