I’m not conflating anything. A concussion is literally considered a mild TBI.
A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that affects brain function. Effects are often short term and can include headaches and trouble with concentration, memory, balance, mood and sleep.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines concussion as a traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth.
There seems to be this trend of masochistic behavior in the US. Where we take pride in our injuries and illness, bragging about working and pushing ourselves while we are suffering. The whole time telling ourselves it’s not that bad. It’s definitely stood out more since Covid, it’s stupid behavior though.
That does exist.
Just like the tendency to make things sound worse than they are.
Why use the broader term instead of the more narrow, when both are accurate? Could it be in this case to associate a relatively minor injury with its most extreme version?
I’m not conflating anything. A concussion is literally considered a mild TBI.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/concussion/symptoms-causes/syc-20355594
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi
https://biausa.org/brain-injury/about-brain-injury/what-is-a-brain-injury/concussion-mtbi
There seems to be this trend of masochistic behavior in the US. Where we take pride in our injuries and illness, bragging about working and pushing ourselves while we are suffering. The whole time telling ourselves it’s not that bad. It’s definitely stood out more since Covid, it’s stupid behavior though.
Thank the puritans who evolved into evangelicals and baptists for that.
“Religious freedom” to make others suffer is why they came here. The idea for separation between church and state did not come out of nowhere.
That does exist.
Just like the tendency to make things sound worse than they are.
Why use the broader term instead of the more narrow, when both are accurate? Could it be in this case to associate a relatively minor injury with its most extreme version?
The same way that stapling your finger and being shot, are both wounds.