Crashing into Psychology
Have you ever experienced trauma, or even just a small accident? Have the emotions and effects been so overwhelming that you don’t know how to cope with them? When I was 18 years old and a senior in high school, I was in a very bad car accident. My accident caused me to not be able to control my emotions and make everyday life very hard to handle. I didn’t know who to talk to or what to think of what had just happened. The thoughts that go through your mind after experiencing trauma is remarkable. During the accident I had lost control of my car and hit a bridge, after hitting the bridge my car had flipped and dropped 15 feet down into a river. Following the accident, I have experienced night terrors, insomnia, and …show more content…
After being in a car accident a year ago, I have always wondered what was going through my mind during and after the crash. Since I have enrolled in this psychology class it has made me take a deeper look into what I was thinking and feeling at the time of the accident. Psychology is important to me because it has made me think more about why things happen and thought processes the human brain goes through to get certain …show more content…
Anxiety is a real condition; many say anxiety is a made up condition but there are many that suffer from this condition. “Research on the physiology of anxiety-related illness is still young, but there 's growing evidence of mutual influence between emotions and physical functioning. Yet anxiety often goes unidentified as a source of other disorders, such as substance abuse or physical addiction, that can result from attempts to quell feelings of anxiety.” (School) The anxiety I had and still do have is when I get into a vehicle. It doesn’t matter who is driving, how far, or which way we take to get there, I am still scared to get in vehicles. There are many symptoms of anxiety and mostly I experienced almost like a nerve shocking me when I was scared in a car, or even going around a curve. The anxiety was so bad at first I couldn’t go around a curve; I would avoid it any way I could even if that meant going ten minutes out of my way so I didn’t have to see a curve. Symptoms like that and many other worse symptoms make everyday life very hard for one to
Have you ever experienced trauma, or even just a small accident? Have the emotions and effects been so overwhelming that you don’t know how to cope with them? When I was 18 years old and a senior in high school, I was in a very bad car accident. My accident caused me to not be able to control my emotions and make everyday life very hard to handle. I didn’t know who to talk to or what to think of what had just happened. The thoughts that go through your mind after experiencing trauma is remarkable. During the accident I had lost control of my car and hit a bridge, after hitting the bridge my car had flipped and dropped 15 feet down into a river. Following the accident, I have experienced night terrors, insomnia, and …show more content…
After being in a car accident a year ago, I have always wondered what was going through my mind during and after the crash. Since I have enrolled in this psychology class it has made me take a deeper look into what I was thinking and feeling at the time of the accident. Psychology is important to me because it has made me think more about why things happen and thought processes the human brain goes through to get certain …show more content…
Anxiety is a real condition; many say anxiety is a made up condition but there are many that suffer from this condition. “Research on the physiology of anxiety-related illness is still young, but there 's growing evidence of mutual influence between emotions and physical functioning. Yet anxiety often goes unidentified as a source of other disorders, such as substance abuse or physical addiction, that can result from attempts to quell feelings of anxiety.” (School) The anxiety I had and still do have is when I get into a vehicle. It doesn’t matter who is driving, how far, or which way we take to get there, I am still scared to get in vehicles. There are many symptoms of anxiety and mostly I experienced almost like a nerve shocking me when I was scared in a car, or even going around a curve. The anxiety was so bad at first I couldn’t go around a curve; I would avoid it any way I could even if that meant going ten minutes out of my way so I didn’t have to see a curve. Symptoms like that and many other worse symptoms make everyday life very hard for one to