Oh I’m sorry, it was clearly a traumatic event as well as the injury it has caused you.
I had a big shed in the past, a few months after a stressful time, when my dad was ill and then when he died. I’m not sure exactly when the shed started but it was probably a couple of months afterwards. Then last year, my brother died suddenly and it was a huge shock. The circumstances were also bad. I went into shock, physically shaking, and my hair was coming out in handfuls too. I was surprised the hair fall happened so quickly, but it was undeniable.
As far as I know, events replaying in your head like that is a response to trauma. It goes around on a loop. I have experienced that before also (when my mum died). I didn’t realise at the time that it was a trauma response, it actually felt like I was going mad.
Be kind to yourself, talk to people about it if you can. Try not to do too much so you have time to heal. I think when you first have an injury there can be an element of denial where you just want to carry on as before. There is time to regain more independence when you have healed some more, but at the moment there is nothing wrong with asking for help.

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