MVA Disfiguring Car Accident

[Pakadlangitok]

I was hit by someone who was texting. My leg, my foot, my lung, my eyes and side were hurt badly. Still in PT. The lung capacity is still low. I can only blow a 250 in peak flow still.

However, one of the injuries may be disfiguring as time passes.

It makes me wonder why I survived. I have so much PTSD from it that I am not able to do much more than PT.

Has anyone been disfigured? If so, how did you cope?

 

[Mafia_Science]

I was never injured in a car related incident, but I did witness and potentially accidentally cause a fatal car accident (I was a pedestrian). The guy who survived was drunk.

Why do the drunks almost always survive and the innocents die?

I was emotionally disfigured as a result of that. Drunk drivers need to be inprisoned on the first offense, we need a zero tolerance policy, and breathalyzers on their cars, and marked liscense for all offenders.

 

[Deleted member 33052]

Mafia, you weren't even remotely responsible. Please try to trust us on that.

Drunks are more likely to survive crashes because their bodies are much more relaxed than the sober driver who realizes in that last tenth of a second what's about to happen. :(

 

[Sighs]

@Pakadlangitok - there are members here who have been physically disfigured. @Alysia887 and @RavenGirl may be able to help reassure you that things will improve.

 

[Friday]

@Mafia_Science ...I don't think that's what the OP was talking about. We all have PTSD, so have the figurative kind of disfigurement. There's a whole lot that goes into having the actual disfigurement. From the daily triggers, to practical aspects of getting on in the world, to a whole different level of identity issues, and much much more.

@Pakadlangitok ...Not myself. I have a lot of scars, but they're largely superficial / I have all of my parts in mostly good working order.... Men that I've loved, on the other hand, yes.

& Ditto @Sighs , also bumped into a few people here on the site, who'll hopefully be able to chime in here, soon. :)

 

[Guitargirl]

My car was hit 18 months ago and my ptsd is still rearing it's ugly head and all consuming at times. On a bad day (like today) i get so mad at the thought of the other (irresponsible, driving too fast on a phone) driver and how they have affected my life. Does anyone feel similar?