Lost Soul88,

Your anxiety is causing your sensory system to notice every single sensation. The same anxiety can cause you to hear your heartbeat.

NO, Walking is not hurting your brain.

You need to know that the quickest way to not get a reply from me is to ask questions about "Is this normal behavior causing brain damage?"

I am not a therapist for people who can't think logically.

Get a home blood pressure test kit. They cost $30. When you feel this pressure, check your blood pressure. Your anxiety is causing your blood pressure to rise.

On a scale of 1 to 10, most people who experience a head impact like you did will experience symptoms in the 5 range. If that same person struggles with anxiety, those same symptoms will feel like a 10. Anxiety doubles and triples the symptoms of a concussion or whiplash.

This anxiety issue is well known by the concussion researchers. Something like 80 of people who get a concussion and have a predisposition to anxiety will experience prolonged concussion symptoms, even last a year or more. Once they treat the anxiety with CBT or other therapies, symptoms resolve.

How do I know you struggle with anxiety? Simple. You have twice expressed an increase in symptoms from something that does not cause symptoms to increase from a physiological cause.

But, First you need to rule out a vestibular trauma. A little bit of vestibular confusion and a little bit of anxiety can cause a horrendous level of symptoms.

Once your vestibular system is assessed and treated, a visual assessment might be worthwhile. If you eyes are struggling to work together, that also creates a brain overload of chaotic visual sensation. This can cause dizziness and nausea.

But, vestibular assessments are easier to get and usually easier to treat.

So, don't ask me if laying down hard on a pillow or a sudden stop in the car or turning your head quickly has caused brain damage....

btw, If I walk around with ear plugs in, I hear every step like it is a hammer in my head. That is normal. If it was damaging, the human population would have died when we started walking on hard artificial surfaces.