I may not be paralyzed but I have suffered EXTREMELY bad chronic pain over the last 4 years (not from an injury, not my fault in the least, not even a cool story to go with it). I also used to ride/race motorcycles (sport bikes and dirt bikes), skydive, ski, anything dangerous i could get my hands on lol.

I have no life anymore. I've done exactly what you have in isolating myself from EVERYONE in my life and I regret it but it's also really hard to try to talk to people that could never understand my pain.

I have this quote on my desktop to remind me :

“Don’t let your thoughts run away with you, don’t start planning to bail out because you’re worried about the future and how much you can take. Don’t look ahead to the pain. Just get through the day” -Marcus Luttrell (Former Navy Seal who the book/movie “Lone Survivor” was about)

It is a daily struggle. For me it can be an hourly battle or even a battle of minutes. I wish I could tell you I got better but it's only gotten worse pain wise but my attitude is better. Try to force yourself to laugh every day. Read something funny on reddit or watch something funny. I finally started reaching out to family and friends over the last 2 months and it's been the best thing to happen to me since. I don't have to share every gory detail with them...just having someone, literally ANYONE to talk to will help I promise!

Anyways, if you want to talk to someone I'm here, I don't get out much lol...PM me if you want. I've been to some pretty dark places because of my situation and I've managed to make it through them. g

Good luck with recovery man! If you haven't given acupuncture a try yet I would. I know I thought it was all smoke and mirror bullshit but it helps me a lot of times more than that opiate crap.