Close call (a reminder of mortality)

[Humble Janitor]

Just wanted to chime in. Yesterday, I was involved in a minor accident. I was driving home after attending to some business in the state capital that is dear to my heart. I had not gotten any sleep, being that I work overnights and must sleep during the day.

All I know is that I fell asleep and careened off into a snowbank at probably 50-55mph. I don't remember anything except for waking up and realizing that I was about to end up in a snowbank.

I then realized that I could not open the front driver's door. My first instinct was to shut everything off and get out through the passenger door, braving knee deep snow to get to safety. I had a terrible asthma/panic attack afterward.

I suppose this is a reminder, from the cosmos directly to my being. I need to slow down. I can't handle things as they are because I'm lacking the rest I need. I'm not sure if it's insomnia but I certainly haven't been sleeping well all week. Sometimes, I would get a good amount of sleep and still be unable to function well afterward.

Scared the living daylights out of me. I won't ever complain about snow again as it was a good thing I ended up in snow and not in front of a tree, etc.

Just thought I'd share. There's no conspiracy here. Just a reminder that we are finite in our physical form and to maintain it, we must exercise caution.

[TimelessDimensions]

Just wanted to chime in. Yesterday, I was involved in a minor accident. I was driving home after attending to some business in the state capital that is dear to my heart. I had not gotten any sleep, being that I work overnights and must sleep during the day.

All I know is that I fell asleep and careened off into a snowbank at probably 50-55mph. I don't remember anything except for waking up and realizing that I was about to end up in a snowbank.

I then realized that I could not open the front driver's door. My first instinct was to shut everything off and get out through the passenger door, braving knee deep snow to get to safety. I had a terrible asthma/panic attack afterward.

I suppose this is a reminder, from the cosmos directly to my being. I need to slow down. I can't handle things as they are because I'm lacking the rest I need. I'm not sure if it's insomnia but I certainly haven't been sleeping well all week. Sometimes, I would get a good amount of sleep and still be unable to function well afterward.

Scared the living daylights out of me. I won't ever complain about snow again as it was a good thing I ended up in snow and not in front of a tree, etc.

Just thought I'd share. There's no conspiracy here. Just a reminder that we are finite in our physical form and to maintain it, we must exercise caution.

Slow down,
Meditate in silence every day ;-)

[Gajanana]

Take it easy HJ, we've probably all been there at some time. Gotta listen to the whispers - :tea:

[TWINNICK]

Just wanted to chime in. Yesterday, I was involved in a minor accident. I was driving home after attending to some business in the state capital that is dear to my heart. I had not gotten any sleep, being that I work overnights and must sleep during the day.

All I know is that I fell asleep and careened off into a snowbank at probably 50-55mph. I don't remember anything except for waking up and realizing that I was about to end up in a snowbank.

I then realized that I could not open the front driver's door. My first instinct was to shut everything off and get out through the passenger door, braving knee deep snow to get to safety. I had a terrible asthma/panic attack afterward.

I suppose this is a reminder, from the cosmos directly to my being. I need to slow down. I can't handle things as they are because I'm lacking the rest I need. I'm not sure if it's insomnia but I certainly haven't been sleeping well all week. Sometimes, I would get a good amount of sleep and still be unable to function well afterward.

Scared the living daylights out of me. I won't ever complain about snow again as it was a good thing I ended up in snow and not in front of a tree, etc.

Just thought I'd share. There's no conspiracy here. Just a reminder that we are finite in our physical form and to maintain it, we must exercise caution.


G'day

I believe that was your higher self giving you a much needed smack around the earhole as they say.

I have had a few over the years myself (LOL)

..Nick..

[Nortreb]

Just wanted to chime in. Yesterday, I was involved in a minor accident. I was driving home after attending to some business in the state capital that is dear to my heart. I had not gotten any sleep, being that I work overnights and must sleep during the day.

All I know is that I fell asleep and careened off into a snowbank at probably 50-55mph. I don't remember anything except for waking up and realizing that I was about to end up in a snowbank.

I then realized that I could not open the front driver's door. My first instinct was to shut everything off and get out through the passenger door, braving knee deep snow to get to safety. I had a terrible asthma/panic attack afterward.

I suppose this is a reminder, from the cosmos directly to my being. I need to slow down. I can't handle things as they are because I'm lacking the rest I need. I'm not sure if it's insomnia but I certainly haven't been sleeping well all week. Sometimes, I would get a good amount of sleep and still be unable to function well afterward.

Scared the living daylights out of me. I won't ever complain about snow again as it was a good thing I ended up in snow and not in front of a tree, etc.

Just thought I'd share. There's no conspiracy here. Just a reminder that we are finite in our physical form and to maintain it, we must exercise caution.

Please take your time and spend a few moments each day with belly breathing. It will really help.

Peace

[Shezbeth]

Holy crap! Yesterday I was working my labor intensive industrial job as I always do. Long story short, I wasn't paying attention. 16 stitches in my left pinky later (which makes it REALLY hard to do energy massage), I have come to a similar conclusion. But then, there have been synchronistic events as a result also,....

[vibrations]

Holy crap! Yesterday I was working my labor intensive industrial job as I always do. Long story short, I wasn't paying attention. 16 stitches in my left pinky later (which makes it REALLY hard to do energy massage), I have come to a similar conclusion. But then, there have been synchronistic events as a result also,....

From my everyday work with health I can assure you that left pinky is not so hard to interpretate. Just recall if you had hour or even day or two back any missunderstanding, fight or just something unpleasant with a femenine member of your family. And because it is pinky, it would be a conflict in a sense of quite spiritual energy level. It's hard yo explain it in few words, but there is always a reason why we suffer such and such harm.

[str8thinker]

As the saying goes, Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Glad you survived.

[Humble Janitor]

I know I need to slow down.

It's not easy right now. I'm getting pulled in 50 different directions at once.

[Inelia]

SO good that you are ok. Love and peace Janitor.

[giovonni]

Sorry to here this HJ
This along with your recent bout with an infection, seems like you need a reminder :(

Why We Sleep :sleep:

"Scientists have yet to determine exactly why people sleep. However, they do know that humans must sleep and, in fact, people can survive longer without food than without sleep. And people are not alone in this need – all mammals, Hynos, god of sleepreptiles and birds sleep.

Scientists have proposed the following theories on why humans require sleep:

* Sleep may be a way of recharging the brain. The brain has a chance to shut down and repair neurons and to exercise important neuronal connections that might otherwise deteriorate due to lack of activity.
* Sleep gives the brain an opportunity to reorganize data to help find a solution to problem, process newly learned information and organize and archive memories.
* Sleep lowers a person’s metabolic rate and energy consumption.
* The cardiovascular system also gets a break during sleep. Researchers have found that people with normal or high blood pressure experience a 20 to 30% reduction in blood pressure and 10 to 20% reduction in heart rate.
* During sleep, the body has a chance to replace chemicals and repair muscles, other tissues and aging or dead cells.
* In children and young adults, growth hormones are released during deep sleep.
* When a person falls asleep and wakes up is largely determined by his or her circadian rhythm, a day-night cycle of about 24 hours. Circadian rhythms greatly influence the timing, amount and quality of sleep.

For many small mammals such as rodents, sleep has other particular benefits, as it provides the only real opportunity for physical rest, and confines the animal to the thermal insulation of a nest. In these respects sleep conserves much energy in such mammals, particularly as sleep can also develop into a torpor, whereby metabolic rate drops significantly for a few hours during the sleep period. On the other hand, humans can usually rest and relax quite adequately during wakefulness, and there is only a modest further energy saving to be gained by sleeping. We do not enter torpor, and the fall in metabolic rate for a human adult sleeping rather lying resting but awake, is only about 5-10%.

More than 20% of Americans are shift workers who work and sleep against their bodies’ natural sleep-wake cycle. While a person’s circadian rhythm can not be ignored or reprogrammed, the cycle can be altered by the timing of things such as naps, exercise, bedtime, travel to a different time zone and exposure to light. The more stable and consistent the cycle is, the better the person sleeps. Disruption of circadian rhythms has even been found to cause mania in people with bipolar disorder."

Always make sure you get your (daily) rest my friend, you wouldn't want to miss out on all the fun were having here now ~ would ya :rolleyes: Gio

[Humble Janitor]

There's nothing I love more than a restful sleep.

Just too many distractions right now. So many things that require my attention and energy.

[witchy1]

Hiya HJ, you seem to be having a bit of a bad run. Falling asleep at the wheel - wow. Something is well wrong. Thanks goodness you are OK and also thank goodness you went into a snow bank and not the other way into oncoming traffic (so maybe someone is looking after you)

My advice fwiw - have a break from work for week and see if you can take a birds eye view of whats going on. Dont spread yourself to thin, you are not superhuman . There is only one of you and only so many hours in the day. Can you give any of the things that need your energy to someone else to do, even just one. Maybe a change occupations or a move closer to your work. Do you have help and support?? Are you physically well following your most recent health issue?

Probably not too much help, but thought I would try anway
Stay safe
W

[vauguelyconcise]

Very glad to hear your safe. I offer this sentiment from personal experience and hope that it may help some in any case.--
Traumatic experiences readily make us aware of our physical mortality. One strong drawback by this gift of awareness is the compounding stress. It is important to properly channel the fear/emotions evoked from the incident itself before readdressing the rigors of daily life. If unsettled, the stress of that incident alone may act as an unforseen catalyst to more sleeplessness, etc. In most cases, it takes time for the shock to ware off
and true emotions to manifest. Provide yourself with the time to understand things, not just work through them. Thats all I got, thanks for your time.

[Humble Janitor]

Hi witchy1,

I do spread myself too thin at times. I have just informed some people I write for that I will reduce the submissions that I contribute because I need more time to sleep and focus on other things. I only have one job and I went off the road after I was coming back from commenting at the statehouse on something that I am opposed to. I follow local politics and I'm the editor of a blog that's opposed to recognizing 4 fraudulent groups of people claiming to be Abenakis (native americans). I did not have a chance to sleep that morning (I had finished work at 6:30am) and it was around 1pm that it happened.

Come to think of it, I purchased some items today and the price on the receipt read $6.66. I also had a very vivid dream earlier concerning my family and possible natural disasters.

I am going to the doctor later this week and I will explain my issues. I have just about recovered from having 5 teeth extracted and I think that there may be some lingering side effects.

Thanks for asking. I'm more than willing to discuss. I hate to seek attention (and it may sound like it at times) but I know that this is a community of caring people and I often feel that my own friends/family do not care as much (which is obviously not true as I found out on Friday).

I believe something was watching over me and the whole experience has given me a confidence boost.

[Calz]

Just wanted to chime in. Yesterday, I was involved in a minor accident. I was driving home after attending to some business in the state capital that is dear to my heart. I had not gotten any sleep, being that I work overnights and must sleep during the day.

All I know is that I fell asleep and careened off into a snowbank at probably 50-55mph. I don't remember anything except for waking up and realizing that I was about to end up in a snowbank.

I then realized that I could not open the front driver's door. My first instinct was to shut everything off and get out through the passenger door, braving knee deep snow to get to safety. I had a terrible asthma/panic attack afterward.

I suppose this is a reminder, from the cosmos directly to my being. I need to slow down. I can't handle things as they are because I'm lacking the rest I need. I'm not sure if it's insomnia but I certainly haven't been sleeping well all week. Sometimes, I would get a good amount of sleep and still be unable to function well afterward.

Scared the living daylights out of me. I won't ever complain about snow again as it was a good thing I ended up in snow and not in front of a tree, etc.

Just thought I'd share. There's no conspiracy here. Just a reminder that we are finite in our physical form and to maintain it, we must exercise caution.

I work overnight shift as well.

It presents a set of challanges hard to explain to those who have not experienced it.

Glad you are well and thank you for sharing.

[sister]

Yesterday, I witnessed a fatal car accident. It was absolutely horrible, but I won't go into the grizzly details here.
I am very glad your outcome was different, HJ.
Thanks for the reminder, and take care of yourself.