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Do I need a psychiatrist? I wiped out 3 months ago. Please!! I need help!!? |
Hi!! I am a 21 year old guy. I had a bad accident on my bike on 12th november while street racing. Me and the guy I was racing with(whom I didnt know) fell at over 100 KPH on a busy street. I barely escaped death. I lost my phone in the accident too. Although I wasnt severly injured (no broken bones or something) and my bike also was lucky and there was not much damage, but it has affected me deeply. I want to add that I am a budding professional racer and I am really good at bikes. I love my bike a lot and was just a emotional wreck for the 1st week and couldnt think clearly. Now, I am much better but I have lost all my confidence. I just cant ride the way I used too. (I have stopped all street racing) I have even been challenged by a much-less experienced guy for a race whom I would have easily beaten anytime in a race but I just dont have the confidence to race again. I am afraid to face him in a race. I did the Zung test for depression and scored 49(at 50 you need a psychiatrist This is normal for anyone in an accident/witness of an accident. I have a friend who witnessed a fatal accident on his way home from his girlfriends. A car ran off the road at 115km/h and into a pole. My friend was the first on scene after witnessing this, the guy in the car reached for him and my friend grabbed his hand and waited until paramedics and fire rescue came. My friend held the guys hand almost the entire time they got out. He let go when he realized the guy die. That was about 3 weeks ago and he still can't sleep and his grades in school have dropped. He was at the point of selling his car, and not driving it was so bad. I talked to him a lot about it and the biggest thing he was concerned about was it happening to him. Accidents happen and death is unavoidable. You are extremly lucky that you survived. Dealing with it is all in your head. Its not the fact you nearly died, it was the fact that you found out how easy it is to die. That is the biggest shock in many people lives. Everyone thinks it can't happen to them. You just have to get back on your bike and start out slow. The fall knocked the fear into you. Fear is good to have. If you know the dangers things will be done to prevent them. You have to have fear in your life. Without fear its just ignorance. So you wouldn't race someone less experianced then you. Does that really matter? You excaped death once, can you do it again? Its good you didn't race him in the state you are in, that would have been either the worst thing you could do, if you froze up. Or it could have been the best thing you could have done, as you realize its for you. Try to do things for yourself to get you back riding. Take it easy and work up from there. If you think you can't do it, don't. If you feel you can't race, then ride, and if you fear riding, then work on bikes. Maybe working on them for a wile you will want to get on them again (from one gear head to you) You said biking was your life. Make it so, If you have fear of your love, then do you really love it. Baby steps. I had an accident at 60km/h in my old car, it wasn't that bad but it wasn't good either. I am an automotive apprentice and I nearly quit outright becasue of it, I didn't want to be around cars. My boss had a talk with me, and I had my 2 weeks in, he didn't accept and gave me 2 weeks paid leave. I was taking to a neiborgh afterwords. He has a Volvo that he dropped a 302 Ford into and is pushing out about 450RWHP. He took me to a race track and had me drive at 150---200km/h a few laps. after that I new it was only a matter of time before I would miss my passion and I started back at work a few days later (i might as well take a little advantage of paid leave). I've been there since, and i love it. Cars are my passion in life, and if you were to take them away from me i would probably go insane. If bikes are your passion, being away from them will make you insane. Baby steps, start out small, and work up. Source(s): Automotive apprentice with 2 years shop experiance. Have delt with death and close calls in the past. I've been wehre you are comeing from (to an extent) i doubt its depression... im guessing its fear... are you afraid of death? or dying?... youre most likely afraid of having another experience like that again... and who wouldnt? thats a traumatic experience... my suggestion... would be to start out slow... and ask your family and friends to help encourage you... you dont have to begin in HUGE races again...start out like you were a beginner and it was your first day.... you should be okay Yooo Holmes I have a Titanium ankle from trashing a bike. I am going to guess that you are about 20 years younger than me. I did not stop riding just because of a simple injury. My rocket of choice is a heavily modified RZ350. No the crash was not the RZ . But what can I say this thing smokes a a modern 600 POS. As for your Psy. problems,,,,, YOU,YOU,YOU and only You can answer that. I can not tell you what it is like to cog a high performance two cycle motorcycle. But I can tell you something at my age.... You don't get any younger. If it is any solitude to you.. I almost thought about buying a Milwaukee vibrator. But to the sweet sound of a Japanese two cycle. I greatly doubt if that unbalanced piece of machinery can even come close. Good luck,,,,, ride to live...live to ride I did a lot of racing when I was younger,advanced amature,not Pro. Motocross ,desert and G.P. I ate $hitt numerous times. You just have to get back on the bike and start from the begining. It comes back pretty fast. The more times you crash and survive,the easier it is to get back on. ***Crashing is part of riding especially if you race*** *** Fear is a survival mechanism,it's there for a reason,hopfully you won't let it stop you.*** It sounds like you have a post traumatic type of thing going on I'd suggest to see a councillor and talk to them about what you are feeling and let them help you from there, this is completely normal and dont feel embarrest about seeking help because this could happen to anyone and it's better to get help before you do end up with depression or something. give you local mental health a call because their councillors are free to see. good luck and hope you get better. personal experience |
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