Will, i cant remember when/what was your accident?

A couple ideas: is acupuncture an option for you? For me its just the right amount of conversation, concern (you get to share physical and emotional crap with so little judgement. Some gentle touch and, after the needles are in, relaxation.

Second, i've put out the bat signal to some older friends spread around the country so i dont wear any one friend out too much wth my woes.

Third, i'm gonna overgeneralize here but women are better at knowing how to handle train wrecks like me. So if you have some old girlfriends you can call up try that

Fourth, back before my boyfriend tired of this situation and when i could handle very little convo, he'd tell me quietly about his day kayaking or whatevs and stroke my head like he was trying to heal it. I wonder if we could hire people to do that? (;