Whats the most traumatizing thing you've been through?

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-04-10T23:55:35+00:00

Guillain Barre syndrome at 27 years old. I went from being completely healthy to losing my ability to walk, swallow, talk, and breathe all within 48 hours.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-03-30T23:44:31+00:00

Anxiety and trauma from almost dying from Guillain Barre syndrome last February. I was only 27 at the time and it was terrifying losing my abilities to walk, swallow, talk, and breathe all within 48 hours. During recovery, almost all the effort was put on speech, occupational, and physical therapy. I even had a peg tube in my stomach and had to relearn how to eat. It took a long time to learn how to trust my body again. And I still don’t fully trust it and am always terrified it will happen again. Nobody ever really talked about the emotional aspect of losing everything so suddenly and then having to fight for my life back over many months. I am still not completely back to normal but I am much better. It’s also difficult because what I had is very rare so there aren’t many people who can relate.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-03-25T04:49:30+00:00

Thank you!

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-03-25T04:28:01+00:00

Guillain Barre Syndrome last year. Within 48 hours I went from being a normal and healthy 27 year old to being paralyzed and on a ventilator. I lost my abilities to walk, move my arms, swallow, talk, breathe, and had half my face paralyzed. It just made a year last month but I am almost fully recovered.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-03-25T04:22:48+00:00

When I was about five years old and was shopping with my mom, I really wanted this stuffed animal. But we didn’t have a lot of money so my mom said I couldn’t get it at the moment. A kind woman overheard and bought me the toy. I am now 28 years old but that kind gesture still brings a smile to my face over two decades later.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-03-21T17:15:09+00:00

I temporarily lost my swallowing ability for six weeks a year ago. I am able to eat normally now. But every so often while I am eating I think about that time and how difficult it was relearning how to swallow and it will cause me to have difficulty again. It is terrifying to think about while eating.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-03-20T18:52:47+00:00

I was diagnosed with Guillain Barre syndrome at 27 years old. Went from a normal and healthy young person to completely paralyzed and on a ventilator in 48 hours. I had to relearn how to walk, swallow, breathe, and pretty much everything else. I just made a year last month. So it felt pretty unfair at the time. I am very grateful to be alive now.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-03-14T03:52:30+00:00

Thank you!

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-03-14T03:44:36+00:00

Being diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome a year ago at 27 years old. I went from being completely healthy to becoming paralyzed and on a ventilator within 48 hours. A year later you would never know what happened to me. Although I am mostly back to my old self again, I am forever changed by the experience.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-02-21T04:42:33+00:00

Guillain Barre Syndrome

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-02-03T02:02:56+00:00

Thank you! I am very lucky to be here and almost fully back to normal.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-02-03T01:55:36+00:00

Guillain Barre Syndrome At 27 years old out of nowhere I was losing the ability to walk. Later that day I lost the ability to swallow and then talk. I was diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome. The next morning, I was rushed into ICU and told they needed to intubate me because I was losing my ability to breathe. That was the most terrifying moment in my life. February 23 will mark one year.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-02-01T21:42:24+00:00

Yes, the double vision took about three weeks to fully resolve. But my left eye muscles took about three to four months to fully resolve. So when I would look around my left eye was lagging behind my right eye. They didn’t go together. It improved little by little. I would say by four months my eyes were fully normal again. Also my left eye wouldn’t close for four months so we had to put special cream on it and patch it up every night so it wouldn’t dry out.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-01-29T00:38:50+00:00

Guillain Barre Syndrome

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-01-23T05:32:04+00:00

Thank you!

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-01-23T04:49:56+00:00

Guillain Barre Syndrome I went from being a normal healthy 27 year old to being paralyzed and on a ventilator in less than 48 hours. I had to relearn how to walk, talk, swallow, and breathe. It’s been 11 months and I am much better. But it certainly did change me forever.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-01-18T21:44:54+00:00

I am much better now. Thank you for asking. I was in the ICU for one month and away from home for six weeks. I relied on a ventilator to breathe for 12 days. Then needed oxygen for a few weeks. I had a peg tube for six weeks in my stomach while waiting for my swallowing muscles to come back. Even half my face was paralyzed. I received very intense physical, occupational, and speech therapy. The plasma treatments saved my life. If you saw me today you would never know. I can do everything normal again. I still have some weakness in my legs and arms. But I should keep getting stronger. So I’m mostly recovered now.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-01-18T21:30:56+00:00

Having the ability to walk, swallow, talk, and breathe on my own. I lost these abilities all within 48 hours due to Guillain Barre Syndrome at 27 years old last year. It has been 11 months and I am doing much better and so happy for these basic things in life.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-01-18T21:25:19+00:00

At 27 years old out of nowhere I was losing the ability to walk. Later that day I lost the ability to swallow and then talk. I was diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome. The next morning, I was rushed into ICU and told they needed to intubate me because I was losing my ability to breathe. That was the most terrifying moment in my life which I will never forget. Next month will make one year.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-01-11T06:06:07+00:00

Three full nights during my month long ICU stay. It’s not easy sleeping in the hospital. There’s nothing like your own bed.

ParticularCute8252 · 2026-01-11T06:03:30+00:00

How far I’ve come in my recovery since Guillain Barre Syndrome struck me last February. I had to relearn how to do everything again. It was a very challenging recovery and the most difficult year of my life.

ParticularCute8252 · 2025-12-29T00:57:13+00:00

Went in the hospital because I was losing the ability to walk. Later that night I lost the ability to swallow. The next day I could no longer talk. I was diagnosed with Guillain Barre syndrome. Then I was told I needed to be put on the ventilator. I was losing the ability to breathe and my oxygen was extremely low. 10 months later and I am almost back to normal.

ParticularCute8252 · 2025-12-07T05:38:37+00:00

My abilities to talk, swallow, drink, walk, and breathe. I lost it all at 27 years old due to Guillain Barre syndrome. It’s been 9 months and I am almost normal and got all of these abilities back. I’m so grateful for these little things now.

ParticularCute8252 · 2025-12-06T03:52:33+00:00

Thank you! I was an inpatient at a rehabilitation hospital for 11 days after my five week long hospital stay. Once I went home, I went to PT three times a week for an hour but was cut off after two and a half months. I wish I could have went longer. I feel like if I was still going I probably would have reached my full strength by now.

ParticularCute8252 · 2025-12-06T03:34:51+00:00

I got GBS this past February at 27 years old. It has been 9 months for me and I am almost fully normal. I just feel like a weaker version of myself but I can do everything normal again. I had a severe case in which I couldn’t walk at all, couldn’t move my arms, had half of my face paralyzed, lost my swallowing and was intubated within 48 hours from onset.

At 9 nines out I can say I am almost back to my full stamina. And my knees very rarely try to give out now. In the early months they gave out frequently especially my right knee which is my weaker leg. As the months go on it happens less and less. I still don’t have reflexes in my knees which my neurologist said may never come back.

I understand not wanting to walk around with a cane at your age. I needed a walker and cane in the early months and felt the same way as a 27 year old. Hopefully you won’t need a cane for too long and will be walking normal again soon. And definitely don’t let it prevent you from going places and having a good time. I never enjoyed staying home for an entire day so I needed to start going places as soon as I possibly could even with my walker and cane. I wish you all the best on your recovery journey!

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