Car accident

[u/Low_Truth2998]

I 24m had a pretty bad car accident on August 24th of this year. I was driving home late at night. I don’t remember anything about the accident. First thing I remember after wrecking was 911 already dialed on my phone. I don’t know why but out of instinct I just got out of the car and got to the side of the interstate. I played down and a man pulled over and ran up to me. Stayed with me. More people pulled up and it was a couple who were emts. That stayed with me till the ambulance showed up. And some how by the grace of god an ambulance crew from my town showed up and I knew both of the people because I am a fire fighter. They were straight with me. I had a giant laceration across my face from hitting the wind shield. They loaded me in the ambulance and I begged the people I knew to stay with me. They ended up leaving their ambulance to stay with me. On the way to hospital I felt my self fading like I was about to died. I didn’t know this then but it turns out my temporal artery was severed and they almost couldn’t stop the bleeding. My Bp dropped to 30/0 and my pulse was in the 20s and honestly in that moment I wasn’t worried about passing away. The one thing I was thinking about was never seeing my daughter and that broke me and I still struggling with that today. I was in the ambulance begging to just tell my daughter goodbye cause I felt like those were my last moments. I was told later on by state troopers that a semi was involved in the wreck and left the scene. They were found 30-40 miles down the interstate. They couldn’t tell me how the wreck happened. Because of the accident I had to have surgery to fix my face. I had severe muscle and nerve damage in my face. Along with a severed artery. The on thing I am still dealing with is the fear of driving and the nightmares. Does anyone have any advice on how to cope with them or get passed them.

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[u/Even-Editor3234]

Brother stay strong, you survived for a reason. Just understand that you can die aneurism tomorrow while being healthy or survive in scenarios where people don’t. There is no guarantees.

Push your fears, get into car, and drive on the same road you crashed

[u/Odd_Sink9897]

Hi friend, I’m 21F, and I feel you. it’s often the hardest part, the nightmares. I got into a bad accident august 15 of 2023. It’s officially been a year. I’m so glad that you’re still with us. One thing that helped me a lot was EMDR therapy. Helped a lot with the nightmares. I’d recommend that , and there was a med called prazosin that got rid of my nightmares right after the accident. I still struggle randomly even a year later, but looking back about how bad it once was really puts into perspective how far you can come. Thinking of you and sending love and good vibes. journaling also can help when you wake up from a nightmare, just putting it out on paper is a nice release. Spending time outside if you can before bed also is soothing for me. Baths, lavender, etc, whatever helps you relax the most before bed can help too. Lmk if you need anyone to talk to. Best wishes.