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Car flipped - I can't get over it!

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elly213 · 16/04/2023 15:19

I had an accident last week. Car completely flipped over. By some miracle I managed to climb out of car with a few cuts, seat belt mark and bruises. I am lucky that I am able to see another day and didn't hurt anyone else. I can't get over the accident, I remember vividly turning, things in car flying and side windows all smashing with each hit on the ground. I don't know how it happened. I get flashbacks about it and get tearful every time I see DC (4) thinking what could have happened.

Today when speaking to not so DH, he said oh nothing happened, you need to get over it (after I mentioned how good it feels to see another day). I just wanted to know, AIBU for being 'dramatic' when I have no serious injuries.

AIBU - You are dramatic.
YANBU - The car flipping is enough to feel shaken and not ok one week down.

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HeartsAglow · 16/04/2023 23:55

saraclara · 16/04/2023 23:54

No. Click on the image I sent you and re-read the last sentence.

For example, if two cars are both travelling at 25 m.p.h. when they collide head on, the force of the impact is the same as a 50 m.p.h. crash because the force is doubled by the speed of the vehicles. If the head on collision occurs on the interstate at 55 m.p.h. for each car, the force is that of a 110 m.p.h. crash.

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It’s a misconception.

http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/collisionmath.html

Head-on collision math

http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/collisionmath.html

HeartsAglow · 16/04/2023 23:58

YANBU OP. I was in a car accident, not as serious as yours, and it still took me a good while to feel okayish again. Agree with pp about the Tetris suggestion. Be gentle on yourself.

Shade17 · 16/04/2023 23:59

saraclara · 16/04/2023 23:54

No. Click on the image I sent you and re-read the last sentence.

For example, if two cars are both travelling at 25 m.p.h. when they collide head on, the force of the impact is the same as a 50 m.p.h. crash because the force is doubled by the speed of the vehicles. If the head on collision occurs on the interstate at 55 m.p.h. for each car, the force is that of a 110 m.p.h. crash.

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Yeah, that’s total bollocks. It’s basic physics and is all to do with the amount of energy that must be dissipated by the car’s structure. The damage to a 50mph car into an immovable object will be 4 times as bad as the damage to each car travelling at 25mph head-on. Hell, even Mythbusters have proven it full size!

StepAwayFromTheBiscuitJar · 17/04/2023 00:02

Bit of a scientific derail going on here...

ToParadise · 17/04/2023 00:05

My dad was like that. For him, he seemed to hate the attention that other people got when they had been through something. Horrible man. The smallest thing in his life though and he’d talk about it constantly and exaggerate.

It is a big deal OP. When things like this happen you go through all sorts of emotions. He should want to help you through that. Talking can help you process it.

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