1. Every time you're driving, even if it's just to move your car thirty feet, you will think of the accident.

2. Whenever something about the day of the accident comes up in your present life, whether it's where you were during the accident or the food you ate that day or even what you were doing that day, you will relive the entire accident. It can be something as simple as wearing the sweatshirt you wore that day that will trigger a flashback to the accident.

3. News stories on car accidents will be something that you unconsciously pay the most attention to, and every time you hear about a car accident, you will automatically wish and pray that things turn out okay for everyone involved.

4. If someone close to you gets in an accident, your hands will shake and your heart will race until you know for sure that they're okay.

5. Whenever there's a 'close call' when you're driving, you will have a take a deep breath and remind yourself: you're okay, you're okay, you're okay.

6. The first time you drive after the accident will be the hardest.

7. When the date of the accident rolls around every year, you'll go through the entire day thinking "oh, I was doing this at that time on that day"–and you will remember every last detail of that day.

8. If your accident isn't so bad, people might joke about 'the time you wrecked your car', and you might go along with it, but inside all you feel is anxiety because of what could have been if you weren't so lucky.

9. Every time you relive the accident, you will always think of the 'what ifs' and be thankful for the fact that they didn't happen.