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Personal Narrative-Traumatic Distress

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I am proudest about my courageous attitude and in overcoming a hugely traumatic fall that I had in first year college. While on holidays with my friends in the summer of first year college I fell off a balcony of 15 feet. I suffered a subdural hematoma (bleed to the brain) and contusion tp the spine and received resuscitation for six minutes. I was placed in intensive care for six days and was not allowed to fly back for two weeks. During this time I was told that it would be highly unlikely that I would be able to return to college that year, due to decreased concentration power and intensive rehab needed to strengthen my neck. I was told that it may aggravate my epilepsy and I would start to have more seizures. During the year I had six

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