what are the different emotions that we go though?

[snowbear]

Tweety...Thank you for bringing up such an important post!!!! Helps reassure me that I'm not nuts.....and if I am then we all are..ha,ha!!! Love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[red1030]

Tweety I want to tell you thank you also for having the courage to post this most difficult post. It took courage on your part. You did not know how the rest of us would respond to this type of thread. I have learned a lot just by writing and reading everyone's post. I am feeling more at peace right now, just knowing that I am not the only one going through these emotions. I battle another concern of feeling like I am a weak women. I have always thought of myself as strong then I begin to see my self differently. Now though...because of all of you and your words of wisdom and allowing me to talk, I feel that I can say with all honestly that I am a strong women and I can cope with whatever life throws my way. I may prefere not too cope with another change, but I believe after reading all this again...and knowing how strong all of you are...that we can all cope with and come out on top of this knowing that we are strong and caring women and men. Life just gave us more to deal with than the average person. Maybe that was because we are able to handle it. Thank you so much tweety. You are a gem of the greatest value...

[capricorn]

Good morning all.......Tweety I have to second what Red said. Thank you.

Red....I had the same response. It helped me so much to read and answer. Got alot of feelings out that I had forgotten/buried. I have been saying alot lately that I have been stron all my life and don't want to be anymore. I'm tired. But after reading all of these posts over and over I have come to feel that "What God gives me, He will see me through". It has been soul cleansing and has given me such a connection to all of you. We have all seemed to experience the same emotions and just knowing I am not alone has made a big difference in my frame of mind. We all understand the pain, hardships, and not knowing what tomorrow will bring, because we have all been there. Everyone who has answered has brought something else to mind and given me clarity of mind. God bless.

Hats off to Tweety!

CAP

[Still in Limbo]

WOW This is a great Thread!! I guess when I first got injured all of my energy went to finding a way to alleviate the Pain and get back to Work. When I found out I was Permanently Disabled I believe I went into a phase of denial and depression. After that came the anger and self pity phase, and then I tried the education and understanding route. The depression I think is always there, sometimes not as noticeable as other times, and with each set back it seems to rear it's ugly head. Now I have been through these phases numerous times, and they seem to be a vicious cycle I've had to learn to deal with. I'm hoping somewhere down the road I'll find happiness again, I'm sure it's out there, I just can't seem to find it. Our entire lives were taken and shaken up, and everything we thought was the right thing to do , go to work, pay the Bills, take care of our Family's, etc. was changed the minute we were injured. I know I've had to and I'm still trying to re-arrange my priorities, everything was set in perfect motion before the injury. The w/c system I believe for me has been the biggest let down to see how they treat us, the Hard workers, when we were injured. I guess I expected a little more understanding and respect Than I got, and that was a big let down. Thanks for this Thread, it just goes to show that we all have had to deal with pretty much the same emotions, just maybe at different times in our lives. That's why I love this Board, when you're down, there's always someone there to pick you up and dust you off, and get you on your way again!!!