Interpersonal Communication Scenarios

Imagine the following scenario. You are going for an afternoon walk with your dog. walking around the block; enjoying the amazing day you have. On the way home you decide to check your mail to see if there is anything new since yesterday. You’re standing in front of your house, your dog’s leash is in your left hand. While you’re opening your mail box with the other hand suddenly out of nowhere, you see a car driving toward you with the driver’s head down to her lap. You don’t have enough time to process this; you don’t have time to move and just in a quarter of a second, you don’t remember anything. You open your eyes to see that you are in a hospital with your family next to you with a sad smile on their lips. You try to stand up from the
bed but you can’t move your feet. You try harder and harder, but nothing seems to work. That’s when your doctor walks in, to let you know that you have been paralyzed due to the horrible accident that you had. You’re crying and trying to analyze the new life you have ahead of you, and that’s when the TV in your room catches your attention. It is the news, while you are shock, you figure out it has not been a day or two since the accident; you have been in coma for the last five month. After releasing from hospital, you try to calm yourself by thinking about your beloved dog; that he is waiting for you in the house. Your mom opens the door, and your dad pushes your wheelchair in but it is surprising for you that your dog didn’t bark and start running toward the door. There was no sign of his bark, or himself. You look at your parents desperately and ask them about your dog. Your mom starts to cry while your dad tells you that he has lost his life due to that same accident that made you paralyzed.