How make sure my friends are ok?

[Anonymous]

My friends boyfriend and I just had a traumatic experience we wear in a car crash I mean none of us got anything fully broken I mean I got a scratched up leg and a sprained ankle my boy just got a sprained wrist my frined got a cut on her hand her boyfriend got a hairline fracture in his leg and my best guy friend has a bangs up arm and a sprained wrist and a twisted ankle now it wasn’t our fault some truck passed throw a red light and our car thrower and landed side ways thank god it wasn’t Deadly and we all will recover soon but 2 of my friends are scared to go down that block and my guy friend is scared to go in a car with my friends boyfriend because he drives fast but he was not driving that day but how do I make sure they are ok

[MentorMan]

Accept that it may be hard for your friends to talk about how they are feeling. It can be embarrassing to feel scared about something commonplace (driving down a certain road) after a traumatic experience. With acceptance of that, you can focus A) on making sure you’re OK and then B) on being available for your friends to talk to about this shared traumatic experience when they’re ready.

There’s no single magic answer to this question. Be open with them, express your own feelings and concerns, ask them if they’d like to talk about theirs, be patient if they don’t want to, be available for them but don’t push. Take it all one day at a time. Ask for more direct and immediate local help if you feel you need it for you.

[Anonymous]

Luckily everyone's ok. It will take some time to recover from the trauma. It's like PTSD, but usually people get over an accident in time, if not maybe get some counseling.

[mayur1598]

I totally agree with you...