I bumped my head again last night. It was on a cushioned armchair though, with an additional pillow or two to break the impact, so it didn't hurt. But I still came down quite hard on my head. I've had 2 minor head injuries in 3 weeks.

Last night's incident gave me a bit of anxiety and I didn't sleep well, I kept waking through the night. I'm in a great big fog today, but it feels exactly the same as being sleep deprived... maybe a bit more lethargic though.

When it happened I just sort of held my head for a bit feeling a bit stunned because my head hit something harder than the pillow I was expecting.

I still feel cognitively okay other than feeling tired and upset/ grumpy that I hit my head again, even if it was on something cushioned.

I don't know if I need to see a doctor or not. My mother told me my eyes don't look clear today, but I have had a bad sleep and am getting over a sinus infection/ being overtired from a big day yesterday...

I don't like head injuries much.

I don't want to see a doctor, really, but it's the day after and I had a head injury 3 weeks ago as well. I really don't know what to do about it.

[Mark in Idaho]

You do not need to see a doctor. In fact, if you complain enough for your mother to take you to the doctor, it may result in some very derogatory comments being placed in your medical record. The diagnostic term of "somatoform disorder" or "psychosomatic" can be difficult to overcome once it is in your medical record.

Do you still have any symptoms from your head impacts of the past few weeks?

I have not even told my mother about either accidents this month. But I think anyone would probably have concern if they hit their head twice in under a month too. And if this has happened to anyone and they've been classed as psychosomatic and somatoform, I think it is just unfair.

I had a serious concussion a year ago from a baseball being pegged at my head, I've also fallen from a tree swing as a child and lost consciousness, I've had another from being smacked in the head with a remote control, I've had one from swinging on a palm frond and going head first into the tree, and numerous other sub-concussive things or concussions I've forgotten about or didn't know I had. Now, in less than 3 weeks, I've banged my head on a hardwood desk and jarred my head against an armrest.


I sometimes lack the ability to grasp the severity of any head injury now, to me they seem all the same and will therefore have the same consequences. I think this is my problem more than anything, and it disturbs me that I'd be thought of as being psychosomatic for worrying about my second impact. I seem to have a sensitive head now but I also seem to not be taken very seriously whenever I voice my concerns. I don't understand why.

I've been foggy brained, dull headaches today, noise and light sensitive, antisocial, and just in a really bad mood.

But I guess it's just better off if I continue to deal with my issues on my own and not seek help in case of being diagnosed with those derogative terms; I am 19 years old and I think I simply don't have those mental illnesses.