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Is anyone else a little concerned for Brian’s mental health? I’ve been keeping up with his social media and it seemed like at first he was pretty motivated to get back to work but at this point he just seems depressed. I understand that with the severity of his injuries and the career he had ahead of him there would definitely be some sadness in that situation but it seems to be a little past that.
The Shop
Yes it’s a mind fuck in the beginning. You feel like a infant having to relearn daily activities that everyone takes for granted. Especially pissing and pooping on your own but once you get everything figured out and get active it beats the alternative.
Same goes for Killian Auberson. A few get well soon posts and then they are left alone to go do something else, but it will be much more difficult. To go from a stadium full of people watching you with admiration, to people feeling pity for you when they see you struggle to do the most basic things. I cannot imagine how anyone can deal with that.
Most clients have life long mental health n depression and suicidal issues.
I would tell anyone newly injured.. Yep ya life will prob suck comparatively but it will not suck as much as you think it will
The biggest thing I struggled with was the feeling of being 'ripped off' by life and I can't even imagine how ripped off Brian feels (Jessy too) and I would suggest it would be extremely hard to get over
For these guys where there are stars in their eyes maybe more so, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter if you were destined for titles or a relatively normal life, you would know how massive of an adjustment it would be...
Add in these guys are young and emotionally still developing, fuck, can't imagine.
Being in the hospital helped.. 8 months surrounded by all the other ages and accidents you realise pretty quick there's no rhyme or reason to it. No one is more or less hard done by.. Just in my room there was me 24 C7, a 16 year old kid C5 (Rugby) who was yet to experience too much of life, a 40 year old C4 (quick body surf after mowing his lawn) who was just starting his 'adult life' and a 20 year old dude that broke his back pissed on a roadbike who hated himself because of it.. All of us going through the same shit all of our families goin through the same shit..
I've said it a million times but a Taxi driver said to me once "The human body is equipped to go 7 km/h and not bump into anything" haha
I know when my 11-year old son died that it was strangely comforting walking thru the tiny country cemetery where he's buried and seeing that about 1/3 of the graves there are children under 12, most from the 20's-30's when the Spanish Flu was devastating. Many with mother/child buried together, or the mother a month later. Makes you realize you're not the first and certainly not the last and definitely not alone.
My younger son- about to hit 17 now- is pretty damn fast and it worries me a LOT sometimes but.... we live on a ranch. At any given moment, it could be a bull, a rattlesnake, a gun accident, a rollover (equipment or pickup), a poacher, lightning, or God only know what. And I personally KNOW people who've died or been disabled from each one of these things. So... we just do the best we can and carry on. Hope I can keep that attitude when it's me in the chair.
I was thankful my injury happened at 26 and not at 16. I was hoping I’d be able to see Brian at the hospital here in Tampa but they transferred him before he went into the rehab department.
Pit Row
With that said, I’m lucky I have someone who is positive and tough as well. Always need to have a goal to move forward and not look back.
Getting into wheelchair rugby 3 months after my injury helped me tremendously. I was able to pick their brains about everything I had questions on and seeing a guy at my level be independent I knew I would also be
What level are you?
As I was laying, I had an incredible burning sensation in my lower abdomen and kept telling the EMT I thought I had internal bleeding. Come to find out it was my nerves.
All in all, I wouldn’t change it. I love this sport and knew the risks. I at least got to experience it for 20 years before it happened.
Mine was a freak crash also. I was on a warm up lap and high sided at maybe 40-50 mph. Never thought a low speed crash would end up like it did. High sided at 130 racing in Wisconsin and walked away the year prior
Trust me this quarantine had me down a few days. Once I got back into working out and getting outside it got better
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