What are the most difficult psychological obstacles for patients to overcome after spinal cord injury? - Terrie Price, PhD

There is a small subset—it’s a significant subset of individuals who deal with depression. And I would say that the issues around depression have to do with how I interpret this life experience. Am I interpreting it in a very negative way such that I only see it associated with losses versus my willingness? And the ability to think beyond that — and move beyond the fact that — there have been some changes; there have been some losses. But what are my goals, and how do I get there? It’s often times moving beyond that initial sense of profound loss to keeping my eye on the goal. What is it I want to do, and how do I accomplish that?