ToughCookie
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Oh, my. I was in car accidents TWICE the first year...
The first time wasn't my fault (somebody didn't stop at a crossing and smashed into my car on the driver's side), but I remember SEEING that they wouldn't stop prior to the accident, but I couldn't get myself to act on it.... Maybe I couldn't have stopped anyway, maybe it was the adrenaline that made it seem like I had so much time before the crash, but there is a chance I would have stopped if I hadn't been in the fog.
A month later, I killed the other side of the car when I lost consciousness while driving. Not sure what happened, I just remember that I started feeling as if the sun was going down and wondered why it was getting so dark so fast. Next thing I remember I woke up from some nightmare about the PTSD incident, and the car had crashed into a big stone fence by the side of the road. I have no idea how long I had been gone. Luckily I had slowed down due to the weird "sunset" in the middle of the day, so the car didn't go fast.
I think both accidents were PTSD related, the first one dissociation related, the second one, not sure, but I don't normally faint like that. Maybe driving and PTSD isn't a good idea, but I would really have felt bad if they took people's licence as a result of a PTSD diagnosis. :(
Edit: I actually changed my mind. I probably shouldn't have had a driver's licence for a while, maybe 2 years. I am lucky nothing bigger happened. I can remember seeing cars braking in front of me, and not reacting until it was (almost) too late. And I can remember not caring to slow down when I should have. And I can remember not remembering anything of driving as I was lost in outer space. I think I have been really lucky not to have had bigger accidents.
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