For example, you say you can’t have children. However, you may meet someone who already has children or you could adopt.

When it comes to meeting someone, there are friendship/dating sites on the net. You may think ‘Should I tell the person about my paralysis at the outset or later?’. Why not try both approaches and see which one works best.

Try to stay positive. If something can be interpreted optimistically or pessimistically, just choose to interpret it optimistically.

Have a read of this article. It has a lot of good advice on what a woman likes in a man.

Are you okay financially? Try asking on here if anyone else has been through the accident compensation process and can give you good advice on getting the most out of it. Read as many articles as possible.

Look for other ways of earning money. Did you know you can sell services as well as goods on eBay. If there’s anything at all that people with less time or skill or knowledge might pay you to do, it could form the basis of an online business. It could be somethng like carrying out web searches and research and writing reports, or creative writing, photo-editing, graphic-design, web-site design/maintenance. If you don’t know how to do something, the internet almost always has tutorials.

If the problem with your hand makes this too difficult, work with a friend as a partner, with you saying what you want to achieve. The secret of success is teamwork.