I am 27 years old and I believe life was going great for me and my husband and 2 year old daughter. I had a dream one night that I was driving on a dark road and the car went out of control and I saw myself panicking and I remembered feel- ing very scared....The car (I believe) went over a cliff. The dream ended or I woke up pretty frantic at that moment, I guess. I disregarded the dream as just a 'terrible nightmare.' About 4-5 days later, I made plans to drive out to L.A. to an acting class and the same day, my 16 year old cuzin told me 'not to go' because he had a bad feeling I was going to be in a car accident. I told him 'ya--right...Don't jinx me.' I, of course went. I usually don't like to hassle with seatbelts...But I put it on this time. I drove with no problem, and all of a sudden....My car lost its alignment as I had tapped on my brakes and it went completly out of control. I tried so hard to get it back in line, I started to panick...I had been going about 65 mph on the fwy. I hit a concrete divider wall near the off-ramp. Before I hit it, I really thought I was going to go over some cliff or something....I knew at that second that this looked familiar...I thought I was going to die the way I felt in my dream. Thank God, It only hit the wall, and it didn't flip over and go down some embankment. My head still hit the wind- shield(The doctors at the E.R. say The seatbelt SAVED my life) My eyelid was cut and required stitches. My right ankle got fractured as a result of the impact. To this day, I know someone or something tried to warn me.....I had that dream so I believe this car accident would have happened no matter what I did or didn't do....So please listen to your dreams and be cautious. It may or may not be prevented; we will never know. As for my cuzin, he feels really bad; he is by no means psychic....but he had intincts, I guess. I had to have ankle surgery and and a cast for 10 weeks! I have 3 more days before they take it off. I had to cancel my classes in L.A. I have to believe that things happen for a reason. Maybe I would have been in a 'worse' car accident that would have taken my life once I was in L.A. or something and this one prevented me from going....Who knows?! I had another dream about 5 weeks later that I was driving my husbands truck and I SWURVED too quickly and it went down an embankment and in my dream I had said or thought 'OH NO! NOT AGAIN!!' and it landed okay in an apartment complex (?!?) But I was okay and so was the truck. That dream is not really scary, just weird. I don't know if I will ever get the guts to drive again...I'll just have to take it one day at a time. 'Moni' recuperating. How it changed my life:Before the accident, I have to be honest and say that my life was going great for the most part. I had quit my job Dec. 18, 1996 so that I could devote more time to my 2 year old daughter. We were having fun, going places together and so on. I liked to be outdoors more so than indoors. My car had been paid off and I wasn't concerned about a car payment....I had enrolled in an acting class in Hollywood one night a week; I was to start training with a well-known author named 'ANITA JESSE' who had also trained John Ritter in her time. This was my start in persuing my goals. My husband was supportive at the time. After the accident, I had to have surgery and be hospitalized. I had to wear a cast for 10 weeks and move around in crutches. The DR. said my ankle may or may not ever heal because the fracure was very bad, I broke it in the worst way possible. I also had stitches put in my eyelid and there is a little scar. I have seat belt abrasion scars on my chest I am sure that in time will go away. I think it is the emotional scars that will take longer to leave. I can't play as much with my daughter as I would like. I am not the same person to her. I am home most of the day because I can't drive nor do I have a car any longer. I almost feel like I am going to go crazy being home all day; I had an agenda before! I don't feel as productive....this situation had brought on stress to the family. Now my husband does not want me to drive out to L.A. any longer. So that has resulted in arguments. I realize how much I had before the accident, how lucky I was and now I feel like a different person. I do have a lady helping out with the cleaning and some minor things... But I seem to have lost a place in this world being that I am not the mother ashley had or the wife john had. Our financial situation has changed since we now have to buy a car and will have a car payment. I am very fearful of driving and I don't know how I am going to deal with that. and honestly I am not even sure if I want to persue the same road as before being it brought me bad luck....I have doubts, where as before, I was/felt so confident. I am much more concentious, seems I am always looking behind my shoulder thinking something is going to happen to me. I look at life differently, I used to be so daring...adventurous.... I do feel different today all because of this car accident.
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