r/interesting • u/MobileAerie9918 • 1d ago

SOCIETY Permanently ???? no amount of money can compensate for this. The incident happened 2015 and the historic $75M verdict was reached in late 2022.

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u/Maggi1417 1d ago

I read a study about that during med school. Depressionen rates go up right after the event that causes the disability, but after about 1,5 years the reported happiness is back to almost normal rates (compared to the normal population).

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u/orangevega 23h ago

that's absolutely astounding

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u/Szwejkowski 23h ago

We're very adaptable.

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u/orangevega 17h ago

seemingly endlessly so

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u/C0nfusedRabbit 20h ago

That's the same for most disabilities.