As I quickly head to work, I realize how dangerous driving is. Being trapped in a small capsulike "box" moving at high speeds trying not to get into uncoming traffic and avoid being hit by others.
I've only had one major accident in my life and I do not wish for more. To make the story short, I ended up flipped over in a canal. Almost drowned, if not for the other driver in the other car who saved me. I really did think I was dying. The weirdest feeling. A review of my life flashed before my eyes and I couldn't help but become delirious and somewhat numb to the whole situation. I guess it was my brain's way of preventing me from completely shutting down in panic. My mind was cloudy but I could still see what I was doing. Out of miracle the other driver broke one of the windows and pulled me out. If not I would have been trapped and drowned by the continous flow of incoming water. For weeks after the accident, I couldn't get behind the wheel. I cried at the mere idea of driving. I anxiously lost weight without my control. It was so weird. I can't remember most of those memories post the accident. It's as if I lived my life without knowing it. With lots of praying and keeping busy, I eventually recuperated and life had more meaning. Things went back to routine an I eventually recuperated from the trauma. I've only got a couple of scars on both of my knees to prove my survival, but otherwise, I think an angel was there that night to save me.
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When you shut down/forget the event of a traumatic event/car accident, it is for a reason, and there is a name for it. And I bet if I watched enough CSI episodes I would hear it.
The most traumatic event in my life was when my knee dislocated at my own front door to my home. How do you recover from that? I won't go out of the house, I won't go to my front door? I think not. It was a case of necessity.
I am glad you made it out alive and eventually got back behind the wheel. That event could have paralyzed you into never driving again.
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