When Annie Liontas was 35, they got into a bike accident while riding without a helmet. They hadn't broken any bones, and there wasn't sign of significant blood loss, but something wasn't right.
Liontas, who identifies as genderqueer, and uses they/them pronouns, remembers calling a friend and not really understanding what he was saying — or the words that were coming out of their own mouth. They ended up at the hospital, feeling disoriented. It was as though "the world [had] started to sort of pull apart a little bit, like it almost felt like taffy," they recall. A CAT scan confirmed that Liontas had sustained a concussion.
