When I was 16, I was in a car accident. I was driving way too fast (being a new driver) and lost control of my car. My car went off the right side of the road, hit a large bump, became airborne, and overturned in a drainage ditch. I was not seriously injured (thank goodness), only a broken nose and some cuts and bruises. It was so weird though, because after my car went off the road it seemed like things became slow-motion.
I saw the ditch and knew I was going to hit it, but I guess my mind was going a million miles a minute because I was able to think about what was going to happen, what I was going to miss out on (I was going to the Homecoming football game), how my parents would feel about me being in an accident, and who would call my boyfriend. I was supposed to go to marching band, and it made me feel really sad. All of this happened in a matter of like two seconds.
The weirdest part, however, happened as soon as I hit the bump before the car went airborne. I felt like I was floating above my right shoulder with the roof of the car a foot higher and I was against it. I saw my body, again in slow motion, like a rag doll and I remember thinking, "What the hell? Is that me? What's going on?" And just like that, it was over. The car had flipped, but I didn't realize it until a minute later when I took my seatbelt off and fell out of the seat.
I've tried to explain the experience to other people, and they are just like, "You're crazy." It makes me feel better to know that other people have gone through this type of thing. What I don't understand though, is that I never "died" or was seriously injured. I hope this helps.
