If you have suffered from PCS, you may have experienced similar transitions in your own life:

• The reality of redefining your “new normal” or, the terminology I prefer, your “second self”, requiring you to adjust your management of stress, pain, relationships, and the grief of your lost self.

• Doctors, friends, coaches, colleagues, and family who simplified your symptoms to their own terms- or chose to ignore them altogether- forcing you to repeatedly advocate for yourself.

• The onset of anxiety and/or depression as you navigated pain, relationships, redefinitions, and finding success in our overstimulating world.