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In an article from the National Mental Health and Education Center, I read about something that's been a big part of me for the past 8 months. The article affirmed a lot of things that made me think I was going crazy. "Trauma can change the way you view your world. You may feel unsafe and insecure about situations and places you normally would enjoy.. It is common for youth.. to have difficulty controlling your emotions or to become disinterested in normal activities." It also said that there may be other symptoms like irregular sleeping patterns/nightmares, denial, anger, guilt, etc.
This entire article really hit home for me. It felt as though someone had interviewed me and wrote about it. After my accident I changed completely. I felt like it was my fault that we were where we were, and I was so angry with myself, and with everyone around me. It's difficult to put into words. I blamed myself the same as I blamed everyone else. I lost concentration, and interest in a lot of things. I became almost obsessed with my accident. I wanted to talk about it, and I wanted to sit around and think about what happened. In a way, I was punishing myself for what happened to me. Maybe if I would have read an article like this earlier I would have taken myself to a psychologist.
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