tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post7972259441661094183..comments2023-05-05T02:55:31.459-07:00Comments on The Girl Who Lived: Braced for Impact, Part IKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813577761881391935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post-77237405464042411562012-09-07T22:17:56.526-07:002012-09-07T22:17:56.526-07:00So nice to see you here! Welcome!
I suspect the ...So nice to see you here! Welcome! <br /><br />I suspect the people on the outside experienced it much more viscerally than I did at the time. I'm glad you guys were there for my sister-- it must have been scary. <br /><br />Apparently, I was saving my experience for 20 years so I could have it now. :/ I've always been a late bloomer... ;>KateTheGirlWhoLivednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post-27097249348994479012012-09-07T22:13:39.448-07:002012-09-07T22:13:39.448-07:00It was a surreal experience. I just tried the tens...It was a surreal experience. I just tried the tensing thing, but it's the same story-- can't access the muscles that need it. This doesn't seem possible. There is obviously SOME sort of pathway between my brain and my legs, or I wouldn't be able to walk. But I'll be damned if I can find it. It's sort of an "it's on the tip of my tongue" feeling, like it's almost- but not quite- within reach.<br /><br />Oh man, I just realized as I typed that sentence that this was the same feeling I had with my vocabulary for the first couple of years after the accident. Words were just beyond my grasp all the time, and I could talk around them and describe them, but couldn't recall the actual word. Once I got a word "back," it was permanent, like that particular road had been plowed or whatever and the path was now clear. <br /><br />I wonder if this is something like that, and it's taken me all this time (?!) to notice?KateTheGirlWhoLivednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post-18769513136320069012012-09-04T08:49:59.323-07:002012-09-04T08:49:59.323-07:00I remember being on the outside looking in on that...I remember being on the outside looking in on that terrible time. I'm interested in seeing where this goes, sista. And every once in a while, I think back on that accident, and I'm still amazed...amazed and thankful!Faith Smithhttp://www.facebook.com/faith.smith.5268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post-65401102811342726232012-09-03T21:43:02.002-07:002012-09-03T21:43:02.002-07:00Not being able to relax your muscles -- even once ...Not being able to relax your muscles -- even once you're aware that they're tensed up -- sounds awful. This is small potatoes compared to that, but I often find that I'm tensing muscles in my arms. To stop it, I tense all the major muscle groups, one after another, and then let each group unwind. But what do you do if they refuse to unwind? I wonder if this is something that will become easier with practice, especially now that you're aware of the issue. <br /><br />Catherine's emphasis on observing -- not judging or freaking -- sounds very constructive. A therapist / bodyworker like that is a real find. Mirithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post-33084176981440863332012-09-02T07:05:59.951-07:002012-09-02T07:05:59.951-07:00Exceptional writer Kate!Exceptional writer Kate!Chase Peckhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837110513218852660noreply@blogger.com