I see these requests for reassurance made by people who are getting CBT therapy.

You are breaking every rule of your CBT therapy. You reinforce your bad thoughts and anxieties by posting them and expecting somebody to fix your thought.

Your CBT therapist should be teaching you a new thought response that you repeat to yourself EVERY time you notice the wrong thought starting to develop.

When the picture fell, a possible CBT response could be: "That was not a head impact. It was just a startle. I'm fine."

Repeat it every time you start to venture to the anxious thought.

It takes many consecutive new responses to start to overcome the old bad responses.

And a "BUT, what if it was a real impact that could cause damage?" NO, You can't allow that thought to get started.


Who can change what has happened? We can only change how we respond to what has happened.

"BUT, I need to know if I need to change my plans for the future."

NO, you don't.

I've had 14 concussions of varying severity over 55 years. There has NEVER been a time where I needed to change my plans for the future. There is nothing I could have changed.