Background: Traumatic paraplegia is a devastating problem for related individuals and drastically influence on persons' physiology. Knowing the experiences about these patients by individuals who are caring them is very important to enhance the recovery. Many studies were conducted by developed countries, developing countries. This study was conducted due to a few literatures found in Sri Lanka. 

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the experience of patients with traumatic paraplegic patients in the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL), Colombo. 

Methods: Quantitative non experimental descriptive design was used in this research. Study was done in NHSL. 20 – 65 age ranged 16 male patients were selected purposively for this phenomenological study. Using semi structured interviews data collected according to the thematic analysis during a month. Data analyzed was obtained under the thematic analysis method. 

Findings: Five themes were derived from the finding as life is a mess, body frustration, adapting to a new condition, relationship with others and livelihood. 

Conclusion: Depression, fear, stress, lack of autonomy, worry, coping strategy and lost of future plans were the psychological.

Kondasingha Arachchige Don Dilini Dushyanthi has earned Master’s degree in public Health at University of Dundee, Scottland. She has obtained (BSc Hons) degree in nursing at Open University of Sri Lanka. Also, she has completed nursing diploma at College of Nursing-Kandana, Sri Lanka. She worked at intensive care unit- Accident and Emergency service of National Hospital of Sri Lanka and Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Hospital as a registered nurse in Nursing Council (Sri Lanka). Currently she is working as an assistant Nurse in Fountain Care Ltd, while going through the process of to be a Registered Nurse in Nursing and Midwifery Council, United Kingdom.