I know it may sound odd but sometimes I feel like it's like because I've been told this is my life ( have no memory of my accident & first 3 weeks afterwards) I have to fit into being the person I was before? Sometimes I feel I am never living up to people's expectations and I need a 'disclaimer' that comes with everything I say and do!
Anyone feel like you have landed in your old life? - Headway
Anyone feel like you have landed in your old life?
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i can totally understand where you are coming from,
its hard to change peoples expectations, you are the person you are, and i dont have an answer that will help.
my extended family is the same, they assume i am who i was before, and its just too difficult to make them understand the effects
Agree with this totally, spend so much time being the old me, but it does make me do things I would prefer not to do and so helps my rehab, swings and roundabouts
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