"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
01/11/2015 at 09:55 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
01/11/2015 at 09:55 • Filed to: None | 3
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So, I was driving along, and suddenly I hit a patch of ice or something (which is weird since there's none of it around here.... except one spot in Atlanta yesterday where some church forgot to turn off its sprinklers and the road was covered in water overnight. So that explains that. ANYWAY....) and I spun around backwards. So then I was just thinking, "this is it. This is how my first crash will happen. It's all my fault and I can't stop it now. I'm going to lose Gretchen. I'll have to spend everything I own on a new car. I can't do this." And then I hit the trees.
When I woke up, it felt more like a memory than a dream and it took me several minutes to finally realize it never happened.
I imagine that these thoughts go through one's head during an actual crash, too?
Sam
> Rainbow
01/11/2015 at 10:16 |
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When I was t-boned, I only had time to think "Oh shit, I really fucked up". Then it was over.
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> Rainbow
01/11/2015 at 12:04 |
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The only crash I've caused, I only had time to think "OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK!!!!!!!"
The only other crashes I've been in weren't caused by me and I never saw them coming. "What the fuck is happening/just happened?!" was all that went through my head.
orcim
> Rainbow
01/12/2015 at 01:15 |
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Those dreams are hard to get past and go back to sleep. I blame it on the adrenaline.
As for accidents/crashes, if you live long enough you'll understand triggers that drive your responses. At some point, you aren't at effect, but at cause. Major transition. Even when it ends badly. (There's the embodiment of experience *and* accountability in that sentence. Sometimes, more of one that the other.)
If it [the dream] bugs you, then make it part of your life. I had a black ice experience, but I wasn't driving - at the end, I just knew I didn't want to be a driver on that kind of thing, so looked out for it in all situations in the future. I'm not ashamed to admit that it may have saved my life (and others in the car) when I decided to go really carefully while being scorned [both by my inner voice or passengers] only to find out that if I wasn't going 15mph I'd have done some serious damage. Fuck black ice.
Anyway - dreams aren't real. They're dreams. And - if they do something to keep you alive in the future, then hey, they'll useful. And if not, also good.