One of the greatest challenges we have in healing from a mild Traumatic Brain Injury is maintaining post-concussion energy and hope. The challenges of balancing work and recovery or even just maintaining activities of daily living adds a layer of stress and frustration. Neurologically, brain fog and cognitive fatigue are major contributers to the emotional response of anxiety and depression in post-concusion syndrome sufferers.
To keep a healing mindset. managing and boosting energy post-concussion and maintaining hope are critical. Without motivation and positivity post-concussion, one simply does not have the willpower to implement strategies for natural healing the brain.
Several factors add to this challenge. Personality changes, difficulty communicating or anger issues after concussion are disorienting. It is possible to loose one’s sense of self. Other’s around you may also loose their sense of who you are to them at a time when you need their support the most. Understanding and working with these dynamics will lead to a more complete and rapid recovery from post-concussion syndrome.
Guidance after a concussion always includes rest. Sadly, it’s often the only guidance. When symptoms persists, we need to look at the relationship between post-concussion syndrome and cognitive rest. There is an important distinction between overall rest which may be helpful in the first two weeks after a concussion and post-concussion syndrome and congnitive rest. […]
The answer is yes, but the more important questions are how to recover from concussion and how much can I heal. The answer to these questions are going to be different for each person with PCS. Rest and Recover If you are like most people who had a concussion, especially if you were not knocked
One of the biggest questions of mTBI is how long do post-concussion symptoms last. We are programed to forget past symptoms, but those that remain feel unending. A key to staying hopeful while managing PCS symptoms is tracking progress in concussion recovery. I like to use the following technique I call “Knowing your Now” when
