"concussions: are they fatal?"

When I was in eighth grade, I was always getting hurt with broken fingers and I also received two concussions. Then in ninth grade, I had received three concussions. With my most recent concussion, I forgot all my “plays” and I was not able to remember anything before the game. All I could remember was that the time left in the game was 4:16, and the score was 21-0. My coach doubted me and put me back in. While I was in, I was not able to do my “job”; I was letting blocks in, always forgetting my plays, and asking where I go and what do I do. Later, after my coach had pulled me out from the game he took a look at my eyes and was shocked to find out that he was almost positive that I had a concussion and had me out. I was out for the rest of the game, and I was lying on the bench. After, the game was over and my mom picked me up we rushed to the hospital and had my brain checked out with a CAT scan. When, the doctor came back with the results he told me and my mom that I had a concussion from a “kill shot, blind side or a big hit”. I was not able to play the rest of the year.

In my initial research, the Oxford Journal reported the background information of different concussions (Concussions; Hugo Theret). According, to the Oxford Journals anyone that had ever been diagnosed with a concussion usually has after effects of depression and suicidal thoughts. It has also stated that anyone with a concussion is 7 times more likely to get over frustrated with people, and to try to retaliate in deadly manner. It has been said that if you were to have a concussion you must pass out first. This is not always the case because I myself have had a concussion without passing out. It also states that approximately six percent of people that have had concussions have either died in their sleep from over swelling of the brain or have tried to kill themselves because they were not able to handle the pain anymore and just tried to stop the pain. It may not seem like a lot of people, but when approximately 63,000 people get concussions a year it is a very high amount of sports players that die each year.

I would like to explore concussions and its effects more thoroughly through research.

People don’t understand how the after effects of a concussion lead to murder or suicide.

People should be more educated about concussions. I have had multiple concussions I know what it is like to be brain dead. My research will be discovering both how concussions cause murder and suicide and also how everyone in the community feels about concussion.