Never Mind

Last time I posted about how excited I was about this global pandemic. My feelings have changed; primarily because of the actions of others; because my life hasn't changed much, nor has it for any severe TBI survivor.

I saw the above picture on facebook the other day and like hundreds of other TBI survivors, I realized that my life has been in this kind of crisis ever since the accident. So, why are you asking me if I'm okay when I have had to make minimum to no changes to my life? Why didn't you ask me how I was doing for the last TEN years while my life has been a constant battle? People freak out saying, "my life is over!" because their summer plans or graduation got canceled. No. You're life is NOT over; don't mess with me until all of your future plans get taken away from you permanently, you lose all of your cognitive, physical, social, mental skills, you lose all of your friends and relationships, you lose much of your personality/identity and memories, and you still have to live in that body/situation. Then and only then can you complain about your life being over. You are only beginning to understand what my everyday life feels like.
I don't understand why even in a global crisis, people are still self-centered. I can absolutely understand being bummed, but your life isn't over.