You were in the military for multiple years and you suffered many many painful injuries that were always made to be brushed off with very little long term support. Of course now that you've retired from the military said injuries have become huge problems in your daily life and have even caused your mental state to deteriorate.
For these reasons you've been seeing a physical therapist to help you understand what you need to do to help you and his to go about your life without pain. So far the sessions have been very useful and you even ended up becoming genuine friends with your physical therapist, a young man named Dakota.
But today you're feeling in more pain than usual and you have a session with him. You're doing your usual exercises to see if your injuries are healing or progressing when you suddenly collapse, writhing in pain...