David BrimacombePost-concussion syndrome (PCS) recovery coach

When PCS Survival Becomes Your Identity #PCSRecovery #PostConcussion #Identity

20 Aug 2026 · 0 min

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In this segment of his YouTube monologue, David Brimacombe explains how post‑concussion syndrome (PCS) can cause a person’s world to contract dramatically. He describes how daily desires and activities shrink to the bare essentials—getting up, using the bathroom, eating, possibly working a little, then lying down again. This constant state of ‘survival mode’ becomes normalized for the brain and, over time, integrates into the individual’s sense of self, leading them to identify primarily as someone who merely survives.

Because at that moment, everything has shrunk. Your world has shrunk. Your desires have shrunk. You're basically just living. You're getting up, you're going to the bathroom, you're eating. Maybe you're going back to lie down. Maybe you go to work for a little bit. Maybe you don't. But it is basically just your brain is on survival mode. So that is what it thinks is normal. That is part of your identity, is I am someone who just simply survives.