Life Lately: Healing From Trauma
As you may have already noticed, I haven?t published a blog post in several weeks and I?ve been very quiet on my Instagram.
I contemplated writing a blog post about what?s been going on with me for a while, but I wasn?t mentally prepared to tell my story because I?ve been focusing on my recovery. I also considered blogging about my usual topics to keep me from constantly thinking about the trauma I experienced. But it just didn?t feel right. It wasn?t reality for me.
I was in a life-changing car accident on June 25, 2019.
I was stopped at a red light less than a mile from my house when I was rear-ended. My car propelled into the car ahead of me. The driver who rear ended me is 100% at fault.
My face hit the air bag as it exploded. I was bleeding everywhere and my face was throbbing in pain. The studies and CT scan at the hospital revealed I had fractured my nose in a few different places and had lacerations under my left nostril, the bottom of my septum and upper lip. It also showed I have a herniated disc in my neck. The days that followed the accident were painful, both mentally and physically. It took me a day or so just to look at myself in the mirror. I didn’t recognize myself. Â It took over a week for the swelling to come down. I had some bruising too.
My birthday happened to be the day before my nose surgery… and I spent it hiding inside my apartment, ashamed of the way I looked. Not exactly the plans I had in mind.
About two weeks after the accident I ...
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