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Post by anthony on Jul 20, 2024 11:09:56 GMT -5
I thought I would share a story with everybody. So I chose to spend about 5 years isolating myself from the world and I didn't really leave my room unless I was going out back to smoke a bowl. But one day I had the urge to go out into society so I jumped on my electric wheelchair and I left for the first time in 5 years. I arrived at a park I'd never been to before which was small and had a small Woodland Trail with wood chips. The first couple days I went there I looked at this little trail and I thought to myself I wonder if my electric wheelchair will get stuck, I didn't have the guts to go so I just went around the park on the sidewalk. One day I see a woman leaving the trail and I asked her what the trail look like farther down and did she think I would get stuck.. she offered to go with me and see if it's safe so I went with her and it was pretty safe. So the next day I come back and I noticed there's a little side trail that looks exactly like the same Trail I'd done with her but it was slightly uphill.. the other one was slightly downhill..little did I know it was extremely deep wood chips and I got stuck. My electric wheelchair kept digging a deeper hole into the ground when I was trying to escape but due to excessive gravity I was trapped.. curse you Earth! So after sitting there for about 15 minutes trying to yell for help to see if someone could hear me, which I can barely do because my lungs are partially paralyzed.. I finally see a man walking with his son up the trail. He gets through about 30 ft away and I yell at him can you please help me my wheelchair is stuck he stops he looks around looks at his son and then turns and walks the other way and leaves me there. After about half an hour I decide no one's going to come or help me so I call on my phone for help and I get rescued. Needless to say after 5 years in my room and this is what Society does it's no surprise to me why I chose to stay in my room. I went out a couple more days but I haven't gone out since lots of people ignore me when I say hi which was never the case when I was able bodied most people don't even look at me. Which definitely was hurtful because I was trying to get back out in society and see if I would be happy doing things but it actually just made me more depressed hilariously. Anyways that's my cool story maybe people will learn from it. I hope everyone's having a good day!
Not sure if this was supposed to be in the stories section but if it is feel free to move it there moderation
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Post by Dani on Jul 20, 2024 12:17:23 GMT -5
It's an interesting story. I'm glad you were rescued.
I'm often discouraged when it comes to people, I've also been in situations where no one helped, and it's frustrating how selfish people are.
We're in this day and age where everyone will pull out their phone and film whatever is happening instead of actually stepping up and helping.
I don't want to give up or be discouraged with people and I continously remind myself that there are good people out there but it's difficult with the way everyone is, and I am able-bodied, so yeah...
Even just in traffic, you can feel the tension among drivers, everyone is pushing and driving offensively.
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Post by queenjane on Jul 20, 2024 13:56:50 GMT -5
Honestly, you cannot blame this person, and all of society by extension, for choosing not to come to your rescue in these very unique circumstances. If I was a parent alone in the woods with my child and a stranger was calling for me to approach them to help them? I’d be wary. I might come to that person’s aid, but I also might not. It would depend on whether my concern for protecting my own outweighs my concern for the stranger, especially if that person is not apparently in immediate danger.
In circumstances like this, calling for help from a trusted person or an emergency helpline should probably be your first course of action, rather than sitting around for a total of 45 minutes with the hope that someone on the trail will come to your aid. If it happens, amazing, but better to be your own advocate and do what you can, like making a call, as soon as you can. Without taking that first step, you’re setting yourself up for the resentment you’re now feeling.
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Post by anthony on Jul 21, 2024 9:13:42 GMT -5
I should mention this was not deep woods this was a park the size of maybe 10 basketball courts. If some guy has fear of a man in a wheelchair sitting in a public park on a trail that happens to be wooded that seems to be absolutely pathetic to me. Literally no excuse can make it excusable.
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Post by anthony on Jul 21, 2024 9:23:30 GMT -5
It's an interesting story. I'm glad you were rescued. I'm often discouraged when it comes to people, I've also been in situations where no one helped, and it's frustrating how selfish people are. We're in this day and age where everyone will pull out their phone and film whatever is happening instead of actually stepping up and helping. I don't want to give up or be discouraged with people and I continously remind myself that there are good people out there but it's difficult with the way everyone is, and I am able-bodied, so yeah... Even just in traffic, you can feel the tension among drivers, everyone is pushing and driving offensively. I had a problem with Society way before I ever was paralyzed. Now it's just accentuated LOL |
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