What a horrible experience! I cannot believe you had to go through that WC. It's understandable that you would be changed forever by an experience like that. I'm so, so sorry!

I was in a pretty bad car accident when I was 17. Crashed into a pole doing about 40 miles an hour. No seatbelt so my head crashed into and smashed the windshield. I was still picking glass out of my head years later. I forgot about that accident for years and just remembered it recently when they asked me in the hospital (IP) if I'd ever been in a car wreck or suffered a head injury. Apparently they think there is a connection between mental illness and Head injuries. I "think" I had a manic episode a few years before that accident, .....I definately already had paranoia and other mental health issues. So for me, the accident was not the cause. I have no doubt that head injuries can cause it though. Or something resembling it.

I'm still in shock reading what happened to you. I probably wouldn't have ever left the house again if that happened to me. You are STRONG! (((Hugs)))