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I work as a hospitalist, so I have like 15 patients or so I see each day and I take care of them and I see them through the length of their stay there.

So a couple weeks ago I walked into a room of this guy had not met before.

50 years old, quadriplegic, had been shot in the neck 15 years ago and was paralyzed from the neck down.

And he was talking to the nurse there and he was

smiling and he was in good spirits. And I said to him, Mr Jackson, you seem so happy. Your life must be so full of challenges how did you manage to become such a happy person

And he kind of looked a little stunned and said thanks for asking, Doc.

It's been hard work.

I was angry at everybody for about five years,

pushing everybody away, making myself worse,

getting problems with my skin, getting sick. And finally, one day. getting

sick and finally one day I just had to let it all go and stop blaming other people and stop blaming

other people and stop blaming myself and just start living again

you know and I thanked him for that and I came back in the next day

and he was watching something on TV and he goes, you know, Doc,

I think I got PTSD.

I've been watching this thing here about this guy who got shot and I just like fell apart

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