![]() ![]() Specifically, some of my own research has shown that people who recall past traumas from more of a distant (what you would call a “birds-eye view”) perspective are better able to find meaning in the trauma and move past it. “There is some evidence that how people recall their past stressful experiences predicts how successful they are in coping with those traumas. It states that the your existing predisposition - genetic and environmental - interacts with your current stress level to predict the onset of psychological disorders or trauma,” Dr. One important model in psychology that predicts whic h people are likely to struggle the most with traumatic experiences is the diathesis-stress model. “Individuals experience trauma for a number of reasons. Their reactions can depend on factors such as past occurrences or a family history of anxiety disorders. Ryan Brunner, associate professor of psychology at Westminster College. Though Schnabel didn’t describe herself as strongly feeling any of these symptoms, she said her accident was traumatic and stressful.Įvery person responds differently to trauma, said Dr. The Center for Treatment of Anxiety and Mood Disorders reported a person who suffers from trauma may experience acute anger, persistent sadness and despair, unpredictable emotions, intense feelings of guilt and an altered sense of shame. The term trauma describes a person’s psychological and emotional response to an event or experience that is deeply distressing or disturbing. One could claim Schnabel’s feelings and cognitive process toward remembering the accident are similar to some symptoms of trauma. “Sometimes, I start to breathe really heavy, and I just think back to how it felt to crash into another car.” Whenever I see a car coming the opposite direction of me and have their blinker on to turn, I get nervous and anxious, just hoping they don’t turn in front of me,” Schnabel said. “Every time I drive along that street, State Farm, I slow down at least five under the speed limit, and my heart just starts pounding really fast when I am in the spot of the crash. She still gets anxious while she’s driving, overly conscious of her surroundings, and has vivid flashbacks to the moment of the crash. I was definitely in shock, shaking from head to toe.”Īlthough the accident happened four months ago, that day’s events are still prominent in Schnabel’s everyday life. and trying to figure out how to handle the situation. I was honestly worried about getting to volleyball practice. “At the moment of the crash, I remember thinking, ‘I’m about to hit someone’ and screamed a little, then right when the airbag came out, I felt my body jerk forward and back. He didn’t yield to me and turned left onto Old Nifong, which resulted in me colliding with the right front portion of his car,” Schnabel said. ![]() “I was heading to New Haven for volleyball practice northbound along State Farm, and a car was heading southbound. She credited her minimal injuries to the seatbelt she was wearing. Schnabel, like her car, sustained injuries in the accident, including a concussion, whiplash in her neck, three bruised ribs, a bruised patella and a small fracture in her foot. She would find out later that the car was completely totaled, a devastating outcome since she had gotten the car only a month before on her birthday. Shocked and filled with buzzing nerves, Schnabel watched a tow vehicle drive away with her car, a 2011 Mitsubishi Endeavor, hooked on the back. Whole body trembling, messaging friends through quick texts and nibbling on Cheez-Its, junior Savannah Schnabel did her best to keep calm.
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