Hi everyone,

Do you think one can give oneself a concussion by slamming the jaw into the front teeth in a startle?

It happened to me today and I felt a out of it ever since and had trouble organizing my thoughts. To be honest I am a little disappointed in myself that I am asking this question, I should just accept my state of mind, carry on and look out for myself.

Even thought my teeth don’t hurt as a result, I somehow rationalized this into something big. There is no layer of skin to lessen the blow, the jaw muscle is particularly strong and the front teeth provide quite a lever (for rotational forces) and teeth are very sustainable.

I feel like these things change my outlook and perspective from one second to the next and I really have trouble with that. How do you deal? I feel like the processing of coping and accepting is more about changing as a person than developing specific techniques to “ignore” these bumps as good as possible.