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Chain Reaction Car Accidents: 5 Ways These Wrecks Change Your Life

January 24, 2023 By Gauge Magazine

chain reactionChain reaction car accidents don’t happen often. When one car strikes another, that’s not what accident reconstruction experts working for insurance companies call chain reactions. Instead, the term means one car hitting another, and then those vehicles striking additional ones after that.

A chain reaction car accident might involve three vehicles, or four, or more than that. Chain reaction car accidents can harm you and your passengers, and your life might look dramatically different after one occurs.

We’ll talk about a few ways your life can change after these accidents right now.

You Might Sustain a Temporary Injury

If a car strikes your vehicle and other cars after that, you might sustain an injury. Whiplash often happens if a car hits your vehicle from behind. You also might suffer bruises, cuts, or other temporary injuries.

Temporary injuries cause pain and suffering, but they heal. You might have to alter your normal routine for a while. You may need to stay home from the gym or work from home rather than go to the office.

You will recover in time, though, and that’s what truly matters. You may feel upset the accident occurred, but hopefully, you won’t sustain any long-lasting damage.

You Might Sustain a Permanent Injury

If you get in a bad chain reaction car accident, you might sustain a permanent injury. That’s obviously worse than an injury that heals quickly.

Permanent injury occurs more often with chain reaction car accidents if a vehicle hits you with extreme velocity. High-velocity accidents might happen because of driver inattention or poor weather conditions.

If you sustain a permanent injury, you might have to adjust your life significantly. Maybe you can’t walk anymore, and you need to use a wheelchair from now on. Perhaps you must walk with a cane, and you can only do that after attending physical therapy sessions for many months.

Permanent injuries are challenging, and you will need your family and friends backing you up. Their unwavering support can help you as you learn how to cope with your new situation.

You Might Experience Anxiety or Depression

Anxiety and depression are both possible after chain reaction car crashes. Maybe your injuries force you to skip family events for months afterward. You may also not enjoy life like you did before.

You may have to attend therapy sessions to talk with a mental health professional. You can explain how you feel unsafe in vehicles. You may shake when you get behind the wheel. This shows you’re not over the event yet.

The therapist might suggest meditation or antianxiety medication. They might ask that you continue talking to them until you show improvement.

You may also sleep poorly after the accident. Insomnia can make you miserable. In some instances, your therapist can give you medication for that problem as well.

You Can’t Return to Work

Maybe you liked your job, and you enjoyed spending time there. After the accident, you may not return for months or possibly ever again.

You might take on a different job in your same field. You’ll need to consider your skill set and what you can do with your new limitations.

You might work from home at your job if your boss allows that. You can work from home in many positions these days, but not all of them. Sometimes, you must attend work to do it, and working from home isn’t possible.

You might reexamine your work life following the accident. Perhaps you can do something else if you have to abandon your profession. You may find something else you like just as much, though. That’s a 

possible silver lining if this accident type occurs.

You Might Take Public Transportation Going Forward

You may also survive your crash with minor injuries, but when you heal, you don’t want to drive anymore. Maybe the wreck totaled your car, and now you take the bus or train instead.

Car ownership can help you because you can use your car to get around. However, it has some drawbacks, so you might enjoy not owning a vehicle. You won’t have car payments, insurance payments, gas payments, etc.

Chain reaction car crashes can change your life for a while, or they can change it permanently. You will doubtless need resolve to get through this challenge.

You can do it with the tools we mentioned. In time, you can look back on this unpleasant memory, but it won’t control you.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: accident, car accident, chain reaction

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