Thanks so much for your reply Kelly.

Your first couple of paragraphs sound exactly like me. I have always been an extremely social person with many different groups of friends but for a couple of months after the concussion I was completely withdrawn. I was constantly on edge and seeing anyone or even talking to anyone was a struggle.

Have come a long way since then and making efforts to get back to my 'old self' by being social, but yes it is a challenge.

I have been getting therapy which has helped me cope with different situtations. I hope the realisation in the last few weeks that some of my triggers are actually overstimulation will help ease the anxiety too.

Agree completely that the brain needs time to heal. It has been 6 months and I was hoping to be back to perfect by now. But I need to focus on the positive which is how far I've come since those first few months, and that it will continue to get better. Also the fact that my old confident, funny, outgoing personality is still there at times when I am relaxed and anxiety free keeps me going.

Thanks again for your reply has seriously been a big help as you sound very similar to me. I am happy to hear things are going well for you and hope it continues.

Also moderators sorry for the double post, feel free to merge both of my threads