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Navigating Paralysis: Understanding Adjustment Process Presented by Gary Karp

Explore coping styles, role of others, and transitioning to a new vision post-paralysis. Learn how to integrate disability into your identity, maintain relationships, and advocate for optimal rehabilitation. Join Gary Karp in this insightful session aimed at empowering individuals adjusting to paralysis.

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Navigating Paralysis: Understanding Adjustment Process Presented by Gary Karp

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  1. Adjusting to Paralysis Presented by Gary Karpwww.moderndisability.com www.paralysis.org

  2. Why This Session? • Understand process of adjustment • What we believe • Coping styles • Role of others / rehab • Normalization

  3. Speaking toThose Dealing withRecent Disability ...or you get to better understand it.

  4. Recovery Adjust to your present reality. Being at your best possible.

  5. Adjustment DoesNot MeanGiving Up

  6. Believing You Can’tGuarantees You Won’t ...or at least really slows the process.

  7. Beginner’s Mind

  8. Not Easy

  9. Social Messages Stereotypes do not fit reality.

  10. Stereotypes Pity. Dependent. Tragic / Heroic.

  11. You don’t need to be super!

  12. Language Confined. Bound. Overcome.

  13. Can’t Know Transition from void to vision.

  14. New Vision May or may not involve previous vision.

  15. You WillDo It In YourOwn Time There is no pre-defined pace.

  16. You WillDo It In YourOwn Way There is a variety of coping styles.

  17. Coping Styles We are built to handle trauma.

  18. Coping Styles Purpose No matter how unpleasant, yourcoping style is protecting you.

  19. Coping Styles Anger Hard Work Depression Sadness Denial Confusion Suicidality Resistance Humor Hopelessness

  20. A Spectrum You move along it.

  21. Coping Styles The Dark Side Widely assumed to be mandatory. A reasonable response.

  22. Coping Styles The Bright Side Denial wards off emotion. Fake it ‘til you make it.

  23. Coping Styles Letting Go They are for the initial stage only. They can cause serious problems.

  24. Grieving Doesn’t overrun Healthy Allow others to Not in our culture

  25. Spiritual Belief ...should support and empower you.

  26. Stage of Life Not necessarily better or worse.

  27. Somethingto Gain Adapting to disability deepens you.

  28. Normalize At first, your pre-disability self prevails.

  29. Integration Your disability becomes a part of you.

  30. Showing Up Your disability disappears.

  31. Relationships They might change, they might end. There will be new ones.

  32. Adjustmentis a SharedProcess Friends. Family. Partners. They need to grieve, too.

  33. SharedProcess Family Finding the boundary. Parents resume protective role. Who’s in control? Collaboration / Communication

  34. SharedProcess Spouse/Partner Shifts the relationship dynamic. Can interfere with intimacy. Committed partners work it out.

  35. SharedProcess Friends You find out who’s really your friend. May exaggerate their fear of impact. May just not know what to do.

  36. Who Is InControl? Communication. Respect.

  37. Rehab Crucial to the process of adjustment.

  38. Unveiling your possibilities Optimizing your health Achieving independence Gaining mastery Rehab

  39. Length Of Stay Rehab The process needs to continue Not at your optimal yet Advocate for yourself

  40. Stay Withthe Process …and be willing to be surprised.

  41. Adjusting to Paralysis Your Questions www.paralysis.org, Presented by Gary Karp, www.moderndisability.com

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