[Ady_P]

Hi all

I was in a bad way when I first joined this site in summer 2015, I did experience head trauma during a martial arts sparring session which basically saw me quit life for 2-3 months, including being off work sick. As well as all the usual cognitive issues, I had a deep-seated belief my brain was permanently damaged and I was stuck this way forever... needless to say I was severely depressed, lacked motivation and could not even get out of bed most days.

By December, I had returned to work full-time, I was out socialising, exercising at the gym and even started dating...

Fast forward to yesterday 6am and I got up out of bed, went to the bathroom, came back into my bedroom and decided I could move around fine with the light off and I moved forward to pick something up, unfortunately I wasnt stood where I thought I was and clonked my head on the wall.

I am definitely concerned as work has felt noticeablly more cognitively taxing today and yesterday, plus feeling very tired mentally / physically - slightly worried I've set myself back after doing so well. I have been hypervigilant about knocking my head since the original incident, so hitting my head has done little for my anxiety.

On the plus side, I am nowhere near as symptomatic as originally - even then I was able to get back to normality within 3-4 months, so if I have suffered another concussion, then I'm hoping to bounce back fairly quickly.