Personal Stories

The CrashCourse Concussion Story Wall has hundreds of personal stories in video format. You can sort through the stories by

  • Cause of injury (accident, military service, and type of sport)

  • Sports celebrities sharing their stories

  • Type of concussion symptoms

  • Type of stories (injury story, physical or mental struggles, greatest challenge, personal recovery tips, retrospective advice)

In the radio story below, we hear the story of Daisy Emminger who missed much of her freshman year of high school because of a concussion.

This is What a Concussion Sounds Like - A KUOW RadioActive Radio Feature by Conor Gormally

Conor Gormally interviews Daisy Emminger who missed much of her freshman year of high school because of a concussion.

KUOW PHOTO/Conor Gormally

This story was published on June 20th, 2016 through KUOW 94.9 FM Seattle and created during KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media workshop. 

Conor's KUOW Radio News Feature Story, This is What a Concussion Sounds Like, won a 2017 runner-up for Sports Audio Reporting in large newsrooms at the Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest.

The Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest gives awards for Region 10 of the Society of Professional Journalists. Region 10 encompasses Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Alaska and awards are given to the winners and runners-up in each category and newsroom size.

Share Your Story

We would love to hear your story. Let us know if you would like us to keep your story private or if we can publish it on our website so as to help others -  see our page Personal Stories. Below are a few questions that can serve as a guide when writing about your experience with a concussion. 

Please email us your story, we look forward to hearing from you!   mg (@) concussionrecoveryresource.com

1. What happened? How did you get your concussion(s)?

2. What things did you try to help with healing? Types of treatments? What worked and what didn't? What kind of self-care helped? How did you deal with the emotional component? Tell us something about your support system.

3. How are you now? Are you completely recovered, or some percentage of recovered? How long did it take to recover? What can you do now that you couldn't do while you were recovering?