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So I got a concussion last weekend. It's pretty lame. In addition to the insane headache, I'm also bursting into tears for no reason several times a day and picking fights with my husband 24/7 and can barely concentrate on anything. I am going to the doctor this next week so hopefully they'll have some useful things to say. (As to how I got the concussion - this is embarrassing - I was getting into a car and bashed my head on the edge of the door opening. 100% self-inflicted! WOE. Isn't that mortifying? Who even knew I could move with enough force to inflict damage?)
I DO feel much better when I get "cognitive rest" as they call it, or in other words when I do nothing but sit around staring at the ceiling thinking about how infuriatingly bored I am. But that is SUPER BORING.
So I was wondering if anyone on here has had a concussion and how they dealt with the tedium of recovery? Any tips? If I'm not supposed to read, write, watch tv, play video games, drive a car, talk to people, text, do housework... WHAT IS LEFT? Contemplating the futility of existence while reclining on a divan? Like??????? How do you turn brains off? It hurts to think but I don't know how to NOT think.
(Also, while I am making a thread, an update on my cat - he's in perfect health now and has really blossomed as an individual. He isn't a lap cat but likes to be beside me all the time. We're still working on him and the dog getting along - progress is super slow but it's going, and the issue isn't the dog, who is perfectly fine with leaving the cat alone, but the cat, who is very stressed by the presence of any non-me creature. He is only JUST calming down around my husband and he sees my husband much more than he does the dog, so I think it'll just take more time/exposure.)
I DO feel much better when I get "cognitive rest" as they call it, or in other words when I do nothing but sit around staring at the ceiling thinking about how infuriatingly bored I am. But that is SUPER BORING.
So I was wondering if anyone on here has had a concussion and how they dealt with the tedium of recovery? Any tips? If I'm not supposed to read, write, watch tv, play video games, drive a car, talk to people, text, do housework... WHAT IS LEFT? Contemplating the futility of existence while reclining on a divan? Like??????? How do you turn brains off? It hurts to think but I don't know how to NOT think.
(Also, while I am making a thread, an update on my cat - he's in perfect health now and has really blossomed as an individual. He isn't a lap cat but likes to be beside me all the time. We're still working on him and the dog getting along - progress is super slow but it's going, and the issue isn't the dog, who is perfectly fine with leaving the cat alone, but the cat, who is very stressed by the presence of any non-me creature. He is only JUST calming down around my husband and he sees my husband much more than he does the dog, so I think it'll just take more time/exposure.)