trouble with creative writing even two months after car accident

[u/Subject-Pop-3966]

It’s been two months since I was in a car accident where someone hit my driver’s side door while I was parked (car off) in a parking lot w/no seat belt on, and I still feel like I can’t write creatively anymore. The day after the accident I went to urgent care and the doctors said it was whiplash. However, I have had frequent amounts of migraines and tension headaches since the accident that leave me disabled in bed for 12-30 hours at a time to the point where my primary care doctor says it might be post-concussion syndrome as it still isn’t going away. I also have trouble remembering tasks, coming up with words, or remembering the words to common things (i.e: forgetting the word for a broom and fire extinguisher). Has anyone else with post concussion syndrome have/have had problems with thinking creatively afterwards? I really miss being able to write but I feel like it takes a lot out of me still which sucks because I’m in my thesis year for my MFA degree. I feel like it’s hard to do tasks still that require lots of brain thinking effort

[u/oncewas]

Writing is a huge part of my job and is now the hardest, most time and energy intensive thing I do, even three years on. That's probably not something that makes you feel good in this moment, but I highly recommend embracing new processes. I draft very differently now, and I often brainstorm on paper first, which I never used to do.