You Know the Moment Your Life Changed
Most people can name the exact moment it happened.
A crash. A fall. A snap in the body you’ve trusted for years.
Everything after that felt slower, not just your movements, but your thinking, your decision-making, your very sense of time. You were no longer living in the fast, fluid rhythm you once knew. Suddenly, every action came with a calculation: Will this hurt? Will I regret this tomorrow? How can I get through the day without breaking down?
The rest of the world kept moving like nothing had changed.
But for you, everything had.
It Wasn’t Just Your Body That Slowed Down
After the injury, your physical pain may have taken center stage: the appointments, the scans, the medications, the recovery timelines. But the deeper impact often goes unnoticed.
You used to move through your day without thinking twice: errands, activities, conversations, even joy. Now, every decision feels like a choice between discomfort and delay.
You started planning your day around pain levels.
You turned down invitations.
You felt yourself becoming more cautious, more hesitant, more disconnected from the version of you who once lived with ease.
That slow-down wasn’t just physical.
It was emotional, mental, and deeply personal.
This Is the Part That Doesn’t Show Up on Paper
Medical records can document your diagnosis.
But they can’t capture how it felt to go from spontaneous to strategic, from engaged to guarded.
They don’t reflect:
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How long you stare at the stairs before deciding if they’re worth the effort
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How exhausting it is to constantly manage around your pain
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How even the fun stuff started to feel like work
And they certainly don’t reflect the identity shift that happens when you no longer feel like the capable, quick-moving, high-functioning version of yourself.
That loss matters — not just to your daily life, but to your legal claim.
General Damages Include the Cost of Living at Half-Speed
Under Washington law, you may be entitled to general damages. These go beyond your tangible losses, like missed work or medical expenses, and focus on the parts of your life that have been emotionally and personally disrupted.
Loss of ease.
Loss of confidence.
Loss of enjoyment.
Loss of momentum.
If your life has been reshaped by that moment everything slowed down and it’s still affecting how you move, think, and feel it deserves to be part of the story.
And that story deserves to be told well.
We Ask About the Moment Most People Skip Over
At Scott & Scott, we do more than build cases.
We help clients name the experience that changed everything and put that into words others will finally understand.
We ask:
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What was the moment when you realized life had shifted?
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What decisions feel heavier now?
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What used to feel automatic that now feels like a process?
Because behind every record is a real person, living with real disruption. And when we bring that reality into your case, it changes how people see you. It reminds them you are not a file number. You are someone whose life was moving forward until it wasn’t.
You Didn’t Choose This — But You Deserve to Be Fully Seen
If you’ve been moving more slowly,
If your world feels smaller,
If you’ve been grieving the version of yourself who didn’t have to overthink everything,
You are not weak.
You are not broken.
You are living through a massive adjustment that most people don’t recognize and the legal system often ignores.
We’re here to change that.
Let us help you tell the full truth, starting with the day everything slowed down.