Back in Novemeber I was in a car accident, I was coming back from a gig with my partner, and a couple of friends. Id noticed the driver, lets call him 'B' was a bit on edge, but nothing more than maybe he felt anxious or had a hard day at work.
We were on our way home when B started to act rather strangely and his driving became very erratic. He started overtaking cars and going through road works bollards. At one point he swerved over into the other lane and as we were going 110mph and the oncoming cars were nearing quickly I yelled at him that there were cars and he swerved out of the way.
He then sped up and started running red lights at 140mph and eventually overtook a car turning right and ran into a road island at 90mph.
I thought the car was going to flip we hit it so hard. He didnt even brake. The car started filling up with smoke and we all bailed out, I had to go back for him and get him out the car.
Somehow we were all lucky enough to come out unhurt and no one else was involved in the collision.

Ever since then Ive had incredible anxiety and obsessions over death. I had an episode of psychosis, I was hospitalised for a couple of months which I am now recovering from. I believe it was directly linked to the crash and a number of other stressful events and vulnerability factors.

Since then I feel like all I do is obsess over things that could kill me, I cant stop thinking about death and I feel like Im in a constant state of anxiety.

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I'm sorry about your being in a car accident and glad no one was hurt. You and the others were very lucky!!! It's understandable that you have fears of death now. Are you seeing a therapist? It sounds like PTSD, and a T can help you overcome it, besides it being helpful to talk with a professional about what happened to you.

When you were hospitalized, did you have a therapist? Did he/she help with your feelings about the accident?