“I need to apply for longterm help, and it feels like I have done something terrible.
Like I took a very wrong turn, somewhere.
And I can’t go back to change anything – only forward.
I didn’t make any of these injuries happen.
Neither accident was my fault, and I fought back bracedly both times to resist their happening.
So why am I having to pay the price for others’ laxity?
Why is my reward relegating me to dependency?”
