Preparing for Emergencies and Catastrophes

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  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Community Member Posts: 1,317 Championing
    edited November 2025

    Yeah, I can say to hell with it and do nothing. Or I can dream by staying on the Road Less Travelled By - the road I've always been on. I can dream that I can adapt to my physical disability and lead an enjoyable, full life. It's not a silly dream because that's what all life forms typically do - adapt. And I can dream that even though my emergency response of fight-flight-freeze never properly developed because of childhood trauma, at the ripe age of 61 maybe it is still possible to develop my emergency response. And I can dream that even though the world gets scarier and scarier in many respects, maybe I can still find a way to live in my home and outside of my home with manageable, healthy fear. And I know I'm not the only dreamer. All the people behind making our mobility devices were dreamers too. These devices weren't made to keep me holed up inside consumed by fear.

    In dreaming, I might end up no further ahead than by not dreaming, but at least I have tried, and I think there is merit to that.

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