Thinking of Christopher Reeve prompts this question..if your mobility and autonomy were taken away suddenly and forever, how do you think you would handle it? With grace,or would it destroy your life?
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I believe it would ruin my quality of life and, aside from seeing my children grow up, I wouldn't have much to live for anymore.
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It would be devastating to me and to the people who love me. I don't think I would be able to find the enormous inner strenght to deal with that.
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I would deal with it very badly. It may not destroy my life (who can say anything for certain in a situation like that?), but if it didn't it would come fairly close. I have a pathalogical hatred of being confined, and any attempt to do so is liable to provoke a violent attempt on my part to get free. Yet confined spaces don't bother me - it's just not being able to move I have a problem with. I had enormous respect and admiration for Reeve, and have the same for anyone else who faces similar conditions with bravery, humour and resilience. Given a choice though, I think I'd rather just - finish.
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I agree with the other answers... I can't imagine how I'd handle it as well as Christopher Reeves. Although I have heard that within a year of winning the lottery or breaking your neck, peoples' happiness level is almost back to where it was before.
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I would sleep a lot more, hoping for a painless death.
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I love being active, so it would be very difficult to adjust to that life. He was lucky to have his wife who took such great care of him. I don't really have anyone in my life like that. I don't think my daughter could handle it.
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