THE NIGHT I GOT HIT BY A CAR BY CHERYL V.
BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, WHILE CROSSING HOOVER NEAR TEN MILE, I GOT HIT BY A CAR. THE CAR WAS COMING TOWARDS ME WITHOUT ANY HEADLIGHTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT AFTER PULLING OUT OF MCDONALDS NEAR TACO BELL.
AS THE CAR HIT ME, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANCE TO DODGE THE CAR. I ENDED UP BOUNCING OFF THE CAR. AND THEN, I WAS THROWN ACROSS THE STREET. AND I WAS LUCKY THAT ALL THE CARS STOPPED RIGHT THEN AND THERE. BECAUSE IF THE CARS HADN'T STOPPED AT THAT TIME, I, PROBABLY, WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. AND I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALIVE, TODAY.
AS I HIT THE PAVEMENT AFTER BOUNCING OFF THE CAR, AGAIN, I FELT AS THOUGH A BLACKED OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN, AFTER A POLICEMAN ASKED ME QUESTIONS, CONCERNING THE ACCIDENT, I WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE.
AS A RESULT OF HAVING ENDED UP WITH A CONCUSSION DUE TO GETTING HIT BY A CAR, THAT NIGHT, I COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN A COMA FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING ABOUT IT.
BUT I REMEMBER A DOCTOR, TELLING ME, NOT TO LIFE MY HEAD OR I WOULD WOULD DIE.
BUT AS A RESULT OF HAVING A CONCUSSION, I SUFFERED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY WHICH BROUGHT ON POST TRAUMATIC STRESS ILLNESS IN ME. WHILE OVER AT MY PARENTS' CONDO, TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE ACCIDENT, AT LEAST, THREE TIMES I WENT INTO A SEVERE PANIC ATTACK. AND DURING EACH OF THESE PANIC ATTACKS, I COULDN'T GET MY BREATH, RIGHT AWAY. AND I, ALSO, FELT, AS THOUGH, I WAS GOING TO DIE.
IN BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, EACH TIME, I HAD A PANIC ATTACK, DIDN'T DO ME ANY GOOD BECAUSE NONE OF THE DOCTORS OR NURSES WOULD HELP ME OUT IN ANY WAY. I JUS WAS MADE TO LIE THERE ON A BED UNTIL I CALMED DOWN WHICH WAS HARD FOR ME TO DO.
I JUS HAD TO WAIT FOR THE ATIVAN TO WORK ON ME, EVERY TIME, I CAME DOWN WITH A PANIC ATTACK. AND ONE NIGHT, WHILE I WAS OVER AT MY PARENTS' CONDO, I, ALSO, STARTED HAVING HALLUCINATIONS. AND ONE OF MY FIRST ONES INVOLVED SEEING A CAR, COMING TOWARDS ME ABOUT TO HIT ME. AND THAT NIGHT ON WHICH I HAD THIS ONE, I HAD AWAKEN OUT OF MY SLEEP. AND AT FIRST, THINKING A CAR, REALLY, HAD BEEN COMING AT ME, I SCREAMED OUT LOUD TO MY MOM. THAT A CAR WAS COMING, AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO HIT ME.
I, STILL HAVE PANIC ATTACKS, EVERY SO OFTEN, AWAKING OUT OF MY SLEEP IN FORM OF A NIGHTMARE. BUT THE PANIC ATTACKS, NOW, HAVE BEEN VERY INFREQUENT DUE TO THE FACT, I'M TAKING ATIVAN ON A REGULAR BASIS.
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That’s terrible! Psychological trauma is the most difficult thing to overcome because no one can say until when it will last. Good thing there are medications and treatment available today that can help individuals cope with this. But what did you back then? Did you press charges? I hope you at least filed for a claim to get the compensation you deserve.
Cindie Guevara
After my accident last year, I also had a lot of problems regarding my endless panic attacks and a lot of nightmares that haunt my sleep. I used to visit a psychiatrist and things went very well during the process. The trauma that I felt became less expressive in my thoughts. I guess what helped me recover was the fact that the case was already solved and I was found innocent. I know that I’m not the one who caused the accident, but the driver who changed his lane at the wrong time.
Thao Canto
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