Does anyone else incessantly worry about brain damage? I find myself tracking every little behavior or sensation that I (falsely) believe could portend or lead to brain damage. Just today, someone accidentally knocked my head lightly at a party, and now I’m worried it’s brain damage. Almost daily, I find myself wanting to gauge, if you will, the state of my brain via mental math and similar tasks. The reason being is that I want that reassurance that I don’t have brain damage. As of late, my speech hasn’t been as voluble or come as easily, and I ruminate about possible brain damage constantly. Just this past Friday, however, I was feeling normal and had no issues. But, as we all know with anxiety, things can change on a dime, and that appears to be what happened this time. How do I combat this?