> Gormally was finally well enough to go back to school—and ready to put the whole experience behind him. But he kept getting concussions. Three more times over

> Gormally was finally well enough to go back to school—and ready to put the whole experience behind him. But he kept getting concussions. Three more times over the next three years, he hit his head playing sports: twice in soccer, and once during Ultimate Frisbee. With each concussion, he received the same spiel from medical providers: “There’s not much we can do for you.” “Go home and rest.” “These things tend to get better on their own.” Each time, it didn’t feel as if they did. Two things it feels like we've started to forget as a society: doctors aren't gods, they are fallible, they don't have the answer to everything; and you aren't immortal, you are also fallible, vulnerable. Synthesizing those two things, and the quote: you need to take responsibility for your own health. There's people who do that; and then there's people who take months to recover from a concussion, and upon barely recovering immediately go back to playing hard contact sports, twice, and then get interviewed for a magazine piece about how wrong doctors are.