Can a car accident change your views on the world and people?

[Anonymous]

Recently, I was involved in a car accident. I wasn't seriously physically harmed, but my vehicle is a write off and I have felt many after effects. I've had a bit of whip lash and lower back pain, but mentally I've noticed I've changed a lot.

I'm not exactly depressed, but I'm a hell of lot more angry, argumentative and most of all I hate women now. I know this sounds random and women and my car accident are completely unrelated, but I'm seeing them in a different light and I feel so indifferent from them. I hate to say this I even feel distant from my own mother and my sister.

I know this sounds broad, but has anyone had similar experiences or any thoughts on this? Also any way to get round it and accept the situation and try and feel less angry and grudgeful?

[super147]

The only way that the car accident was likely to be the cause would be if you suffered a serious head injury to the front of your brain. Being as that's not the case, I would suggest that the car accident was just the final straw that tipped you over the egde and it has exacerbated resentment in you that was already building.

There is no logical reason to hate women, you have not been harmed by all women, nor have you met all women, You know that, so it's entirely irrational. It's also self defeating. Okay, you don't have to ever go near a woman for the rest of your life, that's your choice, but to be holding on to hate is very negative and corrosive.

[CyberToothTiger]

Yes trauma of any kind can change ones actions, personality, one can
become depress, yes it does happen. I know this woman got a daughter
whose been battling cancer for quite sometime and the daughter got
cancer when she was young and now a teenager but the mother is very
bitter she seems not to be so nice to others , I believe this all got to do
with daughters illness so yes this is so true.

[RaeSheBae]

You just had a very bad experience. I have a friend that she was in a car accident and her best friend kind of died in her place because they switched seats on the way back and she feels like it's crazy because it was supposed to be her...
It's normal that you feel angry but don't hate on anyone try to deal with it differently.
Talk to the closest people about it, vent a little bit, cry and get over it and be careful in the future. Don't think so much about it and don't think about death.
I believe it's hard but just try your best to deal with it the best you can.

[springocelot]

It could cause panic attacks. My sister was in an accident a few years ago. No one was injured, but after whenever my sister got a near a car or a bus, her body would freeze and her breath would shorten.

But I never heard where it made someone more angry. If you had a bunch of bad things happen to you, maybe that was just the tipping point.

[reptocarl]

I was burned 20% of my body and told 50% wouldn't have survived and yes severe trauma does change you

[Cosytoasty]

If anything i would have thought it would make you more mellow and happy for each day you get.