After any sort of incident, whether a car accident, slip and fall, or dog bite, the physical damage can be extensive. Even injuries received in the workplace can be detrimental and serious. You can be laid up for months from broken limbs, unable to do normal activities from back pain, or you struggle in school from a brain injury. But another injury many do not see is to your mental health.
After an accident many people experience post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and chronic-pain related psychological distress. These symptoms can sometimes seem invisible to those who are not experiencing them. To those who are suffering, these symptoms can be life altering, especially when they are not taken care of.
Issues That Can Occur
After an incident, you could have post-traumatic stress disorder. This could mean that you will have flashbacks, nightmares, or severe anxiety, often triggered by similar situations. If you’ve been in a car accident, you might get flashbacks to the accident or extreme anxiety when getting into a vehicle or driving. Even thinking about driving somewhere or passing by the accident location can cause anxiety.
People who experience a stressful situation could also have generalized anxiety and depression. After a car accident, it is stressful to figure out money and insurance while also trying to heal. Traumatic brain injuries also often can cause effects like depression. Also, not being able to take care of yourself, family, and house, or not being able to participate in your everyday activities can cause depression.
Chronic pain can also affect your mental health. It is hard to be happy and excited about life, when all your movements are hindered by pain. This can cause depression and create a constant loop of trying to recover.
Your pain and mental health injury can affect your social life. Many people who are in pain become ornery or closed off. This can affect family dynamics and friendships. Also, if you are unable to participate in family road trips, game nights, or trips with friends, you can become more depressed and secluded. Also, being unable to work out or fulfill your usual duties can cause a damper on your self esteem. All these issues can really impact your everyday life.
How Attorneys Can Help
Your personal injury attorney should not only help make sure you get all the physical healing you need, but also mental. They can help you find the right counselor or therapist as you recover.
Your counselor bills and records and mental impact to your case. They will include these effects in their plea to the insurance to show how much the incident affected you.
You deserve to get the care you need in all aspects, and be compensated for the suffering that did not happen visibly.
The attorneys at Flickinger Boulton Robson Weeks are focused on getting you that care and compensation. They want you to be wholly recovered in all aspects. This includes your physical and mental health. To be fully recovered, you need to be as fully recovered as you can be, including your mental condition.
Flickinger • Boulton • Robson • Weeks is here to help. We have over 150 years of combined experience representing personal injury victims. We offer free case evaluations to discuss how we can represent you. Call 801.500.4000 to schedule yours today.
