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Megan – Do you ever feel guilty?

Megan – Do you ever feel guilty?

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I received a settlement because it was, there were other parties, and it was a school trip, so there was a settlement involved, and I've always felt guilty about that. Partly because my family never had any money, and so all of a sudden I had mor... Show More

I received a settlement because it was, there were other parties, and it was a school trip, so there was a settlement involved, and I've always felt guilty about that. Partly because my family never had any money, and so all of a sudden I had more money than the rest of my family, and there's obviously the part that I didn't really feel like I did anything to deserve the money. You know, there's nothing, I didn't earn it, I didn't work for it. But then there was also, later in life, the guilt over, there are people, you know because I don't feel that I don't deserve the money now, or don't do something to earn it because I think being disabled is payment enough, you definitely earn every penny you get, but that other people with disabilities are not that fortunate, you know, does make me feel guilty.

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Megan – Do you ever feel guilty?

Megan

Injured in 1995 at age 18, paraplegic
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I received a settlement because it was, there were other parties, and it was a school trip, so there was a settlement involved, and I've always felt guilty about that. Partly because my family never had any money, and so all of a sudden I had more money than the rest of my family, and there's obviously the part that I didn't really feel like I did anything to deserve the money. You know, there's nothing, I didn't earn it, I didn't work for it. But then there was also, later in life, the guilt over, there are people, you know because I don't feel that I don't deserve the money now, or don't do something to earn it because I think being disabled is payment enough, you definitely earn every penny you get, but that other people with disabilities are not that fortunate, you know, does make me feel guilty.

Megan – Do you ever feel guilty?
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