Like many others here you believe that the helmet helped you, and possibly it did. But these are just anecdotes... we have to look at statistics for the whole population to see if helmets are beneficial in general.

I don't enjoy these threads, but after I see something like 20+ posts in a row claiming that their helmet saved their life and anyone would be a complete idiot not to wear one... I feel it is necessary to point out that the evidence does not support this stance. We most certainly don't need MHLs, and frankly I'd like to find out why current helmets *don't* work, so that maybe something more effective could be done.