Post minor accident depression

Hi sorry to be so long replying but things have been really busy here and my wife is now receiving intensive home care just to be able to talk to someone for an hour daily so that progress can be monitored. Meds have been changed and they think they have that about right now, the rest is up to her to block the negative thoughts with positive ones and using grounding techniques. Not an easy task as those who have been on the anxiety merry go round will know. The full problems that led to this crises was first of all a fall which broke her wrist, her car breaking down and being irreparable and myself being ill all over Christmas. She was suffering with anxiety since April but these latest issues just made it unbearable.

I was even diagnosed before to have been suffering from nervous breakdown,that was due to my accident,that's coming back flashing my memories,every seconds,that I keep on thinking about it,just like what had happened to your wife.She better have someone to talk to,whenever this would ever happens again.Then she better eat something,as what my doctor recommends me to do.I was doing these routine for almost 1 month,and it is really effective in erasing it to my memories,as other happy things replaced it.She better do it to let her have full recovery.I know she could it,as what had been done to me.I wish her full recovery.

Even with full recovery the little devil ANXIETY is just waiting to have another go at returning the sufferer to the depths of despair and one must take care to always think positive. Always keep talking to someone close.

All negative things can lead to depression apparently the worse they are the more difficult it is to think positive. My wife is now under intensive care with daily visits of one hour duration and spends a lot of time using grounding techniques to block the negative thoughts.

My wife is at the stage were sometimes even the simplest things can be difficult and sometimes impossible. Grounding works very well as the more often the negative thoughts can be blocked the better. Thanks for your best wishes and I'm sure a breakthrough will be made. Today's not to good unable to get out due to steady snow fall, being both over sixty we don't want to risk more injuries.

I'm sorry to hear of your wife's condition. But glad to know she's getting the help she needs. Grounding techniques are becoming very popular in dealing with stress, anxiety and depression and also problems like what your wife is having. I read that there is much success with grounding techniques. I hope your wife will recover soon. Thank you for commenting and letting me know. I wish you well, also.

Making a start is a step in the right direction. Tramatic situations to take their toll on us. Good luck to her!

We have a confining snow fall today that is expected to last for up to 4 days so not expecting to much improvement over that time as we need to get out and walk.

I well understand your guilt feeling. It was a minor injury that my wife suffered being a broken wrist from a simple fall but was probably the most serious she had ever had, being her wrist was immobilised and she did not have the freedom of driving then the car broke down terminally and I was ill over Christmas. All these things added one on the other added to her anxiety. It will be a long way back but she has made a start.

Hi lamps, you are right in everything you say but in Britain these days they like to treat at home. At present she is getting daily visits from health care professionals one doctor one nurse it's like hospital at home. In the past it would have been a stay in hospital of at least 2 weeks. They tell her about techniques such as grounding and answer the problems she might be having in coping. She suffers from anxiety but has had a lot to cope with since August.

Thank for the BR, my friend!

I am sorry to hear that.Most of people at our age may have osteoporosis,so we would be apt to fracture somewhere if we fell.Hope Your wife will soon recover from it.

Thanks my friend she is recovering well from the broken wrist but the feeling of low self worth is another thing.

Hi my friend, my wife fell and broke her wrist. A minor injury but the immobility stopped her driving, this and other things that have happened since August has built into a large anxiety problem. Some really good care is getting her through the problem but it will be a long job.

Thanks Mavic my wife is under intensive care at home as the team that calls to our home call it hospital at home. It gives her the opportunity to live as normal a life as she can manage.

This reply has been little while coming but improvement is on the way and with daily visits from intensive care unit imparting encouragement. The accident took place in August but just before Christmas the car broke down then I was ill over Christmas so her anxiety deepened. It will be a long way back but I'm sure she will get there.

She has been told it could take up to a year to regain full use of her wrist and arm. The care she is getting is very good and I can already see the improvement.