What do you make of this Reddit thread?
 

So I was on Reddit and I came across a thread which spoke on cte and such and i saw many people in there talking about how new science shows that everything from running to jumping to driving over bumpy roads to falling on ice or when skateboarding to soccer headers to takedowns in mma to operating vibrating machinery, etc, etc can and does contribute to cte and that most adults probably have a certain level of cte. Even people saying they’ve been punched so hard iin the ribs it gave them a concussion or have seen concussions in wrestling and swimming where people do not even hit their heads.

Apparently one guy even found a study on runners getting cte from their feet impacting the ground so much.

What do you make of all this? It has me a litter worried and perplexed cause I’m not really sure what to make of it

Hi Ben,
I am not discounting that CTE is a real problem, and that athletes and others can be impacted.

But ask yourself if perhaps you are trying to find reasons to worry?

You seem to be going round in circles, where, even after you give encouraging advice about dealing with concussion anxiety, and get even more encouraging advice in return, you are back to being worried.
Members have been trying to reassure you in thread after thread, and there are only so many ways they can keep trying, especially as they are dealing with their own PCS issues.

It seems clear that Concussion Anxiety is a real phenomenon.
But the answer is not to keep feeding the anxiety, rather to find ways to calm it.

For anyone seeking a place to find support and ways to cope with anxiety,PTSD, OCD etc our Psych Central Forums may be helpful Forums at Psych Central

If those things are true, then it actually negates CTE as being a cause for concern because of the prevalence of it. If such simple things as running, bumpy roads, etc gave everyone brain damage or dysfunction to an extent that it caused CTE, then we would see vastly more brain disease and disorders in society.

However, we don't really see that. So either the purported statements are factually wrong, or CTE isn't as big of a concern as it is touted to be.

Yah perhaps the vast majority of adults at least have a non-zero amount of cte or micro cte but it’s just that what we call cte is simply regular wear and tear on the brain that everyone gets. Perhaps most cte does not present much symptoms.

Robb Wolf - Ketogenic Diets for Traumatic Brain Injury - YouTube

Robb talks about this prolonged sensitivity for many people post their concussions in this video if I remember correctly. He didn't go on with the sensitivity but that the brain is vulnerable post-concussion due to the metabolic and structural states that it is in for until it heals.

It is a great video to watch or listen. He talks about metabolically what is going on in the brain that causes problems, which can be very over-the-top but his recomendation in this video was going keto essentially.

This is an encouraging video clip (from the longer one) about one of his patients -who didn't have head sensitivity- recovering well with a ketogenic diet AND exercises that didn't require lots of glucose. This included low repetition weight training and low intensity aerobic exercise. He did have significant brain damage though and made massive improvements.

Robb Wolf Ketogenic Diets for Traumatic Brain Injury Keeping the Baby with the Bathwater - YouTube