... You would suddenly be paraplegic

Most of us benefit from the ability to use all of our body. We can walk, we can run, we can play football, we can move however we want to because we enjoy the benefits of having a healthy body that allows us to do all those things. But what if you wouldn’t be able to do all the things that appeared so natural to you anymore? What if you would suddenly be paraplegic?

Some people suffer paraplegia because of accidents or because of diseases where the spinal cord gets damaged. In the worst cases the people are not able to move anything else than their head anymore without the chance to gain back the ability to move their body ever again.

To the people who can move their body the way they want to this thought seems so unbelievable. It is hard to imagine what this would be like. Even the scenario seems nearly impossible if you aren’t used to anything else than your functioning body. Most of the people would probably freak out completely if nearly all their motoric abilities are gone.

From one moment to another you become so dependent on other people because you lose the ability to go to the toilet yourself or to take a shower yourself or to even lay into your bed by yourself. Your life changes drasticly and the amount of private sphere decreases automatically.

The fact that there are people who actually manage to live with paraplegia is really impressive and these people deserve the highest respect from everybody because they are strong enough to live a very unusual life and do not give up.