So I had a little accident last Monday. Was walking on a icy surface. Stepped on a particularly slippery patch and slipped, causing me to be jolted quite hard backwards. In an attempt to avoid falling I tried to regain my footing but this caused me to slip again, this time forward and I managed to catch myself just enough to avoid falling.

This all happened in like half a second and was basically a back and forth whiplash type jolt/movement from all the slipping.

Yes I struggle with some anxiety and mental issues and yes I panicked a bit after this happened because it was quite scary for me. But even since I’ve calmed the anxiety down I’ve been feeling quite rubbish in the past 5 days since it’s happened. Just all around physically unwell. Brain is slow, feeling physically sick, head heavy, neck a little stiff. I guess all the typical setback/reinjury stuff.

My questions: has anyone had something similar happen to them and how did you react?

Would this incident be one which potentially caused further brain damage and thus I should be checked out or is it more likely just a set back and I should just ride it out?

Am I doing the right thing by trying to push trough and still keeping my normal schedule of school and work and social life? I missed a couple days of school but I can no longer afford to miss school and work without repercussions

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this, tried to keep it concise without dramatics.