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These kind of stories have given me "nonexperiential" PTSD

I don't know if PTSD is the correct term but for example- I had a coworker choke, pass out, and split his skull open on a table while we were at lunch one time. Now whenever I hear someone coughing I have to stop what I'm doing and look around to see if they are okay. Even after that I am in a hypervigilant state and it takes a few minutes to get back to the easy going attitude I am used to.

These stories involving kids, particularly the one where the athlete ran over and killed his own toddler has made me extremely nervous about backing out of my driveway. I have to open the garage door, walk out, close the door, then look all around the truck to make sure one of my kids didn't run out of the door to say "bye", then inch out until I can see the entire front of my house through my windshield. Not something I would have been so careful about before reading that story, and it didn't even happen to me.

PTSD as I understand it is crippling but I think I have a little sense of it, and makes me very sympathetic to people who do suffer from it.

(In response to this post by JoesterVT)

Posted: 04/13/2018 at 09:54AM

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So this is about the worst thing you'll read today -- JoesterVT 04/13/2018 09:44AM

Hear this last night and it is still so disturbing that my day is ruined. -- GFallsFan 04/13/2018 11:18AM

How did he get folded into the seat without anyone knowing? -- Late 80s Hokie 04/13/2018 10:31AM

Something very fishy about this story. ** -- Hokie5150 04/13/2018 11:31AM

And Honda Odyssey is pretty dark in the back seats ** -- FfxStationHokie 04/13/2018 11:16AM

Humble brag? ** -- EDGEMAN 04/13/2018 11:26AM

Unlikely on a 13 year old van I used to own??? ** -- FfxStationHokie 04/13/2018 12:44PM

Woosh? -- JoesterVT 04/13/2018 1:17PM

I wish! -- I'm married :( ** -- FfxStationHokie 04/13/2018 1:21PM

I found a video that shows how he most likely died based on info available -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2018 11:15AM

Still not understanding how you get trapped under it, my -- fordham 04/13/2018 11:29AM

Maybe he didn't have much upper body strength to push the seat -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2018 11:56AM

But the car mfg is going to make the flipping operation of the seat so just -- fordham 04/13/2018 1:43PM

I get what you are saying and don't disagree with it -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2018 1:46PM

Shun! ** -- EDGEMAN 04/13/2018 2:30PM

Ask and you shall receive -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2018 2:46PM

Dilly dilly! ** -- EDGEMAN 04/13/2018 6:08PM

True, sad story, just proves the next day is not guaranteed ** -- fordham 04/13/2018 1:50PM

Reaching over the back row seat to get his tennis equipment. ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 04/13/2018 10:33AM

Tennis kills ** -- Nova Hokie 95 04/13/2018 10:53AM

Ban tennis ** -- AZHokie59 04/13/2018 11:46AM

😢 ** -- Major Kong 04/13/2018 10:05AM

People are going to get fired and the family is gunna sue. -- Naelbis 04/13/2018 10:01AM

Last night I was reading another version of the article -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2018 10:26AM

I was a Sheriff's deputy for 8 years. -- Naelbis 04/13/2018 10:39AM

I did find an article that said the officer did a drive by -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2018 11:04AM

Apparently the Van was actually in an overflow lot across the street. ** -- HokieTV 04/13/2018 11:28AM

I did find another article that stated the school had multiple lots -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2018 11:43AM

Here's a follow up article...paints an ugly picture of the 911 center -- JoesterVT 04/13/2018 10:58AM

Sounds like every 911 center ever...understaffed and overworked. -- Naelbis 04/13/2018 11:08AM

I would think the family sues Honda, the seat should not -- fordham 04/13/2018 11:31AM

These kind of stories have given me "nonexperiential" PTSD -- typed by ben 04/13/2018 09:54AM

Don't read the book The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer -- Nova Hokie 95 04/13/2018 10:24AM

These kind of stories have given me "nonexperiential" PTSD

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