Do bad experiences stay with you for life?

Bad experience in life stay forever, this is sure. I do not like to drive, but I have never been in a serious accident. My parents were, but I was not with them when it happened.

Oh, yes, bad experiences can affect us in different ways for the rest of our lives. This even has a name, Sprite... It's called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. I've read documentation which states that even when someone believes they were not affected by a traumatic event, the doctors could still pinpoint specific activities the person took to avoid something that reminded him of the previous event. I was once burned by acid which came out of an automatic flush valve at a job I once had. Every time I heard the sound of the valve opening after that I jumped and dodged like acid was going to land on me again. I finally quit that job because I couldn't stop jumping and dodging when I heard the sound.

I believe it does. Traumas do.

Thank god i have never had a serious car accident, I do believe that traumatic experiences in our lives mark us forever and for sure you are now afraid of driving due to that accident.

I have never experienced any serious accident..I'm glad about that..but my dad met an accident few years back :(.he always think about that accident and be more careful..and keep worrying that something will happen on the same day of every year.:(

Some of my bad experience creeps up on me that happened long ago. When it does I pray about it and give all of it to God, to help me with it. Then I'd feel calm. I'm a Senior Citizen, and had some very upsetting things happen, so I pray a lot.

I think the bad experiences in the past are in the past already. Although you won't forget it anymore especially the traumatic ones. I guess they are there for you to stay on guard so as not to prevent it from happening again. But that is not there to make you afraid of life and paralyse you and not become productive anymore. Always conquer your fears but never forget the lesson you learned from that bad experiences because that is the most important thing for you to move on in life.

every accident will be traumatized, and stored until we drive in the same condition.

Sometimes yes, but sometimes you need to overcome it somehow

I've been in two very serious car crashes in my life (I told you about one of them), yet I am still a crazy, aggressive driver even to this day. So I guess those two bad experiences didn't affect me too badly.

I try to learn from my mistakes when it happened. One rule of advice comes from former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula who said in an interview "I do not let a bad experience consume me."

Yes it do stay with me, and sometimes I will just keep thinking about that (even after one year) I wish I could make it go away but it's hard.

I am actually very comfortable behind the wheel, but around the same age I did roll my car. If nothing else I think it served to make me a much more attentive driver.

Hi Snowy. I had an accident way back I was 6 years old, during my sister's baptism. On our way home, the cab we were riding passed by a dark alley and there was a manhole I think. The next thing I know, the cab hit a wall and the glasses shattered. It was my father who remembered everything clearly.

This means that the accident left a shadow on you. These experiences can't disappear. Everyone is the same. I think we can hint at ourselves in a positive way.