Car accidents are sudden and unexpected events that can destroy or destabilise your life. Depending on your financial situation, they can turn your financial situation sour in an instant.
Unless your injuries are very minor, an auto accident is likely to negatively impact your life for years. Without the proper steps, likely, a person’s life may never fully recover from a serious auto injury. This is not only because of a physical injury but also a financial one. Here are the things you need to do to fully recover from an auto accident.
Focus on rehabilitation
Your primary concern should be your health. There are a lot of other concerns that will be discussed but your health is the most valuable asset that you have.
Don’t be overly eager to return to work or push your abilities. Make sure you follow the doctor’s advice so that you can rehabilitate yourself without lengthening your downtime due to unnecessary injuries. Don’t mess around with your health.
Depending on the insurance that you have in the services available in your area you may have rehab to attend. If not, you might just need some bed rest. However, if major surgeries were required to remedy your injuries, you’ll likely be in and out of the hospital a few times over the next few months.
People who become injured and are relegated to a lazy boy often fall into a depression and no longer take care of themselves well. This will only lengthen your downtime. Try to stay positive by doing your rehabilitative exercises, eating healthy foods, getting as much exercise as you can safely, getting enough sleep, and making sure that you eat enough to maximise your recovery. These things will make you healthy physically and mentally.
Restore your finances
Perhaps the most pressing issue for most people is the financial considerations to be made. It’s sad that in this day and age people still can’t get the help they need affordably. An accident is likely to put you out of work. If you only have the normal liability insurance, you might not be covered because liability only takes care of the other person’s expenses. If the other individuals involved in the accident didn’t carry liability insurance, then you’re out of luck.
Your liability coverage may include a small amount of personal injury protection coverage. However, pip insurance usually isn’t adequate to cover your medical bills. Your auto insurance will also try and do everything they can to avoid a payout. As will your normal health insurance if you’re lucky enough to have it.
All of this means that people involved in auto accidents that result in serious injuries should always consider filing suit against the responsible parties. For that reason, you should retain an auto accident lawyer who will give you advice and communicate with you about all of your options. They will help you get compensation from the responsible party and in a timely manner, so you can recover your financial situation.
Utilise your recovery time
Just because you down doesn’t mean you’re out. In this day and age, there are all kinds of different activities that can be done from the comfort of your home thanks to the internet. Make sure you utilise your time and don’t just wallow in your misery.
Take advantage of this time to develop a new skill. You can improve your typing speed, work on your computer art abilities, write an ebook, take online courses, study a new topic, learn a new craft, or Master meditation. Developing a new skill at this time means that you will have new options whenever you recover. It also means that your downtime is not lost time by making the most of it.
Start training
Once your injuries are healed and you’ve got the green light to get back to your life, it’s not over yet. Your recovery is continuing until you obtain or exceed your old level. That means it’s time to start training what you lost.
Your strength, endurance, and dexterity have likely all suffered due to reduced activities in recent times. That means it’s time to start building up your strength again. You mustn’t do too much too quickly at first. No matter how you feel, it’s best to start with short walks. This will make sure that your problem, regardless of what it is, isn’t exacerbated by activities. If you are dealing with internal injuries this is particularly important. However, regardless of your injury, you may find yourself feeling weak or dizzy your first time exerting yourself again. So take it slow.
However, every time you go out, you will perform a little better. It’s important to not get discouraged and continue. Don’t overthink the process, just keep your head down and do the work every day until you start to feel yourself again. If you focus and do the work, you will recover.
Taking the time to recover, learning a new skill, preparing your finances, and training to restore your former strength, you’ll be like a new person. Spending your recovery in this fashion leads to transformation. And after the healing is finished, you can emerge from your cocoon to take on the world again.
Dennis Relojo-Howell is the managing director of Psychreg.
