Hi,
I was in a car accident on Friday, it happened on a higway at 75mph, i noticed a car up ahead that was swerving all over, for about 1 mile, though she was dwi, but when she started to drive straight and i passed her, i noticed she was asleep at the wheel, right then she swerved and smashed into my nearside and sent me into a fishtail, i struggled with the car for about 5 secs, managed to get it in a straight line again, and pulled into the shoulder, the other car smashed into the embankment on the shoulder, apart from some minor whiplash and a sprained hand i was ok, and the other driver was ok to, after we exchanged details we left the scene, my problem started that night when i arrived home.
I started to think about how lucky i was and started reliving it over and over again in my mind, in the last few days i have had not much more than 5 hours sleep, i wake up in sweats, im irritable, i have broken down 4 times in as many days, im being very short with my wife, all i can think about is what should have happened, i think about my Jeep rolling over and other cars and lorries crashing into me, and than i think of the wife that i may have left behind, this is all to much, i looked up on a couple of websites and my symptems are explained as PTSD, but i thought that it was only people who experienced death scenes and serious injuries, in fact i feel somewhat ashamed that i am posting on here, especialy when i see posts by veterans of wars, who have experienced much more than me.
At the moment im cant find my way to get back into my car, i my wife took me out and i was on edge all the time, i was very very alert, and had no trust in anyone, not even my wife driving, what is wrong with me?, how bad is it?, how long will it take to go away.
The worrying thing for me is, in the 20 years of me driving, i have had 2 othere accidents, and i never felt nowhere near like im feeling now.
Sorry for the long post,
Lee.
I was in a car accident on Friday, it happened on a higway at 75mph, i noticed a car up ahead that was swerving all over, for about 1 mile, though she was dwi, but when she started to drive straight and i passed her, i noticed she was asleep at the wheel, right then she swerved and smashed into my nearside and sent me into a fishtail, i struggled with the car for about 5 secs, managed to get it in a straight line again, and pulled into the shoulder, the other car smashed into the embankment on the shoulder, apart from some minor whiplash and a sprained hand i was ok, and the other driver was ok to, after we exchanged details we left the scene, my problem started that night when i arrived home.
I started to think about how lucky i was and started reliving it over and over again in my mind, in the last few days i have had not much more than 5 hours sleep, i wake up in sweats, im irritable, i have broken down 4 times in as many days, im being very short with my wife, all i can think about is what should have happened, i think about my Jeep rolling over and other cars and lorries crashing into me, and than i think of the wife that i may have left behind, this is all to much, i looked up on a couple of websites and my symptems are explained as PTSD, but i thought that it was only people who experienced death scenes and serious injuries, in fact i feel somewhat ashamed that i am posting on here, especialy when i see posts by veterans of wars, who have experienced much more than me.
At the moment im cant find my way to get back into my car, i my wife took me out and i was on edge all the time, i was very very alert, and had no trust in anyone, not even my wife driving, what is wrong with me?, how bad is it?, how long will it take to go away.
The worrying thing for me is, in the 20 years of me driving, i have had 2 othere accidents, and i never felt nowhere near like im feeling now.
Sorry for the long post,
Lee.