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My Friend, Anna - Fighting for Mental and Physical Health

            My friend Anna was a 17 year old girl when she got into a near fatal car accident. She was left paralyzed from the waist down. She now must use a wheelchair. Now it is ten years later and Anna is 27 years old. She has many healthy behaviors such as her job, socializing, and exercising that she incorporates into her life. She is one of the healthiest and most outgoing people I know. Anna's healthy lifestyle behaviors are the biggest factors in her life. She incorporates many different healthy behaviors into her life. These behaviors affect different parts of her well-being. One healthy physical behavior is a daily outside "walk." She goes out in her wheelchair and wheels around for several miles each day. This keeps her physical health up by having to roll her wheelchair. It gives her upper body strength. This behavior also affects her mental/emotional health by clearing her mind when she is outside with fresh air. Every Friday night, Anna goes out with friends which affects her social health and mental health. Her social health is affected because it allows her to feel like she has a meaning in life. She has friends that she hangs out with that give her self-confidence and self worth that also help with her spiritual health. This also affects her mental/emotional health because it helps her deal with the stress of being in a wheelchair and not being able to do everything she could've done.
             Even after the accident, Anna went to college to become a veterinarian. She had always wanted to become a vet when she was much younger. Now that she has her dream job, she doesn't have to deal with the stress a job she didn't want. This helps her overall wellness by keeping her mind clear and focused, helps her have a sense of meaning in her life by helping keep people's animals safe and healthy, and helps her stay motivated and happy to get up and do something everyday. Another physical behavior she has incorporated into her life is playing on a wheelchair basketball team.


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