Hi JoannaP79,
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I know people can and do suffer worse and I spend most days reminding myself I could have no use of my body at all as some people do in life. Despite this, the shock and realisation of all the 'losses' have hit me very hard this past few weeks and Im struggling a great deal trying to cope with it. I just want to sleep or watch films all day.
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Yes, many of us can relate to your feelings. Depression can be a side-effect of chronic pain for many of us.
There will always be people that are "better off" and "worse off" than each of us but that does not make YOUR situation any less important. A friend of mine could express what I would like to say to you much better than I can but I will give it a stab. No matter what others may experience that you perceive to be "worse off" does not negate nor lessen your pain and suffering.
Losing the abilities you had is a difficult adjustment, hard to deal with, and will cause depression. I think younger ages makes it that much harder.
Personally, I throw myself a little "pity party" every now and then and get that depression out of my system until the next time it creeps back into my life.
Being a "senior citizen", I did not have as big of an adjustment as someone young. I am not sure how much of my limitations are medical versus aging as they are now intertwined.
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I shaved my legs last night and sliced through my ankle skin like butter.
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Been there, done that. My skin seemed to have turned very old almost overnight. Yep, I do have aged skin but it took a nose-dive. It was like it aged 20 years in just a few weeks time. The chunk I sliced out near my ankle took forever to heal.
We are here for you. NT helped me so much. I hope we can do the same for you.
Wishing you better days.