How do you suppress an image from your head?? please tell me.?

Question

My boyfriend had a really bad wreck last nite. it happened right down the road from his house and i heard it happen. i was the first one to the crash and i pulled open the driver door (which was almost parallel to the ground because the car was wedged in some rocks in a ditch and the car drivers side was also off of the ground) and i somehow climbed inside the car and my boyfriend was in the backseat on the car and he wasnt moving. i shook him and then pulled him up trying to get him out of the car. He woke up and everything and he is somehow perfectly fine, but that image is stuck in my head of seeing his car wrecked and seeing him inside stiff. Please tell me how i can block this image from my head. it makes me sick and upset everytime it pops involuntarily in my head.

Answer 1

Its going to be hard to get that out of your mind until its not so fresh .. so i suggest that you just focus in how fortunate you are to still have him here. Take care and love each other like today might be your last ... I'm glad he alright.

Answer 2

Everytime you remember something, your mind stores it again. The act of remembering improves memory. It also gives you the chance to change the memory. Play with the memory when you remember it. Imagine something less stressful in its place. Remember that your boyfriend is OK. Think of kids playing with matchbox cars, or a sled hitting a snow bank. Pretend the noise is a drum noise. If it is really bad, consider seeing a psychiatrist. There are drugs that interfere with storing memories, and the act of remembering while under this drug will lose the memory.

Is your boyfriend a reckless driver? Has his behavior changed? The feelings you have can be important if they help prevent a dangerous incident from happening again.

I am glad to hear everyone is OK!

Answer 3

Trauma afterimages are very normal.

They should fade in time, but it might take a while.

Just realizing that it is normal, and knowing it should pass will help.

Answer 4

Try this formula from the Bible:

Philippians 4:8  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Answer 5

Open your phone book.

Look for "hypnotherapists" or "hypnotists".

Call and ask if they know a technique called "trauma rewind".

It's a one-session deal. I've been doing for 10+ years for situations just like yours. It's never missed.

Answer 6

Angel, You need to begin by filling your heart with good things !Cause it is the heart that feeds your mind !

Answer 7

try to think of seeing him when he was okay. dont think of the bad stuff that didnt happen think of the good stuff that did happen

Answer 8

This happened to me when one of my friends broke his arm, I couldn't get the image out of my head for days.

I don't think there is a lot you can do to stop you thinking about it, but keeping yourself busy helps so try watching a funny film or something.

Don't worry, after a while you'll just stop thinking about it.

Answer 9

You need to grieve what you saw, identify your feelings about it, and pray for help to get relief from it's impact.

Angel, I am going to pray with you right now.

Dear merciful and gracious Lord,

I pray for angel right now according to what you say in for her in your words.

One, that even though she was near the valley of death in that automobile, that you said you would comfort her. You also said in your word that you will fight for us if we will be silent, and sometimes that is the hardest place for us to be.

But mostly, you allow us to be in the midst of suffering to mature us and equip us to help other people who are suffering.

You also use the hard times in our lives to draw us back to you.

So I pray for this young lady that you will draw her into your peace and comfort and let it be a reminder that not only are you seeking her to draw near to you, but that you also still have a role in her boyfriend's life and you saved him for a reason, whether or not he knows it.

Bless Angel and be her peace when peace is hard to find,

In Jesus's name, AMEN!

Doodad