Comments on: July 7, 2006: Call It Therapy

By: I have guns | Wearing Mascara

I have guns | Wearing Mascara — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:26:49 +0000

[...] a serious note, today is the 4-year anniversary of my car accident. Read the post here. I don’t want to make a big deal out of it but I thought I’d mention it today anyways. [...]

By: It started with a rose — Wearing Mascara

It started with a rose — Wearing Mascara — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:10:33 +0000

[...] It was terrifying and I’m still shaking from the experience. As you’ve read before, I don’t do well with car accidents. Luckily, I’m okay, but my car has some damage. Thanks so much to my Twitter friends for your [...]

By: Cee

Cee — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:48:00 +0000

Wowzers.
I am so glad you’re OK!

Sometime similar *almost* happened to me. I was approaching an intersection and I had a green light so I was driving and all of a sudden, a truck PLOWS through their red light and misses me by about a foot.

If I had been going any faster, it would have T-boned my car coming from the passenger side.

Ever since then, even when I have green, I slooooow down and look both ways before proceeding through the green light. It’s so weird.
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By: angie

angie — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:28:52 +0000

I had the same exact thing happen to me in St. Louis. We were bouncing back and forth between the median and a semi. I couldn’t drive without having flashbacks either. I hate PTSS.
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By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:33:24 +0000

Wow, so glad I stopped by to catch up! I’m so glad you shared this. I’m sorry it happened, but it looks like you will/are using it in your career!
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By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:14:07 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your story. Things like this are so scary. I am glad you got help and are doing better now

By: Saskia

Saskia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:46:52 +0000

Oh my word Julie, what a brave post to write. You described the accident so well, so clearly and I can completely understand how it can have affected you this much. I had a bad car crash too, it’s the scariest thing and time went SO SLOWLY as I realised what was happening to me. It was like time was going 30 times slower than normal, but my mind was going 30 times faster….

My car was a write-off…. firemen, paramedics and police came.

It took me almost 2 years to feel kind of ok driving again.

Thank you for sharing. Saskia x
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By: the northerner

the northerner — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:50:47 +0000

This is so scary. I am so glad you are okay!
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By: Zandria

Zandria — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:24:39 +0000

Oh, wow….I can’t even begin to imagine. No wonder you have PTSD!

(If you moved to the DC area in 2006, you’ve been living here about as long as I have. I moved in Oct ’06.)

By: Alana @ The Good Girl Gone Blog

Alana @ The Good Girl Gone Blog — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:55:04 +0000

When I first got my driver’s license, I almost cute off a giant bus making a left turn. It was probably the scariest moment of my life. I think that because of that day, I believe in miracles. It sounds like you had one too. I guess it just means someone is looking out for us…
Alana @ The Good Girl Gone Blog´s last blog ..He wears his heart on his sleeve