Moving past tramatic experience? Help please

As the wife and daughter of paremdics the advice is remember you did the best to help him. and look at the world daily for all the good images around you. Flowers, children ,and pets. Overload on good and the bad fades away. The advice to write it down is the best also while its fresh.
We have a saying at our house which we tell evey one we know No helmet no butt on seat. Tim has also worked on too many people on motorcycles to drive ours in an unsave manner.
Good for you for stopping you can not beleive how many people just drive around and don't help.

Aly I can certainly relate to the emotional toll it takes when you witness such a thing. I haven't been involved in something quite that traumatic like that, with an injured person, but I witnessed a dog get hit and killed on the highway one day when I was driving to work many years ago. I was on the other side and pulled over, though the person who hit the dog did not :(. The dog dragged himself to the shoulder on the other side and collapsed. I couldn't get across because traffic was so heavy, but finally someone on the other side pulled over and pulled the dog's body off of the shoulder of the highway and spoke with someone who came down from a house near the highway. It was obvious then that the dog had died :(

I just sat pulled over on the shoulder, crying and shaking, was late to work as well, and I had a very difficult time getting over it. The dog got hit RIGHT next me, and all day I saw the flash of terror in his eyes and the horrible thump and yelp as he was hit in my mind, like flashbacks. To this day when I think of it, it hurts. I don't think there is any quick fix to get over it. You are a very sensitive person and things like this affect you deeply. In a way, you are probably going through some of the stages of grief from the experience, and likely it will just take some time. Do try to keep your mind occupied as best you can, and I think coming here and sharing your feelings is good too.

{{HUGS}} to you, you are a wonderful person Aly with a beautiful heart and soul.

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Originally posted by aly

... I am having major problems getting it out of my head.
I keep getting these flashes and having anxiety attacks.

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Aly ~

Try calling the Local Hospital that handles a large number of
Emergency cases and has a "Trauma Emergency Room".

Those hospitals usually have a "CISD Team"
(Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team) or a
"CISM Team" (Critical Incident Stress Management Team) -
A group of specialist who assist fellow "Emergency Workers"
{ER Staff, Firefighters, Police, Ambulance Crews) when those
folks have a difficult time dealing with a situation they have encountered.

Best way to reach one of the Teams is to call the Hospital's ER -
and talk to one of the RN's on duty.
They usually have a Call List to refer to - and will have one of
the Team members call you back.

Here's a couple links you might find helpful >>>

Stress Reactions to Traumatic Events Brochure

Texas CISM Network

Hope this helps a bit.

/s/ Phred
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