I recently triggered an episode in a good friend of mine. He was hit by an IED in July. He was home on convalescent leave and asked me to take him on some errands. He suffers from TBI and spinal and neck injuries plus terrible headaches. I was so careful driving because of all the pain, anyway he asked me to pull into a drive through for something to drink and I hit the curb, OMG, Bless his heart, he went white and was gasping, sweat was pouring off of him and he was shaking terribly. I’ll never forget the look on his face. I still feel terrible about it.
I’m thinking his reaction may have been more to physical pain rather than mental anguish. Nevertheless, it bears watching (as does your driving :>)
Well, those curbs can be a little annoying. I am sending prayers to you and your friend. You sound like a dear and kind soul and it brings tears to my eyes. Ohio just passed a law to give more help to our Persian War and Iraq war vets and they deserve it. I, frankly, do not believe that any vet who has ever served in combat should pay another income tax ever in their life - they sacrifice so much that we should lift their burden. I have been saying this for years and I simply do not understand why we saddle our vets with taxes. They give us so much, we need to start ponying up.