One of the things the psychologist definitely got right about me was my sense of vulnerability since the crash, both on behalf of myself and others.
Life is threatening. Anything could happen, from anywhere, without warning. People's behaviour isn't to be trusted. I'm not talking about meteorites hitting earth but physical vulnerability in every day situations.
When I am driving, or when I cycle or walk towork, I am so much more wary of what cars / cyclists / pedestrians may do. It may be something that would affect me, or the thought of seeing a crash happen to someone else. People driving fast (too fast in my mind), or overtaking in a bad place, set my heart a-thumping. The other day I saw someone playing with their dog by the road, it kept running out in the road and back again. I wanted to shout at her, and my nervous reaction shocked me.
Mr H can tell you that my reaction if I think he is driving too fast or close, or taking (what I think of as) risks is that of a nervous wreck.
Yet when I'm driving, or in control of a situation, or feeling relaxed, I can forget about it. Until that car in front decides to overtake on a blind bend, nooooooo!
I kind of know that feeling a bit, I have worked in child care for many years and part of the job was always being on the look out for danger, This urge got stronger once I had my first child and now its ridiculousness as I am pregnant I think the hormones have put danger spotting into overdrive to almost anxiety levels at some points during the day.
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