Do I have brain damage? please give advice!?

Question

My Mom smacked my head yesterday and pulled my hair. She also smacked my face, ripping off my glasses. It has been 24 hours and I still have a headache.

Is this brain damage? I am a hypochrondriac and I have been worrying about this non stop since this happened. I am so depressed, thinking I will not be as smart as I once was. Did this cause damage? If I went to the doctor, could they look at my head and determine damage without an expensive MRI?

My friends are telling me I am not brain damaged and a headache will be normal for a few days but I can't stop worrying. How much will a brain scan cost?

Want can I do to stop the worrying. I am terrified I have mild brain damage. Fortunately, I did not lose consciousness or blackout. I have no other symptoms but the headache. I have a stiff neck but that might be nerves. I can't sleep because I am so worried I might have brain damage. Please help!! If I told the doctor this would he think I am crazy?

Answer 1

Seeing as you're asking for advice about this...I would say that you are brain-damaged.

Answer 2

Chill out...because there's not much they can do for brain damage, you might as well just suck it up and work with what you've got.

Answer 3

no... stop overreacting.

Answer 4

I would say it's very unlikely you have brain damage but your Mum's behavour sounds worrying and abusive.  Maybe you should talk to someone you trust like a teacher, school councillor, Doctor, Child helpline about your Mum.

Answer 5

its not likely brain damage unless you fail to report it to the authorities. but its could be a mild concussion especially if you have dizziness a constant headache and blurred vision. you should get checked out by a doctor

Answer 6

After tell me that,i think your mom needs a smack round the head for doing that to you.

Answer 7

I'd worry about what your mom did first.

Answer 8

go see a doctor asap

and i think you should deal with a problem that you may be having with your mother, asap as well

gl

Answer 9

First of all, deal with the abuse. Your Mother abused you, and that's against the law. Smacking your face and pulling your hair is not acceptable. The headache you have is from the trauma of the blow to your head. If you can type like this (the question you typed), then no, you're not brain damaged. However, I will consider you brain damaged of you don't go seek professional help.

Answer 10

Dude!  Why did your mom do that?  What did you do?  You seriously need to tell someone if she beats you.  

No you don't have brain damage.

Answer 11

well it depends how hard she hit you and stuff.

i went down a really steep hill on my friends skateboard and fell and hit head first and fractured my collar bone but i was ok.

if it wasnt as bad as that i wouldnt worry bout brain damage but i would still worry about ur mom.

Answer 12

head trama is a cause of brain damage, the dr would assess the severity and possible recovery, you need to press charges and get a restraining order so this doesn't happen again

Answer 13

As a fellow hypochondriac, I can tell you that whatever headache you are experiencing is most likely from your nerves and from over-focusing on the situation.  I don't think it's possible (unless she's a pro wrestler) for your mom to smack you in the head that hard to cause any brain damage.  The brain is surrounded by tons of fluid that cushions itself against damage.  And it's covered by a thick skull - which can sustain tons of force.  The kids up the road - they fight so much, wrestle and do such horrendous things to each other's heads - and both of them are honor students and are still brillant.  Not to add to your hypochondriac moments, but those who have brain damage have serious headaches - to the point where it throbs so bad that you can't stand up, you black out, have nausea, vomiting, seeing double/triple, possibly even blood coming from ears, mouth, etc.  Considering you typed this, I believe you are fine.  You can always go to a doctor to get your headache checked out, but I seriously doubt it's from what your mom did.