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My Concussion Stories
Silvie
- May 23
Why self-love is key in concussion recovery - 7 ways to practice
Right at the beginning of my recovery, someone told me you just need to love yourself in order to move forward. I just thought shut up, I...
108 views
Silvie
- May 8
Feeling pressure of the outside world to heal from a concussion
Did you ever feel pressure from people around you to heal from a concussion? Maybe your boss, friends, family, doctor, your partner and...
138 views
Silvie
- Apr 27
All the signs and symptoms of concussion I felt, broken down by years. What did I do to improve?
At this moment of writing, it’s been almost 6 years ago since I sustained my concussion and whiplash in May 2017. I bumped into another...
258 views
Silvie
- Apr 14
I tried a new treatment: PDTR Therapy. How it helped me to reduce concussion symptoms - my Review
Last December, I started to get some more concussion symptoms. As I always share everything on Instagram, Gijs (located in Amsterdam who...
611 views
Silvie
- Dec 29, 2022
My doctor told me: this is it, I have to live with my post-concussion symptoms
This is how The Concussion Community helped Lieve. I remember it like yesterday. Lieve sent me a message on Instagram, and it broke my...
725 views
Silvie
- Dec 5, 2022
How long does a concussion last?
For me, it’s 5.5 years ago (at the time of writing this blog) since I sustained a concussion and whiplash. The question: “How long does a...
322 views
Silvie
- Nov 22, 2022
Can a concussion affect your emotions? Crying after concussion
Can a concussion affect your emotions? Crying after concussion
342 views
Silvie
- Nov 8, 2022
8 Things I Needed To Let Go To Move Forward In My Concussion Recovery
At the beginning of my recovery, I always thought that I only had to focus on my physical complaints. However, nothing turned out to be...
216 views
Silvie
- Oct 25, 2022
How do you relax your brain after a concussion? My 5 Ways to Relax My Brain
Getting the rest my brain needs has definitely been one of my hardest struggles since the accident. I get the question: how do you relax...
493 views
Silvie
- Oct 13, 2022
Is it OK to exercise with a concussion? 2 reasons why interval training is so effective
Sometimes, I still find it weird. One day, you can feel on top of the world, the next day, you want to lay down in bed covered with a...
297 views
Silvie
- Sep 26, 2022
16 things I purchased that are helping me! What to do for a concussion at home?
During my concussion recovery, I tried so many things, but I never shared about what you can do for a concussion at home. I get many...
820 views
Silvie
- Sep 15, 2022
Can concussions affect relationships? - My experience with losing friends after a brain injury
A member talked about losing friends after a brain injury and asked me the question: “Can concussion affect relationships?” I "loved"...
359 views
Silvie
- Aug 30, 2022
How does a concussion affect you socially? What is the social impact of a concussion? My experience
At first, I didn’t even think about the question “What is the social impact of a concussion? or "How does a concussion affect you...
223 views
Silvie
- Aug 17, 2022
Is exercise good for post-concussion syndrome? My experience + How a 16-week exercise plan helped me
Before the accident, I worked out mostly four times a week. I was very active and loved it! But then I had a scooter accident and...
366 views
Silvie
- Aug 2, 2022
What is it like to have post-concussion syndrome?
This is a question I often get from caregivers helping their loved ones who sustained a concussion, my friends and family or doctors who...
1,160 views
Silvie
- Jul 21, 2022
“My body urges for action” - “Plugged into an electric socket” - 4 ways to release this feeling
Can a concussion make you feel hyper and restless? In the first two years after sustaining my concussion, I often felt so hyper and...
170 views
Silvie
- Jul 5, 2022
2 inspirational comments from 2 members of The Concussion Community- Concussion support
Last month, two members shared something in The Concussion Community that really inspired me (and other members). Because it was very...
148 views
Silvie
- Jun 30, 2022
My post-concussion syndrome years later - My concussion healing timeline
In the beginning, I questioned myself almost every day: “What is the concussion healing time?”. Right now I still have post-concussion...
983 views
Silvie
- Jun 17, 2022
Losing hope - Changing THIS, gave me the ability to control my concussion mood swings
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). First of all, I get it, I have been there. I lost hope in my recovery during my first 2 years...
318 views
Silvie
- Jun 2, 2022
Anxiety after concussion - 4 questions I ask myself to reduce my anxious thoughts
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). Is it normal to have anxiety after a concussion? Yes, you are not alone. As we all know,...
441 views
Silvie
- May 16, 2022
Pushing myself can go 2 ways: getting more confidence or getting a setback
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). It always feels like everything I do, is taking a risk and choosing between getting a setback or...
320 views
Silvie
- Apr 29, 2022
My three best ways to beat fatigue symptoms after I sustained my concussion
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). Fatigue is/was definitely the hardest symptom for me to deal with. I recently asked in a post on...
906 views
Silvie
- Apr 18, 2022
I went to Italy and got Covid. How did this affect my post-concussion symptoms?
As most of you know, I went to Italy for vacation, but after a few days, I got Covid. Some Covid symptoms are similar to post-concussion...
393 views
Silvie
- Apr 1, 2022
“Why aren’t you healed yet”? + 7 other questions that I tried to avoid during my concussion recovery
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). In the beginning of my concussion recovery, I never thought that something could last this long....
594 views
Silvie
- Mar 18, 2022
How to learn your limits while they seem different every day? Concussion rehabilitation
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). During my concussion rehabilitation, they always told me to learn my limits. I tried so hard to...
685 views
Silvie
- Mar 4, 2022
When I don’t talk about my concussion recovery, it feels like people forget about it.
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). In the beginning, my concussion recovery was all I could talk about. No wonder if you are...
461 views
Silvie
- Feb 22, 2022
Questions people asked about my concussion symptoms / whiplash injury and how I responded to them.
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). During my concussion journey, it felt like I had to answer a lot of questions about my...
576 views
Silvie
- Feb 11, 2022
Most doctors didn’t believe or understand my concussion symptoms - What they said + 5 tips!
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). Download my free eBook to learn 7 things that have helped me to reduce my symptoms: click here....
759 views
Silvie
- Jan 31, 2022
How to accept your TBI / concussion if you don’t want to? 7 things that helped me
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). It took me so long to accept that my life had changed, that I am not the old me anymore. I was...
1,244 views
Silvie
- Jan 18, 2022
I felt so lonely during my concussion recovery - 5 things that helped me to feel less lonely
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). I wasn’t aware of the impact of my concussion in the beginning. I told everyone that I would be...
994 views
Silvie
- Jan 10, 2022
My appointment at the Mind Eye Institute -1 month after wearing my first therapeutic glasses -review
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). Because of Covid, I had to wait so long before I was able to fly all the way from Amsterdam to...
859 views
Silvie
- Dec 30, 2021
How do I manage to work? Planning& Tools - How I built this community with my concussion symptoms
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). 2021 was the year that I started with this community. It’s a big change for me because I...
414 views
Silvie
- Dec 13, 2021
Christmas and NYE - Before and after my brain injury - How I enjoy/survive the holidays
Christmas and New Year's Eve are always such a big celebration for the whole world. Before I sustained my brain injury, I loved it, but...
349 views
Silvie
- Nov 29, 2021
Traveling/Flying With a Concussion /TBI - Overwhelming, how I Prepared for my First Long Trip
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). Last month (Sept 2021) , I went on a vacation (a long stay of 1,5 month) and traveled all the...
597 views
Silvie
- Nov 17, 2021
I look fine, but from the inside, I am not fine. How to deal with this while having a tbi / pcs
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). An invisible injury isn’t something that’s easy to deal with. All people around you don’t...
1,057 views
Silvie
- Nov 4, 2021
Sometimes I know where my setbacks were coming from but on other days they were there for no reason
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). This was one of my biggest struggles, having a setback in my post-concussion syndrome journey...
779 views
Silvie
- Oct 21, 2021
People without a head injury say they feel the same, it's NOT the same. 11 comments that bothered me
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). Sometimes, when I tell people about my symptoms, I get a reaction like, “I am tired, too”, “I...
5,623 views
Silvie
- Oct 13, 2021
People think I am healed because they only see me at my "best moments", not during my "bad days"
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). During my concussion recovery, I had a lot of bad days when my concussion symptoms were the...
863 views
Silvie
- Oct 1, 2021
What I lost and what I gained during my concussion recovery
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). During the first 2 years, I could only see what I had lost as a result of my concussion. But...
649 views
Silvie
- Sep 21, 2021
Positive concussion healing affirmations that helped me to change my mindset into a healing state
audio format: (Or listen to my podcast). 2 years after my accident, I felt like I needed to get out of the negative spiral so I started...
1,306 views
