I'm so sorry. My dad has been through something similar, though he was a first responder at the time (fire department), so the situation was a little more expected. I'm sure he and his family are very grateful you were there. Don't hesitate to get help and talk to someone if you need to.
Thanks for all your thoughts - I am having a hard time today. I have all this worry about what happened to the guys involved and no way to find out yet.
It is 100% normal to worry and wonder. Have you checked for press releases yet? (There may not be info this soon, but there should be later, especially if the man didn't make it.)
I truly don't want to hijack your thread, but I witnessed an accident today that I later learned was probably fatal (I have not been home to watch the news but I have heard secondhand that's the case). I literally could not have stopped to help - without going into lengthy detail it would have been extremely dangerous for me to have stopped where I was.
I am still processing what I saw and it wasn't even as personal as what you did. You did a wonderful thing for that soul, regardless of what happens. It's not your fault and there is nothing more you could have done.
I'm so sorry you had to witness this. And yes, ditto - please take care of yourself too. My mom witnessed a fatal hit and run on her way to the bus stop a few months ago.
Being a retired nurse, she administered care, but he still passed away at the scene. She was shaken up for a few days afterwards.
I'm so sorry that this happened and that you were there to witness it. What a beautiful gift you gave to that man. Thank you for being so caring and brave. The world would be a better place if more people did things like you did. Please be kind to yourself and seek help if you think you may need help processing it. (I can't imagine being able to process something like that alone.)
Post by mrsukyankee on Feb 15, 2018 3:12:35 GMT -5
It's not enough, but if you can't get out of your head and you really need to go and do stuff or focus on other things, I have a good exercise you can do in a few minutes. If you PM me with an email address I can send it to you (or if you don't want to give out your email address I can try to find a way to copy it - it's a PDF) and PM it to you.
It's not enough, but if you can't get out of your head and you really need to go and do stuff or focus on other things, I have a good exercise you can do in a few minutes. If you PM me with an email address I can send it to you (or if you don't want to give out your email address I can try to find a way to copy it - it's a PDF) and PM it to you.
downtoearth- if you don't feel comfortable giving mrsukyankee your email address, I can give her mine and then send it to you.