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Concussion, and Traumatic Brain Injury, are two very different diagnosis.
The two shouldn't be conflated.
All concussions are traumatic brain injuries, not all traumatic brain injuries are concussions.
And there's a reason for the two different terms. Concussions (or mild TBI), is a brief dysfunction of the brain. Full TBI is substantial often permanent damage.
Using the term TBI for concussion, is an example of manipulative intensifying language, to make something sound worse than it is.
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.