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After a serious injury, you will need time to recover and return to your life. During this time, it is normal to feel anxious, stressed and depressed as you come to terms with what has happened. However, this doesn’t have to be a permanent frame of mind. You can learn to live with the results of your injury, you just need to learn how to look after yourself.
Many people go through the 5 stages of grief after an injury: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. All of these stages are perfectly normal, though it is important to remember that your own experience of them is unique and you may not go through them in this particular order.