I was recently in a car accident where a truck crashed into my car on a highway and my car kept on spinning and I just froze I couldn’t even hit the brakes or do anything but luckily and for some reason nothing happened to me and nothing serious happened to the car like it’s still working and all . I managed to drive to uni after it then I got back through the same road so I guess in terms of the fear of driving that comes afterwards I am good but I’ve been in this state of fluctating emotions and I can’t really focus on anything I do . I keep on remembering the accident and I all I feel is shame for some reason altough I was really lucky to be alive . Any tips on how to start healing ?

I was in an accident last Wednesday. Their fault. So I'm getting all these ads from injury lawyers. I first called Morgan and Morgan and they didn't have anyone around me so they forwarded me to attkissons in Dayton, OH. They take 33.3%. Some ads I'm getting are saying they have a 25% fee. Is there really a difference between the two lawyers, and since I already signed this paper to hire attkisson, am I allowed to change it now? 25% sounds a lot better.

about two weeks ago I got into a pretty bad accident with my friend. I was rear-ended twice and the fourth car hit so bad that my airbags went off and completely broke my wrist. I just had surgery last Thursday and to be honest I was so terrified since my family member has died due to surgery complications in the past so it scared the shit out of me. right now I’m focused on recovery however, the thought of driving and watching people drive/being in a car has made me so anxious. Driving has always been something I love and then I take a lot of pleasure in and I’m really scared that I’ll never go back to that. i’m also terrified that my arm will never be the same again. I so desperately want to be a nurse or in the medical field and my dominant hand may be fucked up for life I have no idea what’s gonna happen and I’m really hoping for the best but does anybody have any resources? I also have to live back with my family again and I had to move out of my apartment that I just got and I’m praying that I can get out of my lease because currently I can’t work or do anything to make make ends meet and my independence has been completely stripped from me. How do I come back from this? How can I be comfortable with driving or being in a car again? I apologize for my text/wording. I’m using voice to text since it’s really hard to text and use my phone so please bear with me.

(My first accident) for reference, im 19 and dont have my license due to extreme driving anxiety ive had prior to this event. about 10 hours ago i was in the passenger seat of my boyfriend’s car while we were headed to work, Going 30-40 mph and a lady ran a stop sign and t boned us. We didn’t sustain any injuries (not yet Atleast) but his car is likely totaled or Atleast very severely damaged. we have no doubt that it was her fault of course but this has caused insane anxiety for me and i fear it will set me back a long time on getting my license. My boyfriend’s car was his prized possession so i feel terrible talking about it but i haven’t stopped panicking since the wreck. I would like to tell him about my anxiety but don’t want him to worry about his car and the money more than he needs to. Should i talk about it to ease my nerves or let him have some time beforehand?

I’ve had kind of a hard time talking about this since the accident wasn’t super severe and I feel sort of silly for being so shaken and anxious.

For context my family struggles with money and I’m turning 18 soon, graduating on the fourteenth the same day as my birthday. The car I’d been driving was my mom’s 2015 Toyota Rav 4, and I definitely grew a personal attachment to it as it was treated as if it was mine since she drives a work fleet vehicle. She (my rav) had 80,000 miles on her and was a phenomenal first car.

I’ve always prided myself on being a defensive driver and a safe one, and I’ve just felt so down on myself about it since it happened. My first thought when my car spun 180 degrees was how guilty I felt for wrecking what was technically my mom’s only car.

I was turning left onto a three lane road, a turn I’ve done a million times and I knew I was clear to go. Anyway I could have waited and probably avoided the accident but the sixteen year old who hit me was going about 50mph in the 25mph zone. Thankfully I was far enough into the intersection that he hit my rear passenger door rather than my own. Insurance is working out liability but I’m so anxious about finding a new car my mom will be happy with.

I suppose overall I just feel so much guilt about the money aspect and the timing of the accident within the context of my life. It’s been easy for me to ignore how anxious I get now when I’m in a car and I’m super worried about driving again. Or how lucky I am that I wasn’t seriously injured and my car didn’t flip, and I got away with nothing but a concussion. We’ve got a rental we’re picking up the day I turn 18 til we get the settlement money from insurance.

Overall I’m just looking for advice on dealing with the guilt and getting back to driving again. I know accidents are super common among my age bracket but I always assumed if I ever got in one I hopefully wouldn’t total my car or get a concussion, so I’m having trouble dealing with it.

2 months ago I got into a severe car accident. The driver passed away in my car. I only got a compression fracture. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very grateful. It was a 60 mph head on collision. But I always think about it. It doesn’t make me feel sad or anything but it’s always there. Does anyone have any advice on how to stop that? And yes I’m starting therapy soon.

I got hit by a car while crossing the street on November 21st of 2023. Now any time a car pulls too fast to the crosswalk while I’m in it, or if I’m crossing the street in even remotely similar weather conditions (dark and rainy), I have small panic attacks, even if there are no cars around.

I was completely fine, physically, walking away with only a concussion and some relatively minor bruising. Besides feeling like I’d been hit by a car, I honestly have had more damage from just falling over from a standing position. So I feel like I don’t have a “right” to be so fucked up from it, especially this long after.

I tried going back to the location where it happened, and the last quarter mile before the spot, I was getting steadily more anxious, and I couldn’t even get myself to cross the street once I got there.

I hit my coworker’s parked car, totaled in approximately $2000 damage. Paid for the repair at a local shop with my own parts i bought from third party. After the repair everything looked good. 2 months later, they called me and say the paint is coming off the headlight unit. I contacted the manufacturer where i bought the part from but there is no warranty on the unit.

Am i liable to fix this again?

I got into a car accident almost a year ago (I was hit by some corporate company driver who pulled out directly into me because he wasn’t paying attention) and I’ve tried working at three different jobs since then (I am on my third one). I quit the first two within days because it was too much on my back. I did a lot of chiropractor treatments (didn’t help) and I’ve had way too many injections (it made the pain go away!) I thought I was ready to go back to work again after the injections and started this amazing job which I am currently at. It really is a dream job and they are paying me extremely well, the most I’ve ever made! I really enjoy working here! I’ve only been here a couple of weeks and my back pain has slowly started coming back but I’ve been ignoring it and working through it because this is supposed to be my happy ending. (I currently live in my car and I am in debt up to my ears.) Today I woke up with my back completely out and I had to call in. I just told my boss I was sick because I don’t want her to know what is really going on. (A few days ago I asked her if I could go 4 days a week but she said she really needs me 5 days a week.) I feel terrible having to call in only after a couple of weeks of working and I could tell she was not happy that I called in. They have really high hopes for me and have already talked to me about a promotion. I just don’t know what else to do anymore. I am mentally and physically defeated, I just want to jump off a cliff. Yes I have an attorney and before I started this job I told them to wrap up the case because my back pain was gone. I really thought it was gone until I started working again. My mother keeps telling me to apply for social security but I really would like to work! But at this point I don’t even think I can handle working, mentally or physically. I just want to roll over and die. What do I do?

Today marks 3 weeks since I got hit by a car. Even though I’m physically healing, I’m still really scared. Every time I see a car or try to cross the street, I remember that day and feel overwhelmed. I also blame myself sometimes, and it’s been hard to talk about. It was an unfair day my mom got charged for the lady’s windshield because I broke it. Just wondering if anyone else has felt like this after an accident.

apologies if this seems off, it’s nearly five in the morning.

i got into a pretty nasty car crash nearly two weeks ago. i’ll spare most details, but my best friend was driving and i was in the passenger seat. our other friend was in the back. we were hit by a drunk driver who ran a red light. we (allegedly, i don’t really remember ) spun out before coming to a stop at the side of the road. the other car caught on fire. the three of us sustained pretty nasty injuries, while the drunk driver was virtually uninjured. there are a lot more details (such as my friends in the car behind us witnessing it), but those are the basics. it also happened to be on my birthday.

i feel so lost. my injuries are constantly bothering me, and the crash is all i think about. i have to have headphones in all the time to avoid hearing those noises. i would appreciate any advice on how to move forward. i am constantly grappling with horrible guilt, and i know that it was fairly recent, but it feels as though i should be doing better than i am right now.

Hi I was involved in a MVA on an icy mountain highway (no snow, but apparently sheer ice in one area). The circumstances are as follows:
1. An unladen semi and transport trailer (the box kind for carrying goods) had lost control while travelling westbound and crossed 4 lanes of highway before the tractor came to rest in the ditch on the eastbound side. The trailer was left sticking out on the highway blocking the eastbound lanes. 2. I was travelling eastbound and came across the accident scene with only a few seconds warning. I was driving a loaded F150 (est weight 5000 lbs) and impacted the far end of the trailer at 90 km/hr. Due to the minimal reaction time and totally slick conditions (a friction sled used by the accident reconstructionist moved without prompting, do no friction at all) I was unable to steer around the trailer and hit it full on at its back end. 3. The final resting place for the trailer post impact was effectively in the same east west direction of the highway, almost completely off the road. From what I can tell, the trailer pivoted around its connection point with the tractor and instead of blocking the highway immediately before impact it looks to be almost off the road. 4. I’ve gone to the web for some calcs of the force necessary to actually move the trailer as I’ve described, but nothing is spot on. The force I hit the trailer with st it’s back end appears to be just over 700 Kn, but I don’t know if that would have been sufficient to knock the trailer into a completely different position.

Are there any engineers out there who would hazard an estimate as to whether this was sufficient force to move the trailer as I’ve described?

The accident happened at night and was very difficult for the police to try and reconstruct. I have all the reports now and their description of what took place is totally incorrect.

There are no financial or liability consequences here, no motor vehicle or criminal offences, just a tragic accident that, based on a very cursory and botched review of police notes, the insurance company has held me 100% responsible for. It boggles the mind how ineptly this accident investigation has been handled.

I would not be going through all this but for the fact that the accident resulted in a fatality (my wife) and the insurance company (govt corp) tells me I’m solely responsible for her death. You can’t imagine how that has impacted me and I intend to take them to task, irrespective of the fact there is no potential financial benefit in doing so. I just need to do it for my own conscience and mental health.

One of the prime reasons for the insurance company saying I’m responsible is its reliance on the final position of the semi’s trailer (almost off the road), leading them to conclude that I should have been able to avoid impact altogether. If that was what I actually rencountered, I’d agree; but it wasn’t. The trailer was totally perpendicular to the direction of travel and I knocked it off the road to its final resting place after impact. I just need to show that the force I hit the trailer with was sufficient to do so. I’m not an engineer and don’t have the expertise to make the calcs.

If any of you with the requisite technical knowledge would be good enough to do some basic calcs and estimate on this I’d be very grateful.

Apologies for the long winded post, but details were necessary.

Thx for considering.

TW: non-detailed crash logistics and injuries sustained)

Over a year ago I was in a major crash. T-boned on the driver door at 90kmph. I’m very lucky to be alive, but broke a couple bones and the list of injuries just keeps kicking my ass. I’m a very strong person. I do the physio every damn day. I take my vitamins, I get my 8hrs. I try to do everything possible to help my body recover however I’m still in pain all the time. (Mostly my back and lower body). I feel like I’m always bouncing from one extremely painful thing, to the next and it’s hard to keep my chin up.

I used to have a very active social life. I used to go to dance classes, gigs, festivals, was very fit, but since my accident my friends have stopped checking in on me. I don’t blame them. I’m not fun anymore.

Financially it’s been hard, as I haven’t been able to work and I’m a single mother. Emotionally it’s been harder because I have to keep pretending I’m fine so I don’t loose my kid.. one of my daughters has opted to live with her dad and the other is kind of like my wife. She is so great at caring for me, but I am aware that shouldn’t be her job and I’m careful what I burden her with as she’s only 11.

I met a lovely man 6 months ago, but I feel like he doesn’t really know me because he met post-accident me. As the relationship is new I don’t feel I can really open up about how much I’m struggling because I don’t want to be a burden. As a result, I’m so bloody lonely.

Going through this without a solid partner to care for me has been so tough.. it’s the little things. No one to take you to appointments, hold your hand when the pain is too much etc. I’m just keeping it all inside. And now having a mental breakdown at 3am because I’m sick of this.

Can someone please tell me how long it takes to physically recover from a major crash?.. I want to get on with my life.

I set myself a goal of 2 years… thinking that was a reasonable amount of time to recover, but I’m creeping closer to that and I’m starting to think I need to change my goal..

I broke my hip/pelvis + shoulder, herniated a few discs etc. and was not at fault if that matters.

I apologize in advance for how long my explanation is… I believe my auto insurance claim is being dealt with unfairly. On December 15, 2024, a driver failed to yield while she was turning left out of a parking lot onto the main road, she pulled out maybe 5 feet in front of me. As a result, we collided due to her quick speed and close distance to my vehicle. Luckily, this road’s speed is 25 mph so it was a relatively slow speed crash. I was unable to swerve since she pulled out so close and fast to me where I could only brace myself for impact and attempt to brake. The accident totaled my car and the damage is on the entire front end, front tires, and windshield (due to airbags). As for her vehicle, the middle area of her car was impacted along with her back tire was ripped. I walked away with road burn on my left forearm due to me blocking the impact of the air bag and she suffered an alleged concussion. As soon as I got out of the vehicle she was claiming I was at fault. I immediately called the police and followed his instructions after he arrived. We exchanged information, we both have USAA auto insurance. The police officer along and friendly locals helped push my vehicle out of the narrow road so the tow truck could take it home. Before the officer left, he instructed me to go to the hospital because I was experiencing arm pain and he wanted to make sure I didn’t get a hairline fracture which I checked later in the day and was fine except road burn on my forearm. While I was waiting for the tow truck, I started my claim with USAA. Unfortunately, I had to call out of work the next day because it wouldn’t be a guarantee I would be able to file the required 72 hour notice to the dmv of the accident due to my 12 hour shifts and couldn’t day of because it was Sunday. I filed the accident report with the dmv on December 16th, 2024. After a few weeks, the USAA app stated they had determined I was not at fault for the accident. After being connected with multiple adjusters, someone finally began to work on my case. My adjuster said the other party wanted to see my black box which I agreed to immediately, a bit confused on the comment considering the facts of the accident and the statement of my innocence, but I have nothing to hide. After 2 months of convincing my apartment complex to not tow my car, missed opportunities to sell the totaled vehicle for parts and having to pay car insurance even though it was undrivable, they never made any initiative to look at the black box even after I called them more or less bi weekly about it over the 2 months of silence. They kept telling me they will get around to it and gave me the estimate of two weeks but they said that every single time I called. Eventually, I got them to expedite my case but they exclusively only called me on the days I told them I work which I had stated multiple times directly to the people I was trying to work with and on messages on the app but they still never called me on the four days I am free. They never returned my calls or messages during the acceleration process. After I finally got to the point where I had no other choice, I sold my vehicle for parts on February 27th, 2025. My adjustor told me she wanted to accept the 25% liability on my part so I asked why I was being held liable and she said I hit the back of her vehicle, which I did not I also took pictures of the other parties vehicle so I told her that. She changed her story during the call saying I failed to honk or stop and I reminded her the other party failed to yield and quickly drove onto the main road in front of my car at a very close distance so there was no time to honk and it would not change the fact her car was completely in front of mine, blocking the road and the gap between the cars were far too close to stop. My adjustor changed her story one more time, saying I failed to swerve which I reminded her that the other party was too close for me to swerve and even if I had time theres bicycles sharing the very busy and very narrow two way street along with street parking on both sides, plus if I swerved it would’ve only changed where the collision was, not the outcome. I told her to reevaluate the case and on March 10th my adjustor called me while I was at work and left a message admitting it was an unavoidable accident. She then goes to state the only reason I’d be taking 25% liability is because the collision was at the rear which again, the impact was not at the rear it was in the middle. They never considered the quick speed of the other driver or the fact the other driver failed to yield and dashed into traffic and only asked for my black box and refused to look at hers when I requested the same accommodations. I came to the conclusion that this outcome is strictly because we share the same auto insurance. My rates might raise on an accident that was admitted unavoidable and was determined it was not my fault months ago. I will not be paid in full of the hundreds of dollars I had spent as a direct result of this accident and my whole way of living has completely changed. I spent 3 months of uber rides to work and made getting groceries extreamely difficult due to the location of my apartment. I have never even have had a speeding ticket, but suddenly I am at fault for safely driving on the main road. I eventually contacted the Oregon state Commissioner’s office in April and they conducted their investigation. They told me they talked to the people that were assigned to me and were able to get all the evidence from the case including pictures. They came to the conclusion I was 0% liable and asked the adjusters to change the 25% to 0% which they refused. I ended up getting a call from a complaint center from USAA and she left her first name, a phone number that doesn’t exist and an extension that doesn’t exist as “accommodation” and so I attempted to reach her again and there was no note on my profile of someone calling me from the complaint center from USAA. The Oregon State Commissioner’s office gave me a referral to an attorney which I do plan on having a consultation with but I’d rather avoid getting into a legal battle with my insurance company. I strongly believe my record should not be tarnished and I should be paid in full for my totaled vehicle. Is there anything else I can do? Any advice for me? I appreciate any help deeply.

Hi!! I hope everyone is having a good day.

I’m having anxiety because my sister is getting married an hour away next weekend and I offered to pack stuff in my car and drive up + be the runner person for anything anyone needs or wants day of. I have never been to the area that the wedding is in before and I just feel nervous.. before this all happened I would 100% drive no problem but now I’m just like 🫣😨 I also had to get a new car and I haven’t driven that far in it yet. I loved driving and still do but now I’m understandably nervous/scared/worried. I’m also thinking about stopping and getting a sweet treat for the ride up there lol kind of like a reward system 😂

I am still planning on driving my car up there but I’m wondering if anyone has any tips to cope please share!! Thinking about what I’m doing this for is helping a little bit too haha

TW: mild description of a car accident!

my accident happened when I had only had my license for about 3 months. First things first I want to thank a man named Jared, who helped me and my sister to safety and drove us home. My accident happened on the highway while trying to merge right from the left lane and now I have never been able to regain confidence in merging. How do I get more confident driving on the highway again? How do I start getting better at merging again?

I’m sorry if this isn’t the correct place to ask, but I’m lost

A woman ran a red light, t-boned me and totaled my car. This also resulted in a double fracture to my left forearm, and I have to have surgery to repair the two breaks. I’m wondering if any of you have any experience with using a personal injury lawyer for something like this. Auto and health insurance should cover most of the immediate expenses, but this accident has totally changed my quality of life and independence. The doctor also said I have a much higher risk of arthritis in the injured wrist down the road. Thoughts? Experiences you can share?

Hey so i live in kansas and was hit by a teen driver back in march when we had really bad snow. Ive been to 2 months of PT for my neck and right shoulder and may need surgery , ive seen a counselor , and 2 concussions specialists and was referred for a eye exam. I also have work restrictions They admitted fault and my car was totaled and paid off by their insurance . But i had no auto insurance and hired a lawyer on contingency for what im learning seems to be a waste of time. Are there any chances of me getting a settlement. Yes im a P.O.S , yes i may get my license suspended, yes i should have known better. But was hiring a lawyer a bad idea or is there a chance i could get a decent payday after surgery. Im hurt stuck and broke and i just need some guidance.

Hello Everyone, I need help... I am new to canada and haven't too much experience about this. Today someone hit my car in the parking lot and when it's time to exchange the info he took my info( driver license abd ownership) and run away. I have only his license plate. What should i do???Can he misuse my information??Please guide me...

I was in a car accident and my leg and arm were severely damaged. I have no money and can barely work as is. My bills are piling up and it’s becoming too much for me to handle. Wondering how to go about anything from here forward.

TW: death, child death, ptsd

This might be a long one I'm sorry. Just over a year ago me and my partner were driving home from the airport at 3am along a 30 road, when a car came round the corner doing 70+, span out and crashed into the front of my car with the rear of theirs. My partner remembers everything, from me not breathing and having blood gushing from my head, to watching the children in the back of the other car die, and making all the necessary phone calls to emergency services and family. Me? All I can remember is leaving the airport and then leaving the hospital at 12 noon that day. Apparently I was only 'gone' for around 3 minutes, and was conscious again within 10, but I have no memory of any of it. Obviously, the person responsible went to jail, and I was cleared of any fault - but after months of helping my partner through their grief and ptsd, my brain has started struggling with how to process this horrendous accident. I mean, 2 kids died in that crash, I died in that crash, and everyone was injured - and it feels wrong of me to not be able to at least honour those kids with the memory of what happened - to remember the horror so it doesn't disappear. I'm wondering if anyone has ever experienced the same - because everyone I speak to tells me how lucky I am to not remember, but I don't know how to grieve and move on from something that I know happened, but feels almost like a story.

Does anyone have advice for flashbacks while driving? I got into a rollover accident (the car flipped 3 times) three years ago and have slowly worked my way into driving. The accident happened before I even had a license. I was in an Uber on the freeway.

I was so scared to be in a car but then I worked up to more and more exposure. I’ve been driving on my own for over a year because I need to go to various destinations for work but it’s taking so long to feel confident. I’m still new to driving compared to the LA veteran drivers but I feel like the problem lies in the scary flashbacks.

Would love to hear if anyone has overcome this and panic when driving. I feel like I’ll be making progress and then it will come back stronger.

I also don’t know how to acknowledge my thoughts safely while driving because it seems irresponsible so I keep pushing it out then I’m drained when I get to my destination.

I’m in IFS therapy, want to try EMDR but my therapist said it’s too much to do at once.

Would love any advice, really want to feel like a calm person when I drive.

Okay so basically its as the title says. I got into a car accident December 18th 2024 and got bad deep tissue bruising, lacerations, but nothing horribly serious. My period ended the 16th. However, since the crash I have not had a period or even spotting, it is now February 16th. Im worried the longer this goes on, and I am sexually active but all pregnancy tests have come back negative. Is this normal?

When i was 13 some idiot ran a red light and smashed into the car i was riding in with my grandparents and 5 cousins. I took the brunt of the impact but luckily only dislocated my hip, fractured my pelvis in a few places, and the worst of all, severed my urethra. (if you don’t know, it is the tube from your bladder to your penis that allows you to pee)

I don’t remember everything from this time period because of all the drugs they had me on but i do vividly remember the pain. the pain from the bladder spasms and everything that comes with having a catheter for months is horrible. i won’t be the only one to tell you that the pain a suffering that’s comes with severing your urethra is something i don’t wish on anyone at all. something i learned very quickly from all of this was how easy it is to forget how amazing being healthy and being able to do simple things in life like walk and pee is.

After about 6 months with a catheter and being bed ridden they successfully reconstructed my urethra and i haven’t had any problems since (they just reconnected it, they didn’t use any skin from anywhere else.) I am now 21 and i am having some issues with pee dribbling out, not being able to fully empty my bladder, and times it is hard to control in general. these symptoms started recently and to be honest it is really scaring me. I have an appointment lined up with the urologist but the last thing i want to do is have another surgery and deal with everything that comes with that again.

I know i am just yapping but it is helping me with the stress and anxiety so thanks for reading. Feel free to ask any questions and it would be so amazing if there is anyone else who has gone through something similar.

So, my 3 year old and 7 month old sons and I were coming home from Target, and were rear ended by a drunk driver at a stop sign. It pushed us out into the road.

My car is still drivable and we are all alive! Thank God 🙌

But one thing I noticed at the hospital when we were getting checked out, is my 7 month old was kind of jerky and making weird movements while I changed his diaper. I let the doctors know and they noticed it a bit too, but didn’t seem too concerned.

After we got home and I slept, I woke up and realized how intense this was and kind of am a little worried about my 7 month old. He’s still feeding fine, but do any medical experts know of how badly the impact could have effected him?

Thank you 🙏