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I saw a shrink in that 1st year too. I guess it's
normal as is our responses to them. I was insulted that anyone thought I
needed a shrink. Guess he picked up on that and soon admitted I didn't
need any 'support' mechanism.
The
moral flabbiness born of the bitch goddess Success. That- with the squalid cash
interpretation put on the word success- is our national disease. -William
James 1906
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--- Begin Message ---I saw a shrink in that 1st year too. I guess it's normal as is our responses to them. I was insulted that anyone thought I needed a shrink. Guess he picked up on that and soon admitted I didn't need any 'support' mechanism.I've read all the Terri S. comments with great interest - (we are closer to that than most) and agree with a few things. The money probably did muddy the water. If she is indeed brain dead, she's already gone - saving the body would be for "us" only.Who indeed should be in charge of determining when someone else's life should be snuffed (outside of war and self preservation of course). I sure wouldn't want that job. It was hard enough watching them let my mom's i.v. of saline run dry as she slowly slipped away. She had a DNR and she was truly done here - her vitals weakening every day, not conscious any more and her last wish was to be set free.It is still hard for us to let go - even tho it's best that way. If one believes in a life hereafter or reincarnation, prolonging the agony here is foolish. When you see young mothers snuffed in a car accident or young children snuffed by estranged parental abuse, you realize that this is merely a temporary stopping point and not the final rapture. We cling very tightly to this only candle in the darkness we know.Those of us with faith and 'other' plans definitely need to make our wishes known - yes in writing. Those remaining and missing us so very badly need to quell their own sadness in whatever way works for them. Life is definitely for the living.Dave c3 1967
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From: Stuntman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: William Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected]
Sent: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:50:30 -0600
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] deep stuff
Funny you should ask, The night after my accident I was lying there thinking it would be a good time to let go and check out... a voice boomed through my skull (definitly not mine)... "If I wanted you, I would have taken you"! It was a life altering moment. I just dealt with it, never had the "pity party", and the shrink who checked me out in rehab said he'd never met anyone so well adjusted within weeks of my injury. Now that might be hard for some to understand, but I just know that either I've got more to learn or something left to do before I go. I try to learn something new every day. Stunt > Okay, here is a question that might sound a bit cynical, but......knowing > the pain, grief, trauma, and general hell of your initial injury and the > following weeks.....given the choice, would you live through it again or > calmly close your eyes and meet your maker? Larry > > > > -- Freedom: United States Constitution� 1791 All Rights Preserved My first Domain http://nw-in.com/index.html http://quads.nw-in.com/quad-enter.html Pics http://quads.nw-in.com/quad-list/quad-list1.htm Home page. http://tnthompson0.tripod.com/homeincyberspace/ Computer Graphics portfolio. http://tnthompson1.tripod.com/index.htm
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