Not my fault
I'm typically a person that believes owning what you do. You did it, you own it. I lived for 11 months believing that a med I took was at fault for my SCA. That it was my fault. That if it hadn't been for "me", I wouldn't have the brain injury, my family wouldn't be destroyed. My medical team, my family, my friends, were all it's "your fault." Many still do. I recently had my occupational therapist tell me it wasn't my fault. A few days ago my daughter said it wasn't my fault. Two friends said what happened to them wasn't their fault. So if it wasn't their fault, was it mine? I had a monumental (for me) realization early this morning. It's not my fault this happened to me. It's not my fault I had many complications. I didn't do anything to bring them on. I also realized it pisses me off when people in groups constantly go "ICD is no big deal", "nothing ever goes wrong", "it'