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>ffw used to ride all over without helmet
>except for back roads
>3 years ago
>riding on unfamiliar back road
>such a hot humid day
>decide to shrug off helmet
>literally remember musing "what are the odds today will be the day I need it?"
>wake up a few weeks later in a medical rehabilitation center
>turns out I hit a bump coming off a hill probably doing 30 mph and wrecked myself into on grievous head-whack
>diffuse axonal injuries
>severe daze for months
>short term memory problems now
>with post-DAI, if I ever whack my head again bad enough to concuss, it will knock me into permanent retardation rather than normal concussion recovery
>occasionally bring this story to /n/ to self-pity myself like a bitch
I recovered far above normal expectations though, most people with DAI are bumbling half-retards for the rest of their lives. I am almost normal at this point. That is to say, it's not immediately obvious that I'm half-busted.